Ansford Academy, previously known as Ansford School, is a school located in
Ansford
Ansford is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated on the northern edge of Castle Cary in the South Somerset district. The civil parish has a population of approximately 1,085.
The village lies on the A371 road, A371, close to ...
, which lies on the northern edge of
Castle Cary
Castle Cary () is a market town and civil parish in south Somerset, England, north west of Wincanton and south of Shepton Mallet, at the foot of Lodge Hill and on the River Cary, a tributary of the Parrett.
History
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in
Somerset
( en, All The People of Somerset)
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, England. The current principal is Rachel Purnell. In July 2011, the school became an
Academy.
The redbrick Neo-Georgian main school building was completed in 1940 with additional classrooms for Science, Technology, Modern Languages, Art, ICT and a block for mathematics being added in the 1970/90s. A new £1.7 million Sports Centre was completed in 2005.
In the school's most recent
Ofsted
The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (Ofsted) is a Non-ministerial government department, non-ministerial department of Government of the United Kingdom, His Majesty's government, reporting to Parliament of the U ...
inspection, which took place between the 2nd and 3rd March 2022, a 'good' rating was given for every assessed category including overall effectiveness.
The associated sixth form college for Ansford Academy is
Strode College
Strode College is a tertiary institution and a further education college situated in Street, Somerset, England offering Sixth Form education as well as Higher Education courses. In October 2014, the college was rated as "Outstanding" by Ofste ...
.
References
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Secondary schools in Somerset
Academies in Somerset
Castle Cary
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