Strood Academy is a

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secondary school and

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with academy status, located in Strood in the English county of

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History

Strood Academy was formed in September 2009 following the closure of Chapter School and Temple School, and today the school is located on the former site of Chapter School. The school moved into new buildings on the site in September 2012, which were designed in partnership with

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and built by BAM as the main contractor at a cost of £27 million. The academy moved into the

Leigh Academies Trust Leigh Academies Trust is a multi-academy trust, formed of 31 schools based in the Kent, Medway and South East London areas. Its Head Office is on the same site as Strood Academy, housing its Executive Team and central teams including Finance, Est ...

in 2017. Dijana Piralic became Principal, replacing Kim Gunn, in March 2020.

Governance

Strood Academy is part of the Leigh Academies Trust, a multi-academy trust, formed of 25 schools based in the Kent, Medway and South East London areas. Its Head Office is on the same site as Strood Academy; it houses its Executive Team and the other central teams including Finance, Business, Marketing, HR, Engagement and IT. Strood Academy was sponsored by the

University for the Creative Arts The University for the Creative Arts is a specialist art and design university in the south of England. It was formed in 2005 as University College for the Creative Arts at Canterbury, Epsom, Farnham, Maidstone and Rochester when the Kent Ins ...

in 2013.

Academics

Key Stage 3

Strood Academy is a candidate school for the

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. In addition to following the UK National curriculum, this "a commitment to improve the teaching and learning of a diverse and inclusive community of students by delivering challenging, high quality programmes of international education that share a powerful vision."

Key Stage 4

The school offers

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and BTECs as programmes of study for its pupils; while students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of A Levels and BTEC Level 3s. In 2018, 5% of year 11s had entries in all EBACC subjects.

Sports

When the school was designed in 2011, sports facilities were included that could be let out of hours. A spin off company now does this too. There are multi-use sports spaces, a dance studio, tennis/netball courts and all-weather pitches.

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