Wayland Academy (formerly Wayland Community High School) is a small mixed secondary school located in Watton in the

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. It is part of the

Inspiration Trust Inspiration Trust is a multi-academy trust of academies and free schools in East Anglia, England. The trust was founded by Theodore Agnew, Baron Agnew of Oulton as the East Norfolk Academy Trust in 2012, changing its name to the Inspiration Tru ...

being refactored from the

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Trust group of schools in January 2020.

History

The school was converted to academy status in August 2012, and was previously a community school under the direct control of

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. The school continues to coordinate with Norfolk County Council for admissions.

Academics

The schools offers

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and BTECs as programmes of study, with some courses offered in conjunction with

Easton & Otley College Easton College is a college of further and higher education in Norfolk, located on a campus in the village of Easton. The college has specialist facilities for training in agriculture, horticulture, arboriculture, countryside, animal studie ...

and

City College Norwich City College Norwich is a college of further and higher education in Norfolk, England. It is one of the largest colleges in the country. The College has expanded in recent years following mergers with Easton College in 2020 and Paston Colleg ...

Notable former pupils

Wayland Community High School

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, cricketer *

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, television presenter

References

External links

Secondary schools in Norfolk Academies in Norfolk Watton, Norfolk {{Norfolk-school-stub