Sir Thomas Boughey Academy (formerly Sir Thomas Boughey High School) is a

co-educational 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 Halmer End (near

Newcastle-under-Lyme Newcastle-under-Lyme is a market town and the administrative centre of the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme in Staffordshire, England. It is adjacent to the city of Stoke-on-Trent. At the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census, the population ...

) in

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, England. Its current headteacher is Mrs J. Hingley. The school is named after Sir Thomas Boughey of the

Boughey baronets The Fletcher, later Boughey Baronetcy, of Newcastle-under-Lyme and of Betley both in the County of Stafford, is a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 24 August 1798 for Thomas Fletcher, of Betley Court, Staffordshire, Hi ...

who donated land for the establishment of the school. The school can trace its origins to 1849. Today it is an

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administered by the Windsor Academy Trust. The school offers

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as programmes of study for pupils. The school was rated GOOD in the 2022 OFSTED inspection

Notable pupils

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, footballer

References

External links

Sir Thomas Boughey Academy official website
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