The Ebbsfleet Academy (formerly Swan Valley Community School) is a
coeducational 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
Swanscombe
Swanscombe Help:IPA/English, /ˈswɒnzkəm/ is a village in the Borough of Dartford in Kent, England, and the civil parish of Swanscombe and Greenhithe. It is 4.4 miles west of Gravesend and 4.8 miles east of Dartford.
History
Prehistory
B ...
in the
English county
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of
Kent.
The school converted to academy status on 1 November 2013 and was renamed The Ebbsfleet Academy. Until 2021 the school was sponsored by The Brook Learning Trust, but it was previously a
community school administered by
Kent County Council
Kent County Council is a county council that governs most of the county of Kent in England. It is the upper tier of elected local government, below which are 12 district councils, and around 300 town and parish councils. The county council h ...
. However The Ebbsfleet Academy continues to coordinate with Kent County Council for admissions. It was taken on by the
Leigh Academies Trust in 2021.
The Ebbsfleet Academy offers
GCSEs and Business and Technology Education Council, BTECs as programmes of study for pupils. The school is located at a community campus which includes a health centre, library and pharmacy and is adjacent to the Manor Primary School.
References
External links
The Ebbsfleet Academy official website
Secondary schools in Kent
Academies in Kent
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