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Outwood Academy Foxhills is a mixed
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) ...
located in
Scunthorpe Scunthorpe () is an industrial town and unparished area in the unitary authority of North Lincolnshire in Lincolnshire, England of which it is the main administrative centre. Scunthorpe had an estimated total population of 82,334 in 2016. A pre ...
,
North Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire is a unitary authority area in Lincolnshire, England, with a population of 167,446 in the 2011 census. The borough includes the towns of Scunthorpe, Brigg, Haxey, Crowle, Epworth, Bottesford, Kirton in Lindsey and Barton ...
, England.


History


Secondary modern school

The school opened as Foxhills Secondary School in January 1951, with room for 400 children, with nine classrooms, two housecraft or domestic science, one craft, one woodwork or metalwork, and science laboratory. It was built with Tudor sand-faced bricks from the
Isle of Axholme The Isle of Axholme is a geographical area in England: a part of North Lincolnshire that adjoins South Yorkshire. It is located between the towns of Scunthorpe and Gainsborough, both of which are in the traditional West Riding of Lindsey, and D ...
. The school was officially opened Saturday 19 May 1951 by the Labour minister of education
George Tomlinson George Tomlinson (21 March 1890 – 22 September 1952) was a British Labour Party politician. Biography George Tomlinson was born at 55 Fielding Street in Rishton, Lancashire, the son of John Tomlinson, a cotton weaver, and his wife Alice, né ...
, and his wife, with the Mayor of Scunthorpe, Fred Gough. The school cost around £110,000. The next part of the school would cost around £85,000, to provide room for 700 children, with six more classrooms, four art and craft rooms, two gymnasiums, and another science room. The headteacher was Mr Dennis Gilgallon, who had been educated at
Brigg Grammar School Brigg ( /'brɪg/) is a market town in North Lincolnshire, England, with a population of 5,076 in the 2001 UK census, the population increased to 5,626 at the 2011 census. The town lies at the junction of the River Ancholme and east–west tran ...
; he died aged 54 on Thursday 19 November 1964 in S War Memorial Hospital, after being taken ill on Tuesday 17 November 1964. But the next phase, costing £79,000, would have to wait until 1959 for work to start. Houses were Axholme, Trent, Berkeley and Cliff. The school was overcrowded by 1958, with 600 children in a school designed for 450.''Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph'' Wednesday 10 September 1958, page 5


Comprehensive

It was previously known as Foxhills School, it gained specialist status in Technology and was renamed Foxhills
Technology College In the United Kingdom, a Technology College is a specialist school that specialises in design and technology, mathematics and science. Beginning in 1994, they were the first specialist schools that were not CTC colleges. In 2008, there were 59 ...
. Foxhills was the town's first specialist school, and then became Scunthorpe's first Performing
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 2007, adding specialisms in Maths and Computing in 2008 following Government designation as Scunthorpe's first High Performing Specialist School. It was previously a community school administered by
North Lincolnshire Council North Lincolnshire Council is the local authority of North Lincolnshire. It is a unitary authority, having the powers of a non-metropolitan county and district council combined. It is one of fifty five unitary authorities. It provides a full rang ...
, Foxhills converted to academy status on 1 August 2011 and was renamed Invenio Academy. On 1 September 2014 the academy became part of the
Outwood Grange Academies Trust Outwood Grange Academies Trust (OGAT) is a multi-academy trust (MAT) that operates forty schools (twenty-eight secondary and twelve primary) across northern England and the East Midlands. It is an exempt charity, regulated by the Department for E ...
and was renamed Outwood Academy Foxhills.


Curriculum

Outwood Academy Foxhills offers
GCSEs The General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) is an academic qualification in a particular subject, taken in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. State schools in Scotland use the Scottish Qualifications Certificate instead. Private sc ...
and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils.


References


External links


Outwood Academy Foxhills official website
1951 establishments in England Academies in the Borough of North Lincolnshire Educational institutions established in 1951 Foxhills Schools in Scunthorpe Secondary schools in the Borough of North Lincolnshire {{Lincolnshire-school-stub