Bosworth Academy (formerly Bosworth Community College) is a

coeducational Mixed-sex education, also known as mixed-gender education, co-education, or coeducation (abbreviated to co-ed or coed), is a system of education where males and females are educated together. Whereas single-sex education was more common up to ...

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located in

Desford Desford is a village and civil parish in the Hinckley and Bosworth district of England, west of the centre of Leicester and around 7 miles north east of Hinckley. Situated on a hill approximately 400 feet above sea level, the parish includes t ...

Leicestershire Leicestershire ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. It is bordered by Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire to the north, Rutland to the east, Northamptonshire to the south-east, Warw ...

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and is part of the LiFE Multi-Academy Trust. It was a

Sports College Sports Colleges are senior secondary schools which promote sports alongside secondary education. United Kingdom Sports Colleges were introduced in 1997 as part of the Specialist Schools Programme in the United Kingdom. The programme enabled sec ...

under the UK's

Specialist School Specialist schools, also known as specialised schools or specialized schools, are schools which specialise in a certain area or field of curriculum. In some countries, for example New Zealand, the term is used exclusively for schools specialis ...

Programme, a status which was attained in 2003. The majority of students transfer to the school at the age of 11 from Primary Schools within the catchment area. The Executive Headteacher of the LiFE Multi-Academy Trust is Chris Parkinson and the Head of School for Bosworth Academy is Simon Brown.

History

The school moved to its present site at Desford in 1969 as "The Bosworth School and Community College". Its predecessor was the Dixie Grammar School in nearby Market Bosworth, with a tradition dating back to the 11th century. Timothy Rogers was appointed headmaster of the Dixie in 1964, oversaw the move to Desford, and continued as Bosworth's headmaster (later principal) until his retirement in 1983. In 2010 a new construction block was built. In 2003, the school became a Specialist Sports College and as a result enabled Market Bosworth High School and Winstanley Community College to follow suit. This was followed in 2011, with the school becoming a Trust School in partnership with Leicester University, Leicester City Football Club, Stephenson College, the Primary Care Trust, Yorkshire Bank and the Local Authority. In April 2012, the school achieved academy status as an independent entity supporting the local schools. There was previously a Barbara Hepworth sculpture situated outside the front main entrance, the whereabouts of which are currently unknown. It is understood that the Bernard Schottlander sculpture (3B Series No.2) in the quadrangle remains in situ. The school was last inspected by OFSTED in 2017 when it achieved 'Outstanding'. In 2018, the school was accredited the World Class Schools Quality Mark.

Notable former pupils

* Josh Cobb -

cricketer *

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- racing driver * Mark Goodwin -

Leicester City Leicester ( ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city, Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area, and the county town of Leicestershire in the East Midlands of England. It is the largest city in the East Midlands with a popula ...

footballer *

Tamsin Greenway Tamsin Greenway (born 6 October 1982) is a former England netball international. She was a member of the England teams that won bronze medals at the 2010 Commonwealth Games and at the 2011 and 2015 Netball World Cups. Between 2006 and 2018 she ...

- England netball international * Jinnwoo - musician/artist * Jenny Maxwell - Scotland women's rugby union and 7s international *

Lee Noble Lee Antony Noble (born January 1958) is a British entrepreneur, car designer and engineer. He is the founder of the sports car companies Noble Automotive Ltd in 1999 and Fenix Automotive in 2009. He is also the designer of some low-volume sports ...

- founder of

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Emily Scarratt Emily Beth Scarratt (born 8 February 1990) is an England, English rugby union player. She currently plays Centre (rugby union), centre and Fullback (rugby union), fullback for Loughborough Lightning (rugby union), Loughborough Lightning and fo ...

- England women's rugby union international *

Kraig Thornber Kraig Thornber (born 1961) is a British actor, singer and choreographer best known for playing the handyman Riff Raff in ''The Rocky Horror Show'' and Grandpa George in the musical '' Charlie and the Chocolate Factory''. He is a former member of ...

- actor and choreographer *

Colin Pitchfork Colin Pitchfork (born 23 March 1960) is an English child-murderer and child-rapist. He was the first person convicted of rape and murder using DNA profiling after he murdered two girls in neighbouring Leicestershire villages: Lynda Mann in Nar ...

- the first person convicted of murder based on DNA fingerprinting evidence * Philip Williamson - historian

References

External links

Official site

LiFE Multi-Academy Trust site
{{authority control Secondary schools in Leicestershire Academies in Leicestershire Educational institutions established in 1969 1969 establishments in England