Wayland Academy (formerly Wayland Community High School) is a small
mixed secondary school
A secondary school, high school, or senior school, is an institution that provides secondary education. Some secondary schools provide both ''lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper secondary education'' (ages 14 to 18), i.e., b ...
located in
Watton in the
English county
The counties of England are a type of subdivision of England. Counties have been used as administrative areas in England since Anglo-Saxon times. There are three definitions of county in England: the 48 ceremonial counties used for the purpo ...
of
Norfolk
Norfolk ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in England, located in East Anglia and officially part of the East of England region. It borders Lincolnshire and The Wash to the north-west, the North Sea to the north and eas ...
. 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 Tru ...
, having been part of the Transforming Education in Norfolk Trust group of schools until 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 upper-tier Local government in England, local authority for Norfolk, England. Below it there are seven second-tier district councils: Breckland District, Breckland, Broadland, Borough of Great Yarmouth, Great Yarmo ...
. The school continues to coordinate with Norfolk County Council for admissions.
Academics
The schools offers
GCSEs
The General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) is an academic qualification in a range of subjects taken in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, having been introduced in September 1986 and its first exams taken in 1988. State schools ...
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 Colleg ...
.
Notable former pupils
Wayland Community High School
*
Shaun Bailey, cricketer
*
Caroline Flack
Caroline Louise Flack (9 November 1979 – 15 February 2020) was an English television presenter and actress. Flack grew up in Norfolk and took an interest in dancing and theatre while at school. She began her professional career as an actress, ...
, television presenter
References
External links
Secondary schools in Norfolk
Academies in Norfolk
Watton, Norfolk
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