Attleborough Academy/Attleborough Academy Norfolk (AA/AAN) (formerly Attleborough High School) is a
coeducational secondary school
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and
sixth form with
academy status, located in
Attleborough
Attleborough is a market town and civil parish located on the A11 between Norwich and Thetford in Norfolk, England. The parish is in the district of Breckland and has an area of .
The 2001 Census recorded the town as having a population of 9 ...
in the
English county
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of
Norfolk.
Previously a
community school administered by
Norfolk County Council, Attleborough High School became a specialist
Mathematics and Computing College in 2008. As part of this, the school became a
Microsoft®Academy in 2010. In May 2013 the school launched a consultation on the possibility of converting to academy status. Attleborough High School formally became an academy on 1 January 2014, and was renamed Attleborough Academy Norfolk, sponsored by the TEN Group. Following the restructure of the TEN Group, Attleborough Academy Norfolk became "Attleborough Academy" and is sponsored by the Sapientia Education Trust
Attleborough Academy offers
GCSEs,
NVQs
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and
BTEC First Certificates as programmes of study for pupils. The sixth form centre offers
A Levels
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and advanced BTECs, some of which are offered in partnership with
Wymondham College.
Academic results
For the school's 2019 GCSE results, the Progress 8 score of 0.18, which puts Attleborough Academy in the top 30% nationally for Progress 8, and 67% of students achieved grades 4-9 in GCSE English and Maths; above the Norfolk average of 63.5%.
2009 attack threat
In March 2009, a 16-year-old student posted a threat on the website
Newgrounds stating that he would go to the school with a gas canister, set fire to the building and commit other acts of violence. A Newgrounds user from
Montreal, Quebec, Canada notified English authorities via
Skype after seeing the threat. The student was found carrying a knife, matches and a plastic gas canister containing flammable liquid, and was arrested for threats to commit criminal damage and possession of an offensive weapon, to which he admitted. He was then held under the Mental Health Act.
Teenager arrested after internet tip-off about planned school attack
'' The Telegraph'', August 17, 2009.
References
External links
Attleborough Academy official website
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Secondary schools in Norfolk
Attleborough
Academies in Norfolk