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Churchdown School Academy (formerly Churchdown School) is a 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 ...
and
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located in Churchdown in the
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of
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.


History


1978 arson attack

There was an arson attack on Saturday 14 January 1978, costing £120,000. A lecture room block was completely destroyed. It was during the 1978 fire service strike. It took 12 hours to stop the fire. The school was shut for one week. Four 16 year old males attended court in Gloucester. 16 year old Jonathan McGovern, of Grove Road in Churchdown, received six months on Friday 17 March 1978. John Gaisford of Thompson Way, in Innsworth, received 7 years on 4 May 1978, under Section 53 of the
Children and Young Persons Act 1933 The Children and Young Persons Act 1933 ( 23 & 24 Geo. 5. c. 12) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It consolidated all existing child protection legislation for England and Wales into o ...
. He had brought a container of petrol.''Western Daily Press'' Friday 5 May 1978, page 3


Academy

Previously a
foundation school In England and Wales, a foundation school is a state-funded school in which the school governor, governing body has greater freedom in the running of the school than in Community school (England and Wales), community schools. Foundation schools ...
administered by
Gloucestershire County Council Gloucestershire County Council is the upper-tier local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Gloucestershire, in England. The council was created in 1889. The council's principal functions are county roads and rights of way, social servi ...
, Churchdown School was converted to academy status on 1 November 2011 and was renamed Churchdown School Academy. However the school continues to coordinate with Gloucestershire County Council for admissions.


Curriculum

Churchdown School Academy 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 for pupils, while students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of
A Levels The A-level (Advanced Level) is a subject-based qualification conferred as part of the General Certificate of Education, as well as a school leaving qualification offered by the educational bodies in the United Kingdom and the educational a ...
and further BTECs.


Notable former pupils

* Mike Teague former rugby union footballer * Dave Sims (rugby union) former rugby union footballer. Gloucester Captain * Luke Bond Assistant Organist at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle. * Guy Whittingham former Premier league footballer


References


External links


Churchdown School Academy official website
Academies in Gloucestershire Arson in 1978 School buildings in the United Kingdom destroyed by arson Secondary schools in Gloucestershire {{Gloucestershire-school-stub