The Oxford Academy is a

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and

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located in

Littlemore Littlemore is a district and civil parish in Oxford, England. The civil parish includes part of Rose Hill. It is about southeast of the city centre of Oxford, between Rose Hill, Blackbird Leys, Cowley, and Sandford-on-Thames. The 2011 Censu ...

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, England. Formerly Peers School, it was re-opened as an

Academy An academy ( Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary or tertiary higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membership). The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy ...

in September 2008 and is the state secondary school for The Leys, Rose Hill and Littlemore..

History

Grammar school

The school's origins begin with Littlemore Grammar School.

Comprehensive

In 1968 Littlemore Grammar School merged with Northfield Secondary Modern School to form Oxford's first comprehensive school - the Peers School.

The Academy

The Oxford Academy opened in September 2008 on the site of Peers School, which had been designated a failing school. It initially used the existing buildings from the former school. In March 2009 the construction of a new, purpose-built £33 million school building was approved by

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. The new building was opened to pupils in February 2011. The Academy was placed in

special measures Special measures is a status applied by regulators of public services in Britain to providers who fall short of acceptable standards. In education (England and Wales) Ofsted, the schools inspection agency for England and some British Overseas Ter ...

in January 2013, following an

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inspection in November 2012. David Brown was appointed headmaster as a result of the inspection. In January 2015 the school's rating was improved and it was taken out of special measures. However following a subsequent inspection in 2019 the Academy was rated "inadequate" and returned to special measures. The Academy's sponsors are Beecroft Trust (a charitable initiative of venture capitalist

Adrian Beecroft Paul Adrian Barlow Beecroft (born Yorkshire, 20 May 1947) is a British venture capitalist based in London. He was for many years Chief Investment Officer of the private equity group Apax. He was until recently Chairman of Dawn Capital. Among th ...

), the

Diocese of Oxford The Diocese of Oxford is a Church of England diocese that forms part of the Province of Canterbury. The diocese is led by the Bishop of Oxford (currently Steven Croft), and the bishop's seat is at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. It contains m ...

, and

Oxford Brookes University Oxford Brookes University (formerly known as Oxford Polytechnic (United Kingdom), Polytechnic) is a public university, public university in Oxford, England. It is a new university, having received university status through the Further and High ...

. It has 1,267 students, including a sixth form. Class sizes are smaller than average in the state sector, with between 20 and 25 students in a class rather than between 25 and 30. After being returned to special measures in 2020 an interim academy board and intermin headteacher, David Terry, were appointed to oversee planned changes. In March 2020 Nora Ward was appointed as the new permanent headteacher from September 2020.

Notable former pupils

Littlemore Grammar School

* Ursula Buchan, gardening columnist and author, daughter of

William Buchan, 3rd Baron Tweedsmuir William James de L'Aigle Buchan, 3rd Baron Tweedsmuir (10 January 1916 – 29 June 2008), also known as "William Tweedsmuir" was an English peer and author of novels, short stories, memoirs and verse. He was the second son of the writer and Gov ...

, and granddaughter of

John Buchan John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir (; 26 August 1875 – 11 February 1940) was a Scottish novelist, historian, and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation. After a brief legal career ...

('' The Thirty-Nine Steps'' and

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from 1935–40)

Peers School

* Antonia Boström, art curator and author at the V&A, step-daughter of Sir

Norman Hulbert Wing Commander Sir Norman John Hulbert, DL (5 June 1903 – 1 June 1972) was a British company director, Royal Air Force officer and politician who served as a member of parliament for the Conservative Party for nearly thirty years. Early in his ...

* Eloise Millar, novelist (from 1988–91)Eloise Millar
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References

External links

The Oxford Academy websiteProfile at Direct.Gov
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