Stamford Welland Academy (formerly ''Stamford Queen Eleanor School'') is a

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with academy status, located in Stamford in the

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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 ...

History

Stamford Queen Eleanor School was formed in the late 1980s after the dissolution of the town's two comprehensive schools - Fane and Exeter. Previously a community school administered by

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, Stamford Queen Eleanor School converted to academy status on 1 November 2011 but continues to coordinate with Lincolnshire County Council for admissions. In 2014 the school became a sponsored academy under the Cambridge Meridian Academies Trust and was renamed Stamford Welland Academy. In 2017

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rated the school as “good” in all areas.

Academics

Stamford Welland Academy offers

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, BTECs and

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as programmes of study for pupils.

In the news

Overnight vandalism at the school on 18 May 2019 wrecked thousands of hours of craft work by

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enthusiasts before the Market Deeping Model Railway Club's annual show could take place. Four youths were apprehended inside by police and later admitted criminal damage.

References

External links

Stamford Welland Academy official website
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