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Park Lane Academy
Park Lane Academy is a non-selective Mixed-sex education, mixed secondary school located in Exley, West Yorkshire, Exley (near Halifax, West Yorkshire, Halifax), West Yorkshire, England. Originally known as Exley County Secondary Modern School, the school was later renamed Park Lane High School, before becoming a foundation school when it was renamed Park Lane Learning Trust. As a foundation school, Park Lane was administered by a trust which included Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council, The Crossley Heath School, Together Housing Association and the University of Huddersfield. The school relocated to new buildings in 2006. In October 2018 the school converted to Academy (English school), academy status and is now sponsored by South Pennine Academies Trust. Park Lane Academy offers General Certificate of Secondary Education, GCSEs and Business and Technology Education Council, BTECs as programmes of study for pupils. References External linksPark Lane Academy official we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Academy (English School)
An academy school in England is a state-funded school which is directly funded by the Department for Education and independent of local authority control. The terms of the arrangements are set out in individual Academy Funding Agreements. Most academies are secondary schools, though slightly more than 25% of primary schools (4,363 as of December 2017) are academies. Academies are self-governing non-profit charitable trusts and may receive additional support from personal or corporate sponsors, either financially or in kind. Academies are inspected and follow the same rules on admissions, special educational needs and exclusions as other state schools and students sit the same national exams. They have more autonomy with the National Curriculum, but do have to ensure that their curriculum is broad and balanced, and that it includes the core subjects of English, maths and science. They must also teach relationships and sex education, and religious education. They are free ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
