Brompton Academy is an 11–18 mixed,

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and

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with academy status in Gillingham,

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, England. It is part of the University of Kent Academies Trust.

History

Brompton Academy was originally called The Great Lines School. It was built in the 1950s adjacent to the Great Lines, in Gillingham. Gillingham was a military town that supported the

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and their barracks and the

Chatham Naval Dockyard Chatham Dockyard was a Royal Navy Dockyard located on the River Medway in Kent. Established in Chatham in the mid-16th century, the dockyard subsequently expanded into neighbouring Gillingham (at its most extensive, in the early 20th century, ...

. As a consequence families would be very fluid. It opened with 270 pupils in April 1957, as a

secondary modern school A secondary modern school is a type of secondary school that existed throughout England, Wales and Northern Ireland from 1944 until the 1970s under the Tripartite System. Schools of this type continue in Northern Ireland, where they are usually ...

and the first

co-educational school Mixed-sex education, also known as mixed-gender education, co-education, or coeducation (abbreviated to co-ed or coed), is a system of education where males and females are educated together. Whereas single-sex education was more common up to ...

in Gillingham. In June 1959, it became Upbury Manor school and was officially re-opened by actress Dame Edith Evans O.B.E.

University of Kent Academies Trust

It later became New Brompton College and is now known as Brompton Academy. The Brompton Academy opened in 2010. The

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is a 'Lead Sponsor' of the Academy, because of its ability to help provide support for the Academy's science specialism.

Medway Council Medway Council is the local authority of Medway in Kent, England. It is a unitary authority, having the powers of a non-metropolitan county and district council combined. The council was created on 1 April 1998 and replaced Rochester-upon-Med ...

is the co-sponsor.http://www.bromptonacademy.org.uk/academy%20website/Downloads/Vacancies/Application_Packs/08-10-12%20-%20Brompton%20Academy%20Application%20Pack%20-%20Maths%20Teacher.pdf From 2017,

Chatham Grammar School for Girls Chatham Grammar School for Girls ("CGSG") is a girls grammar school with academy status and a mixed sixth form. In September 2017 it became a member school of the University of Kent Academies Trust (UKAT), joined with another secondary school ...

and Brompton Academy's sixth-forms have merged into one big sixth-form named the University of Kent Academies Trust (UKAT). Both schools are a part of the newly formed Academies Trust, of which the Executive Principal is Judy Rider.

The Site

The school has undergone a renovation. As part of the new redevelopment, all of the existing school buildings have been replaced with a new building, except for the existing reception building, which has been retained as part of the design. BAM Construction (part of

BAM Nuttall BAM Nuttall Limited (formerly known as Edmund Nuttall Limited) is a construction and civil engineering company headquartered in Camberley, United Kingdom. It has been involved in a portfolio of road, rail, nuclear, and other major projects worldw ...

) which won the £80m contract to design and build three new academy schools for

, including Brompton Academy, Strood Academy and

Bishop of Rochester Academy The Victory Academy (formerly Bishop of Rochester Academy and Medway Community College) is a mixed secondary school and sixth form located in Chatham in the English county of Kent. History Bishop of Rochesters Academy was formed in 2010 with ...

Extra curricular

Pupils from the school were chosen to form part of a "guard of honour" for athletes at the opening ceremony of the

2012 Olympic Games The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

, displaying artistic creations their school made to celebrate the event.

Uniform policies

Brompton Academy is seen as a strict school for uniform. In 2010, a boy was sent home for wearing red socks. It will also send students home for too skinny trousers and chewing gum

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* * {{authority control :) Academies in Medway Secondary schools in Medway Educational institutions established in 2010 2010 establishments in England