Alec Hunter Academy (formerly The Alec Hunter County Secondary School for Boys and Girls, Alec Hunter Comprehensive School, Alec Hunter High School and Alec Hunter Humanities College) is a
secondary school
A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' secondary education, lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) ...
with
academy status located in East
Braintree,
Essex
Essex () is a county in the East of England. One of the home counties, it borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, the North Sea to the east, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent across the estuary of the River Thames to the south, and G ...
, England.
History
The school opened as a
technical school in 1959, and it was named after the
weaver and
textile designer
Alec Hunter (died 1958). It had become a
humanities
Humanities are academic disciplines that study aspects of human society and culture. In the Renaissance, the term contrasted with divinity and referred to what is now called classics, the main area of secular study in universities at the t ...
college by 2009, when the school celebrated its 50th anniversary.
In that year, local historian David Possee was writing a book on the history of the school when he died;
however Braintree Museum hosted an exhibition about the school.
In 2013 the school converted to an Academy by joining Saffron Academy Trust and is now part of a group of schools/academies, Saffron Academy Trust.
Inspection judgements
As of 2021, the school's most recent
Ofsted
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judgement was in 2017, when it was judged Good overall.
Notable former pupils
*
Keith Flint
Keith Charles Flint (17 September 1969 – 4 March 2019) was an English singer and member as well as one of the vocalists of the electronic dance act The Prodigy. Starting out as a dancer, he became the vocalist of the group and performed on th ...
, dancer and vocalist of the big beat band
The Prodigy
*
Liam Howlett
Liam Paul Paris Howlett (born 21 August 1971) is an English record producer, musician, songwriter, co-founder and leader of the British electronic band The Prodigy, and an occasional DJ.
Early years
Howlett was born in Braintree, Essex, En ...
, member of the British band The Prodigy, occasional DJ, and record producer
*
Andy Overall, vocalist and songwriter of band
Blue Zoo
References
Further reading
* (Contains information on the history of the Alec Hunter School)
External links
* (Background and life of Alec Hunter)
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1959 establishments in England
Academies in Essex
Educational institutions established in 1959
Secondary schools in Essex
Braintree, Essex