North Kesteven Academy is a co-educational
academy school on
Moor Lane', off the A1434 at
North Hykeham
North Hykeham is a town and civil parish in the North Kesteven district, in the county of Lincolnshire, England. It forms part of the Lincoln Urban Area. The population of the town at the 2011 census was 13,884.
History
North Hykeham was ori ...
, in
North Kesteven
North Kesteven is a local government district in Lincolnshire, England. The district is located to the east of Nottinghamshire, north-east of Leicestershire and south of the city of Lincoln. Its council, North Kesteven District Council, is bas ...
,
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs.) is a county in the East Midlands of England, with a long coastline on the North Sea to the east. It borders Norfolk to the south-east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south-west, Leicestershire ...
, England.
History
Grammar school
The school was founded as North Kesteven
Grammar School
A grammar school is one of several different types of school in the history of education in the United Kingdom and other English-speaking countries, originally a school teaching Latin, but more recently an academically oriented secondary school ...
in 1961 when administered by the County of Lincoln - Parts of Kesteven Education Committee, based in
Sleaford
Sleaford is a market town and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. Centred on the former parish of New Sleaford, the modern boundaries and urban area include Quarrington, Lincolnshire, ...
. It moved into a new building in January 1961 with 600 mixed pupils. In October 1967, meetings with parents about comprehensive education took place.
Comprehensive
The school became a
comprehensive school
A comprehensive school typically describes a secondary school for pupils aged approximately 11–18, that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude, in contrast to a selective school system where admission is res ...
in 1970, at which time it contained 1200 pupils. From April 1974, it was administered by Lincolnshire. It became
grant-maintained in April 1992 and a
foundation school
In England and Wales, a foundation school is a state-funded school in which the governing body has greater freedom in the running of the school than in community schools.
Foundation schools were set up under the School Standards and Framework A ...
in September 1999. A sixth form complex opened in 1999, shared as the North Hykeham Joint Sixth Form.
The school was designated a specialist
Arts College
An Arts College, in the United Kingdom, is a type of specialist school that specialises in the subject fields of the performing, visual, digital and/or media arts. They were announced in 1996 and introduced alongside Sports Colleges to England i ...
in performing arts in September 2000, and opened a new Arts Complex in September 2002, which included the 250-seat Terry O'Toole Theatre. The school was awarded academy status in 2010.
School site
The school is adjacent to
Robert Pattinson School
Sir Robert Pattinson Academy (formerly Robert Pattinson School) is a secondary school on the northeast side of Moor Lane in North Hykeham, Lincolnshire, England. Also known as RP, Lincoln City used the field as temporary training grounds. Th ...
on the west side of Moor Lane. Adjacent, on the same site to the west, is North Kesteven Leisure Centre
and the Terry O'Toole Theatre. The sports centre is used by the school as a gym during school hours.
Curriculum
The school has approximately 1400 pupils aged 11 to 18, and teaches towards GCSE, A Level and BTEC certificates in the fields of Technologies, Arts, History, Geography, Business Studies and Modern Foreign Languages.
Notable former pupils
North Kesteven Grammar School
*
Nick Johnston (1961–66),
MSP for
Mid Scotland and Fife from 1999 to 2001.
*
David Ward, Lib Dem MP from 2010 to 2015 for
Bradford East
North Kesteven Comprehensive School
*
Kelly Adams
Kelly Diane Adams (born 16 October 1979) is an English actress. She has played leading roles in a number of British television series: Mickie Hendrie in the BBC One medical drama series '' Holby City'' (2004–2006) and ''Casualty'' (2005); Emm ...
- actress
*
Jonathan Kerrigan
Jonathan Kerrigan (born 14 October 1972) is an English actor well known for various leading roles on TV including '' In The Club'', ''Casualty'', '' Heartbeat'', ''Merseybeat, The Five'' and ''Reach For The Moon''. Films include '' Diana'', ''FL ...
- actor
*
Steve Froggatt - Footballer
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Jennifer Pacey - Athlete and played 'Enigma' on the 2008 reboot of
Gladiators
A gladiator ( la, gladiator, "swordsman", from , "sword") was an armed combatant who entertained audiences in the Roman Republic and Roman Empire in violent confrontations with other gladiators, wild animals, and condemned criminals. Some gla ...
References
External links
School websiteTerry O'Toole TheatreWikiMapia
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Educational institutions established in 1961
North Kesteven District
Theatres in Lincolnshire
Sports venues in Lincolnshire
Secondary schools in Lincolnshire
1961 establishments in England
Academies in Lincolnshire