The Sir Frank Whittle Studio School was a 14–19 Studio School, part of The Lutterworth Academies Trust. It was situated alongside

Lutterworth College Lutterworth College is a large 11–19 non-selective, inclusive, comprehensive, Church of England Secondary School and Sixth Form College with academy status. Lutterworth College is situated in the rural market town of Lutterworth in the distr ...

in the rural market town of

Lutterworth Lutterworth is a market town and civil parish in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England. The town is located in southern Leicestershire, close to the borders with Warwickshire and Northamptonshire. It is located north of Rugby, ...

, South Leicestershire. The school specialised in engineering, business and sport. It also worked alongside employers to provide students with external experiential learning. The school closed in July 2019 because of a failure to fill places. There are plans to use the school buildings for a new special school.

Construction

Plans were submitted to Harborough District Council in February 2014, with the intention to begin construction to be ready for the September 2014 cohort. The Kier Group were contracted for the project with a build programme beginning on 9 February 2015 and finishing with a final handover on 27 November 2015. Due to delays with planning permission, the build didn't start until 27 March 2015. The first intake of students were admitted in September 2014 and as a result of the building not being completed, a temporary building was erected on the

site to accommodate the students until construction on the school was complete. Construction was completed and the building in use from December 2015.

Academic performance

The school received its first full set of results in August 2016. The school's results placed Sir Frank Whittle Studio School as one of the highest performing secondary school in Leicestershire, ranking 6th out of all schools reporting results. The Progress 8 score of +0.15 is significantly above national average. As of 2019, the school's most recent inspection result was from 2017 and was Good. In 2018 the school was listed as underperforming.

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{{authority control Defunct schools in Leicestershire Defunct studio schools Educational institutions established in 2014 2014 establishments in England Educational institutions disestablished in 2019 2019 disestablishments in England