Trinity Academy is a non-selective co-educational secondary school in the English

Academy An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of tertiary education. The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 386 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the go ...

programme, at Thorne near

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, England. It is a member of the

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, established by entrepreneur Sir Peter Vardy to educate pupils within a Christian ethos.

History

The school opened in September 2005 and replaced Thorne Grammar School, established in 1930, which became a comprehensive school in 1973. The majority of the Grammar School's building was demolished, but its war memorial plaque and window were moved to the new Academy building and re-dedicated. The main, Georgian style frontage of the school was subsequently converted into apartments in 2009, with new mews style houses built on the former grass tennis courts along the frontage facing Church Balk. The school has received rewards from the Specialist schools and Academies trust for being the 'Most Improved Academy in England & Wales' in 2008 and 'Most Improved Academy in Yorkshire & Humberside' in the years 2008, 2009 and 2010. The school was deemed 'Outstanding' by Ofsted in March 2011. However, in December 2013 Ofsted placed the school in 'special measures.' As of 2015, the school is no longer in 'special measures.'

Notable alumni

Thorne Grammar School

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from 2009 to 2013, and father of Conservative rebel MP

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Lesley Garrett Lesley Garrett, CBE (born 10 April 1955) is an English soprano singer, musician, broadcaster and media personality who is noted for being at home in opera and "crossover music". Early life Garrett was born in the town of Thorne, near Doncas ...

, opera singer and Principal Soprano from 1984 to 1998 with the

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* Leslie Hodson, physicist from Fishlake who discovered the

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(K+

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) sub-atomic particle in 1954 and did important work with

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s *

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, author, campaigner, motivational speaker, and Head of Public Affairs with the

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* George Porter, Baron Porter of Luddenham, awarded the

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in 1967, knighted in 1972, President from 1985 to 1990 of the

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, and Chancellor from 1986 to 1995 of the

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* E. A. Smith (historian)

Trinity Academy

* Connor Swift, cyclist.

Other Emmanuel Schools

References

External links

Trinity Academy website

Emmanuel Schools Foundation website

Thorne Grammar School Alumni website

Thorne Grammar School Reunion website (4,400 members)
* Ofsted reports
EduBase

Video clips

Tour of the old school in 2005
{{authority control Educational institutions established in 2005 Academies in Doncaster Secondary schools in Doncaster Emmanuel Schools Foundation Thorne, South Yorkshire People educated at Thorne Grammar School 2005 establishments in England