Red House Academy
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Red House Academy is an academy
secondary school for ages 11–16 located in Hylton Red House
, Sunderland, England
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In July 2009, the former, Hylton Red House School
was closed in preparation for the transition of its staff and students to the newly built Red House Academy - an Academy funded by the Leighton Group, hoping to provide a "balanced curriculum", allowing its students to "pursue their own ambitions" in "state-of-the-art buildings". The principal is Dr. Thérèse Quincey, who was the headteacher of Hylton Red House School for its final years, under whose leadership the school was removed from special measures by Ofsted and given grades satisfactory to good, and in a later report deemed excellent, and having improved drastically in the past few years. The School continues to build on its achievement with over a 25% of 2010 leavers receiving 5 or more GCSE's.
Since opening the school has introduced new activities to the community. Including a chance to learn a musical instrument, dance, football and other sports and activities.
Academy
An academy is an institution of higher learning, research, or honorary membership.The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 385 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the goddess of wisdom and skill, north of Athens, Greece. In the western world academia is the...
secondary school for ages 11–16 located in Hylton Red House
Hylton Red House
Hylton Red House, known as Red House, often incorrectly spelled as Redhouse, is a suburb in the north west of Sunderland, England, situated between Downhill to the west, and Marley Pots and Witherwack to the east....
, Sunderland, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
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In July 2009, the former, Hylton Red House School
Hylton Red House School
Hylton Red House was a comprehensive secondary school for ages 11–16 located in Red House, Sunderland, England.As of 2005 it had 736 students, a fall of 25% since 2000....
was closed in preparation for the transition of its staff and students to the newly built Red House Academy - an Academy funded by the Leighton Group, hoping to provide a "balanced curriculum", allowing its students to "pursue their own ambitions" in "state-of-the-art buildings". The principal is Dr. Thérèse Quincey, who was the headteacher of Hylton Red House School for its final years, under whose leadership the school was removed from special measures by Ofsted and given grades satisfactory to good, and in a later report deemed excellent, and having improved drastically in the past few years. The School continues to build on its achievement with over a 25% of 2010 leavers receiving 5 or more GCSE's.
Since opening the school has introduced new activities to the community. Including a chance to learn a musical instrument, dance, football and other sports and activities.