Bridgwater College Academy is a mixed all-through Academy which combines both

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and

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education for pupils aged 3 to 16. The academy, which is sponsored by

Bridgwater College Bridgwater and Taunton College is a further education college based in the heart of Somerset, England, with main centres in Bridgwater, Taunton and Cannington. It educates approximately 3000 students between the ages of 16–18 in academic and ...

, is located in

Bridgwater Bridgwater is a large historic market town and civil parish in Somerset, England. Its population currently stands at around 41,276 as of 2022. Bridgwater is at the edge of the Somerset Levels, in level and well-wooded country. The town lies alon ...

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, England. It was established in September 2012 following the merger of East Bridgwater Community School with Sedgemoor Manor Junior and Infants schools.

History

The former school was a specialist Arts College, and has 800 students between the ages of 11 and 16. Bridgwater was the first town in the South West level to be selected for the UK governments

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initiative, which aimed to rebuild and renew nearly every

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in England. Within Bridgwater,

was to develop all of the 4 secondary schools along with 2 special provision schools, Elmwood School and Penrose School at an expected cost of around £100 Million. This included the complete relocation and rebuilding of a new school combining both the Haygrove and Penrose Schools. In July 2010 several components of the scheme for Bridgwater schools were cancelled and others were still under discussion.

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