Weavers Academy (Weavers School) is a Mixed-sex education, co-educational secondary school and sixth form with Academy (English school), academy status, located in Wellingborough in the English county of Northamptonshire.
Formerly a Technical Grammar School, it went on to become Weavers School, a Community school (England and Wales), community school administered by Northamptonshire County Council. It then briefly became a foundation school before converting to academy status in September 2013, and was renamed Weavers Academy. The school is now sponsored by the Creative Education Trust, but Weavers Academy continues to coordinate with Northamptonshire County Council for admissions.
Weavers Academy offers General Certificate of Secondary Education, GCSEs, Business and Technology Education Council, BTECs and OCR Nationals as programmes of study for pupils, while sixth form students can choose to study a range of GCE Advanced Level, A Levels and further BTECs.
In 2002, Weavers School achieved the distinction of becoming the first educational establishment in England to have a serving police officer based on its premises.
Two years later, the school was placed in special measures by the Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (Ofsted).
Alumni
* David Bell (footballer, born 1984), David Bell (born 1984), Footballer
* Dan Middleton, DanTDM a British YouTube personality, professional gamer, and author.
References
External links
Weavers Academy official website
Secondary schools in North Northamptonshire
Academies in North Northamptonshire
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