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

Norfolk Norfolk () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in East Anglia in England. It borders Lincolnshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the west and south-west, and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the No ...

. 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 Trus ...

being refactored from the Transforming Education in NorfolkTrust 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

Norfolk County Council Norfolk County Council is the top-tier local government authority for Norfolk, England. Its headquarters are based in the city of Norwich. Below it there are 7 second-tier local government district councils: Breckland District, Broadland Distr ...

. 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 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 College ...

Notable former pupils

Wayland Community High School

* Shaun Bailey, cricketer *

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, television presenter

References

External links

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