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Robert Owen Academy was a secondary school in Hereford, Herefordshire, England.

It opened in September 2013. It was formed a specialist school within the Vocational area, the current site of the academy was opened in 2014, previously the group had a site not far away from their current in an area called Holme Lacy but after a £3 million renovation on a £1 million patch of land the academy opened up their new site.

After poor results the school closed in August 2018.

References

1. "Herefordshire's first vocational free school to be permanently based in Hereford". 11 January 2014.
2. "Pupils brighten up hospital courtyards". 24 September 2016.
3. "GCSE results: Pioneering free schools report promising scores". 25 August 2016.
4. "GCSE results day in Herefordshire 2016". 25 August 2016.
5. "Churchfields Academy 'falls below Government benchmark'". 21 January 2016.
6. "Financial Notice to Improve: Robert Owen Academy Trust - Publications - GOV.UK". 18 April 2019.
7. "County's first vocational school found to have 'serious weaknesses' by Ofsted". 3 July 2015.
8. Adams, Richard (1 July 2015). "Ofsted inspectors rate two more free schools as inadequate". The Guardian.
9. "Robert Owen Academy - GOV.UK". get-information-schools.service.gov.uk.

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