Joyce Frankland Academy, Newport, formerly Newport Free Grammar School, is a school in Newport, Essex, England. It was founded in 1588. The school is a mixed

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with a

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. It previously existed in different forms including a

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and a

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. The headteacher is Duncan Roberts and the vice headteacher is Ian Stoneham. As of 2012, there were 987 students, including 160 in the sixth form. It takes its current name after Dame Joyce Frankland (1531-1588), the only daughter of goldsmith Robert Trappes, who founded it as the "free Grammer Schole of Newport". Dame Frankland also made a number of educational bequests in her will to colleges at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge.

Specialist and academy status

The school achieved

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status in July 2003 from DfES and has been a Language College since September 2003. The school achieved a second specialism in

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, commencing 1 September 2008 but this was later lost. The school converted to academy status on 1 September 2012.

Academic standards

In 2011, Newport Free Grammar School was ranked 405th out of the 429 institutions supplying A-Level results to the Daily Telegraph's annual league table based on the percentages of A*, A and B grades achieved. Following an inspection on 15 March 2006,

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rated the school as ''good'', the second-best grade on its four-point scale. Inspectors said teaching was "sometimes outstanding, even inspirational" in languages and the humanities but needed improvement in mathematics and IT.

Notable former pupils

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, morbid anatomist and histologist * Charles George Broyden, mathematician *

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, MP for Gower *

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, BBC broadcaster and farmer *

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, music producer * James Frain, film actor *

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* Kate Johnson, novelist * Shakila Karim, singer-songwriter and musician *

Jamie Oliver James Trevor Oliver MBE OSI (born 27 May 1975) is an English chef, restaurateur and cookbook author. He is known for his casual approach to cuisine, which has led him to front numerous television shows and open many restaurants. Oliver reache ...

, television chef and author * J. W. Pritchard, civil servant of the Indian civil service * Pip Pyle, drummer with Gong and Hatfield and the North * Laura Sugar, Paralympic athlete * David Sutton, archivist and local politician * Peter Warren, journalist

References

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* {{authority control Secondary schools in Essex Educational institutions established in the 1580s 1588 establishments in England Academies in Essex Newport, Essex Specialist language colleges in England