Stockport Academy
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Stockport Academy is a non-selective co-educational school within the English Academy programme, located in Cheadle Heath
, Stockport
, Greater Manchester
. It catered for children aged 11–18 and has approximately 706 pupils on roll, including 76 pupils in the jointed sixth form, for students 16- 18
The Academy opened in September 2007 and replaced Avondale High School. In November 2008 it moved into a new building on the same site, constructed by Bowmer & Kirkland.
It is run by the United Learning Trust
(ULT), a subsidiary of the United Church Schools Trust
.
It is operated on a non-denominational basis, but followed the Christian, specifically Church of England
, ethos of its parent organization.
On the 11th March 2010 there was a bomb threat by a student
Cheadle Heath
Cheadle Heath is a suburban area of Stockport, part of the wider Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, in Greater Manchester, England. It is approximately west of Stockport's town centre and southeast of the city of Manchester....
, Stockport
Stockport
Stockport is a town in Greater Manchester, England. It lies on elevated ground southeast of Manchester city centre, at the point where the rivers Goyt and Tame join and create the River Mersey. Stockport is the largest settlement in the metropolitan borough of the same name...
, Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 2.6 million. It encompasses one of the largest metropolitan areas in the United Kingdom and comprises ten metropolitan boroughs: Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan, and the...
. It catered for children aged 11–18 and has approximately 706 pupils on roll, including 76 pupils in the jointed sixth form, for students 16- 18
The Academy opened in September 2007 and replaced Avondale High School. In November 2008 it moved into a new building on the same site, constructed by Bowmer & Kirkland.
It is run by the United Learning Trust
United Learning Trust
The United Learning Trust is an education charity and the largest single sponsor of academies in the UK with 20 academies and one City Technology College currently open. ULT's objective is to bring out "the best in everyone", driving educational improvement across its family of academies and...
(ULT), a subsidiary of the United Church Schools Trust
United Church Schools Trust
The United Church Schools Trust is a large education charity in the United Kingdom which owns and operates a group of 11 independent schools.-History:...
.
It is operated on a non-denominational basis, but followed the Christian, specifically Church of England
Church of England
The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St...
, ethos of its parent organization.
On the 11th March 2010 there was a bomb threat by a student