Lambeth Academy

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Academy in Lambeth, London, England

The Elms Academy

Address

Elms Road Lambeth, London, SW4 9ET England
Coordinates	51°27′28″N 0°08′24″W / 51.4577°N 0.1400°W / 51.4577; -0.1400
Information
Former name	Lambeth Academy
Type	Academy
Motto	The best in everyone
Established	2004
Local authority	Lambeth
Specialist	English
Department for Education URN	134815 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Headteacher	Amy Welch
Gender	Mixed
Age	11 to 18
Enrolment	900
Houses	Archer, Jones, Thornton, Szabo
Colour(s)	black and light blue
Sponsor	United Learning
Website	http://www.lambeth-academy.org

The Elms Academy is a mixed secondary academy in the London borough of Lambeth. Its sponsor is United Learning.

Admissions

The Elms Academy is owned and run by United Learning, a subsidiary of the United Church Schools Trust. In Summer 2011 the first group of students who had arrived in 2004 completed their A-levels and achieved excellent results. They have established an alumni society called Lambeth Academicals, to maintain contact through sporting social and other activities. 2011 saw results rising to 58% of GCSE students obtaining 5A*-C grades, including English and Maths. This represented a 22% increase, making the Academy one of the most improved schools in London and placing it above the national average in this respect.

Lambeth Academy specialises in English with Business & Enterprise. There are around 200 in its integrated sixth form. The Sixth Form intake includes many students from its collaborative schools, The Hurlingham Academy and Holland Park School, as part of a United Learning cluster. It is situated on Elms Road just east of Clapham Common. It lies in the parish of Holy Spirit, Clapham.

History

Lambeth Academy was founded after a four-year campaign by local parents, including the author John O'Farrell, who became the school's first Chair of Governors, a post he held for eight years. He recalls the campaign and his involvement in the school in his memoir 'Things Can Only Get Worse'. The academy was formally opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 2004. The first principal was Ms Pat Millichamp, who retired after two years.

The second principal was Mr Stephen Potter who retired in December 2011 and was then replaced by Ms Jan Shadick, who served in this position until Summer 2017. She was succeeded by Ms Carol Shepherd until her resignation in the Christmas of 2017. Subsequently, she was succeeded by Mr Peter Mathershaw who stood down as headteacher in the summer of 2018, he was replaced by Mr Leon Wilson who is the current Executive Headteacher of this school and the nearby Hurlingham Academy, of which it became a cluster with, allowing both schools to share standards, facilities and some staff.

The chair of governors is Chioma Oganya.

Henry Thornton School

The Academy is built on the site of the Henry Thornton School (HTS). This school opened in 1929 as a boys' grammar school. It had around 450 boys. It was well known in national lacrosse competitions. It became a comprehensive in 1968 with around 1,500 boys, then merged with the Hydeburn School to become the Chestnut Grove School in Balham in 1986, and the site became the Henry Thornton Centre of Clapham and Balham Adult Education Institute. In 2003 the former grammar school was demolished to make way for the Academy.

Notable former pupils

Diogo Costa, Lambeth Councillor for Oval ward and Software Engineer
Jamie Flatters, actor, filmmaker and singer.

Henry Thornton School

Prof Kenneth Andrews, Professor of History from 1979 to 1988 at the University of Hull
Prof L. Bruce Archer CBE, Professor from 1971 to 1988 at the Royal College of Art, and President from 1994 to 2005 of the Design Research Society
Chris Batt OBE, Chief Executive from 2003 to 2007 of the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council
Hywel Bennett, actor
Michael Caplan, barrister
Prof Percy Crowe, Professor in Geography from 1953 to 1971 at the University of Manchester
John Esmonde and Bob Larbey, scriptwriters who wrote The Good Life
Prof Michael Farthing, Vice-Chancellor since 2007 of the University of Sussex, and President from 2007 to 2008 of the British Society of Gastroenterology
Eric Gilder, composer
Jimmy Hill, ex-footballer and former television sports presenter
Peter Waterman, boxer
Peter Katin, concert pianist
Alun Lewis, actor
Prof Donald Pashley, Professor of Materials from 1979 to 1982 at Imperial College London
Tom Phillips, artist
Sir Norman Prichard, Chairman 1955-56 of London County Council
Peter Robert Rawson, Group Company Secretary 1992-1997 of Prudential plc
Prof Herbert Arthur Frederick Turner, Montague Burton Professor of Industrial Relations from 1963 to 1983 at the University of Cambridge
Michael Thomas (footballer, born 1967), Professional from 1984 until 2001. Played football for Arsenal, Portsmouth, Liverpool, Middlesbrough, Sport Lisboa e Benfica, and Wimbledon, as well as the England Under-21s, England B and the England National Team.

References

"United Learning Trust, registered charity no. 1093277". Charity Commission for England and Wales.
"United Church Schools Trust, registered charity no. 1016538". Charity Commission for England and Wales.
"KS4 and 5 Performance Data". Retrieved 10 November 2012.
"Academy Specialisms". Retrieved 10 November 2012.
"Geograph:: Holy Spirit, Narbonne Avenue, London SW4 (C) John Salmon". www.geograph.org.uk. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
"Governing Body". www.lambeth-academy.org. Retrieved 10 January 2018.

External links

v t e Schools and colleges in Lambeth
Maintained Schools (Primary)	Dunraven School Elm Wood Primary School Van Gogh Primary Woodmansterne School
Maintained Schools, (Secondary)	Ark Evelyn Grace Academy Bishop Thomas Grant School Dunraven School Elmgreen School Harris Academy Clapham La Retraite Roman Catholic Girls' School Lambeth Academy Lilian Baylis Technology School London Nautical School The Norwood School Oasis Academy South Bank Platanos College St Gabriel's College Trinity Academy Woodmansterne School
Special schools	Heron Academy Lansdowne School
Private schools	DLD College Oakfield Preparatory School Streatham and Clapham High School
Further education	King's College London Mathematics School Lambeth College The Marine Society College of the Sea Morley College South Bank University Sixth Form
Defunct schools	Archbishop Tenison's School Clapham College Dick Sheppard School The Family School London Steiner School St Martin-in-the-Fields High School for Girls Strand School Tulse Hill School

v t e United Learning schools
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Private schools	AKS Lytham Ashford School Dunottar School Embley Guildford High School Hull Collegiate School Lincoln Minster School Surbiton High School

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