Trinity Academy, Thorne

Trinity Academy, Thorne
Established	2005
Type	Academy
Religion	Christian (accepts mixed ethics)
Headteacher	David Page
Location	Church Balk Thorne DN8 5BY England Coordinates: 53°36′46″N 0°57′07″W / 53.61275°N 0.95182°W / 53.61275; -0.95182
Local authority	Doncaster
DfE URN	135007 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Students	1225
Gender	Mixed
Ages	11–18
Colours	burgandy
Website	www.emmanuelctc.org.uk/trinityacademy/trinityacademy/

Trinity Academy is a non-selective co-educational secondary school in the English Academy programme, at Thorne near Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England.

It is a member of the Emmanuel Schools Foundation,^[1] established by entrepreneur Sir Peter Vardy to educate pupils within a Christian ethos.

History

The school opened in September 2005 and replaced Thorne Grammar School, established in 1930, which became a comprehensive school in 1973. The majority of the Grammar School's building was demolished, but its war memorial plaque and window were moved to the new Academy building and re-dedicated. The main, Georgian style frontage of the school was subsequently converted into apartments in 2009, with new mews style houses built on the former grass tennis courts along the frontage facing Church Balk.

The school has received rewards from the Specialist schools and Academies trust for being the 'Most Improved Academy in England & Wales' in 2008 and 'Most Improved Academy in Yorkshire & Humberside' in the years 2008, 2009 and 2010. The school was deemed 'Outstanding' by Ofsted in March 2011. However, in December 2013, the school faced a huge disappointment when Ofsted placed the school in 'special measures.' As of 2015, the school is no longer in 'special measures.'

Notable alumni

Thorne Grammar School

Peter Davies (politician), Mayor of Doncaster from 2009 to '13, and father of Conservative rebel MP Philip Davies
Lesley Garrett, opera singer and Principal Soprano from 1984 to '98 with the English National Opera
Leslie Hodson, physicist from Fishlake^[2] who discovered the kaon (K+ meson) sub-atomic particle in 1954 and did important work with cloud chambers
Nicholas Lane, actor^[3]
Jill Morrell, author,^[4] campaigner, motivational speaker, and Head of Public Affairs with the British Lung Foundation
George Porter, Baron Porter of Luddenham,^[5] awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1967, knighted in 1972, President from 1985 to '90 of the Royal Society, and Chancellor from 1986 to '95 of the University of Leicester
E. A. Smith (historian)

Productions

Trinity Academy theatrical productions are performed by a various year groups including the Sixth Form.

Other Emmanuel Schools

References

↑ Charity Commission. Emmanuel Schools Foundation, registered charity no. 1093739.
↑ Leslie Hodson
↑ Nicholas Lane
↑ John McCarthy and Jill Morrell "Some Other Rainbow" Bantam Press 1993 524pp Jill Morrell, attended TGS 1971–76 (approx)
↑ Archer, Mary. ‘Porter, George, Baron Porter of Luddenham (1920–2002)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, online edn, Oxford University Press, January 2006; online edn, May 2007 accessed 26 June 2009

External links

Video clips

Tour of the old school in 2005

Schools in Doncaster

Secondary	The Armthorpe Academy Ash Hill Academy Balby Carr Community Academy Campsmount Academy Danum Academy De Warenne Academy Don Valley Academy Doncaster Collegiate Sixth Form Hall Cross Academy The Hayfield School Hungerhill School The McAuley Catholic High School Mexborough Academy Outwood Academy Adwick Ridgewood School Rossington All Saints Academy Sir Thomas Wharton Community College Trinity Academy XP School

Independent	Hill House School

Further education	Doncaster College Doncaster Collegiate Sixth Form

United Learning schools

Academies	Accrington Academy Barnsley Academy Carter Community School Goresbrook School Hurlingham and Chelsea Secondary School John Smeaton Academy Kettering Buccleuch Academy Lambeth Academy Manchester Academy Midhurst Rother College North Oxfordshire Academy Northampton Academy Nova Hreod Academy Paddington Academy Richard Rose Central Academy Richard Rose Morton Academy Salford City Academy Seahaven Academy Sheffield Park Academy Sheffield Springs Academy Shoreham Academy Stockport Academy Swindon Academy The Regis School Walthamstow Academy William Hulme's Grammar School Wye School

Emmanuel Schools	Bede Academy Emmanuel College The King's Academy Trinity Academy

Independent schools	Arnold KEQMS Ashford School Bournemouth Collegiate School Caterham School Guildford High School Hampshire Collegiate School Hull Collegiate School Lincoln Minster School Sunderland High School Surbiton High School

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