Sir Thomas Boughey Academy (formerly Sir Thomas Boughey High School) is a

co-educational Mixed-sex education, also known as mixed-gender education, co-education, or coeducation (abbreviated to co-ed or coed), is a system of education where males and females are educated together. Whereas single-sex education was more common up to t ...

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located in

Halmer End Halmer End is a small village in the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme in Staffordshire, neighbouring the small hamlet of Alsagers Bank and the larger village of Audley. Population details as taken in the 2011 census can be found under Audley ...

(near

Newcastle-under-Lyme Newcastle-under-Lyme ( RP: , ) is a market town and the administrative centre of the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme in Staffordshire, England. The 2011 census population of the town was 75,082, whilst the wider borough had a population of 1 ...

) in

Staffordshire Staffordshire (; postal abbreviation Staffs.) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. It borders Cheshire to the northwest, Derbyshire and Leicestershire to the east, Warwickshire to the southeast, the West Midlands Cou ...

, England. The school is named after Sir Thomas Boughey of the

Boughey baronets The Fletcher, later Boughey Baronetcy, of Newcastle-under-Lyme and of Betley both in the County of Stafford, is a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 24 August 1798 for Thomas Fletcher, of Betley Court, Staffordshire, ...

who donated land for the establishment of the school. The school can trace its origins to 1849. Today it is an

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administered by the United Endeavour Trust. The school offers

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as programmes of study for pupils. The school was rated GOOD in the 2022 OFSTED inspection

Notable pupils

Aaron Ramsdale Aaron Christopher Ramsdale (born 14 May 1998) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for club Arsenal and the England national team. Ramsdale began his senior club career playing for Sheffield United and signed for AFC ...

, footballer

References

External links

Sir Thomas Boughey Academy official website
Educational institutions established in 1849 1849 establishments in England Secondary schools in Staffordshire Academies in Staffordshire {{Staffordshire-school-stub