North Kesteven Academy is a co-educational

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on
Moor Lane
', off the A1434 at

North Hykeham North Hykeham is a town and civil parish in the North Kesteven district, in the county of Lincolnshire, England. It forms part of the Lincoln Urban Area. The population of the town at the 2011 census was 13,884. History North Hykeham was ori ...

, in North Kesteven,

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, England.

History

Grammar school

The school was founded as North Kesteven

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in 1961 when administered by the County of Lincoln - Parts of Kesteven Education Committee, based in

Sleaford Sleaford is a market town and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. Centred on the former parish of New Sleaford, the modern boundaries and urban area include Quarrington, Lincolnshire, ...

. It moved into a new building in January 1961 with 600 mixed pupils. In October 1967, meetings with parents about comprehensive education took place.

Comprehensive

The school became a

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in 1970, at which time it contained 1200 pupils. From April 1974, it was administered by Lincolnshire. It became grant-maintained in April 1992 and a

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in September 1999. A sixth form complex opened in 1999, shared as the North Hykeham Joint Sixth Form. The school was designated a specialist Arts College in performing arts in September 2000, and opened a new Arts Complex in September 2002, which included the 250-seat Terry O'Toole Theatre. The school was awarded academy status in 2010.

School site

The school is adjacent to

Robert Pattinson School Sir Robert Pattinson Academy (formerly Robert Pattinson School) is a secondary school on the northeast side of Moor Lane in North Hykeham, Lincolnshire, England. Also known as RP, Lincoln City used the field as temporary training grounds. Th ...

on the west side of Moor Lane. Adjacent, on the same site to the west, is North Kesteven Leisure Centre and the Terry O'Toole Theatre. The sports centre is used by the school as a gym during school hours.

Curriculum

The school has approximately 1400 pupils aged 11 to 18, and teaches towards GCSE, A Level and BTEC certificates in the fields of Technologies, Arts, History, Geography, Business Studies and Modern Foreign Languages.

Notable former pupils

North Kesteven Grammar School

* Nick Johnston (1961–66), MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife from 1999 to 2001. * David Ward, Lib Dem MP from 2010 to 2015 for Bradford East

North Kesteven Comprehensive School

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References

External links

School website

Terry O'Toole Theatre

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