Lynn Grove Academy

Lynn Grove Academy

Motto	Small enough to care about every child, Big enough to be exciting
Established	1965
Type	Academy
Headteacher	Ms Alison Mobbs
Location	Lynn Grove Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 8AP England Coordinates: 52°35′01″N 1°42′33″E / 52.58355°N 1.70904°E / 52.58355; 1.70904
DfE URN	137541 Tables
Ofsted	Reports Pre-academy reports
Students	Approx. 1,200 pupils
Gender	Coeducational
Ages	11–16
Houses	Pegasus,Arion,Phoenix
Website	www.lynngrove.org.uk

Lynn Grove Academy (formerly Lynn Grove High School) is a secondary school with academy status, located in Gorleston in Great Yarmouth in the English county of Norfolk. The school educates about 1,100 children between the ages of 11 and 16. The school was originally constructed as one main building which has been extended and other blocks and facilities such as a new library and astroturf area have been added. Following an Ofsted inspection in May 2015 the school was rated 'Requires Improvement'.^[1]

School history

Lynn Grove Academy in 2015

The school building was originally built for the Great Yarmouth High School for Girls which moved from Trafalgar Road in Great Yarmouth to the new building in 1957. It became the coeducational Gorleston Grammar School in 1970. In 2015, the school became Lynn Grove Academy.

The school's own website and senior staff both promote a friendly, safe environment for pupils regardless of sexuality, gender, race, religion or any other general feature.

The school joined the Creative Education Trust in 2015.

Ofsted reports

The school was inspected by Ofsted in 2010, receiving an overall Grade 1 (outstanding).^[2] After becoming an academy the school was inspected in December 2013 when it was judged inadequate (Grade 4).^[3] Following a further inspection by Ofsted in May 2015 the school was rated 'Requires Improvement' (Grade 3); it gained this rating in three out of four categories, the other (Pupil Behaviour) being rated 'Good'.^[1]

Notable former pupils

Hannah Spearritt, from the pop band S Club 7 attended the school.

References

1 2 Ofsted Report on Lynn Grove Academy - 13 - 14 May 2015
↑ Lynn Grove VA High School, Ofsted. Retrieved 2013-01-17.
↑ Lynn Grove High School, Ofsted. Retrieved 2014-02-06.

Schools in Norfolk

Primary	Eastgate Academy Iceni Academy Litcham School Nelson Academy Robert Kett Primary School

Secondary	Acle Academy Alderman Peel High School Archbishop Sancroft High School Attleborough Academy Aylsham High School Broadland High School Caister Academy City Academy Norwich City of Norwich School Cliff Park Ormiston Academy Cromer Academy Dereham Neatherd High School Diss High School Downham Market Academy Fakenham Academy Flegg High School Framingham Earl High School Great Yarmouth High School Hellesdon High School Hethersett Academy The Hewett Academy Hobart High School Iceni Academy Jane Austen College King Edward VII School King's Lynn Academy Litcham School Long Stratton High School Lynn Grove High School Marshland High School The Nicholas Hamond Academy North Walsham High School Northgate High School Notre Dame High School Old Buckenham High School Open Academy Ormiston Venture Academy Ormiston Victory Academy Reepham High School St Clement's High School Sewell Park Academy Sheringham High School Smithdon High School Springwood High School Sprowston Community High School Stalham High School Taverham High School The Thetford Academy Thorpe St Andrew School UTC Norfolk Wayland Academy Wymondham College Wymondham High School

Independent	Glebe House School Gresham's School Hethersett Old Hall School Langley School Norwich School Norwich High School for Girls Thetford Grammar School Town Close School

Special	Frisby's English School Sheringham Woodfields School

Further education	College of West Anglia City College Norwich Dereham Sixth Form College East Norfolk Sixth Form College Easton & Otley College Paston College Sir Isaac Newton Sixth Form

Defunct	Burston Strike School Cawston College Norwich High School for Boys Watts Naval School Wood-Dene School

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