New Rickstones Academy (NRA) is an
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 ...
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 ...
in
Witham
Witham () is a town and civil parish in the Braintree district, in the county of Essex, England. In the 2011 census, it had a population of 25,353. It is twinned with the town of Waldbröl, Germany. Witham stands on the Roman road between the ...
,
Essex
Essex ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East of England, and one of the home counties. It is bordered by Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, the North Sea to the east, Kent across the Thames Estuary to the ...
. It is the smaller of the two major
comprehensive school
A comprehensive school is a secondary school for pupils aged 11–16 or 11–18, that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude, in contrast to a selective school system where admission is restricted on the basis ...
s in Witham. It was previously The Rickstones School.
During 2012 the school moved into a new building, constructed by Carillion. An
Ofsted
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inspection took place on 17 and 18 January 2013.
The school is sponsored by the
Academies Enterprise Trust
Lift Schools, formerly Academies Enterprise Trust, is a multi-academy trust with 57 primary, secondary and special schools in England. One of the largest networks of schools in the country, it is a non-profit, educational trust, which sponsors s ...
.
During 2015, the school received a "Good" in its Ofsted report.
See also
*
List of schools in Essex
This is a list of schools in Essex, England. Essex is the second largest Local Education Authority in England.
State-funded schools Primary schools
*Abacus Primary School, Wickford
*Abbotsweld Primary Academy, Harlow
*Acorn Academy, Witham ...
References
External links
School website
Academies in Essex
Secondary schools in Essex
Academies Enterprise Trust
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