Barclay Academy is a

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and

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located in

Stevenage Stevenage ( ) is a town and borough in Hertfordshire, England, about north of London. Stevenage is east of junctions 7 and 8 of the A1(M), between Letchworth Garden City to the north and Welwyn Garden City to the south. In 1946, Stevenage w ...

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, England. The current head teacher is Scarlett O'Sullivan. Opening in 1949, it was the first purpose-built secondary school constructed in the UK after the Second World War and was awarded a Festival of Britain architectural award in 1951. In May 2019, the school celebrated its 70th anniversary. The school contains a large bronze statue by

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, '' Family Group'', which was placed at the school's main entrance and is now inside and can be seen in the front of the school. On 22 January 2018, the BBC visited the school to clear up why the statue had been moved, as there had been an attempted robbery on it in 2009. The school was taken over by

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Trust and converted into an academy in February 2019.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Barclay School Schools in Stevenage Educational institutions established in 1949 Secondary schools in Hertfordshire 1949 establishments in England Academies in Hertfordshire Grade II listed educational buildings Grade II listed buildings in Hertfordshire