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Academy in Stanway, Essex, England

The Stanway School
Address

Winstree Road Stanway, Essex, CO6 3LH England
Coordinates	51°53′00″N 0°50′26″E / 51.8832°N 0.8406°E / 51.8832; 0.8406
Information
Type	Academy
Established	1956
Department for Education URN	137927 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Gender	Mixed
Age	11 to 16
Houses	Gainsborough, Rutherford, Shakespeare, Wellington, Nightingale
Publication	The Stanway Times
Website	https://www.stanway.essex.sch.uk/

The Stanway School is a mixed secondary school located in Stanway in the English county of Essex.

The school was converted to academy status in May 2013, and used to be a community school under the direct control of Essex County Council. The school continues to coordinate with Essex County Council for admissions.

The Stanway School offers the General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSEs), Business and Technology Education Council (BTECs) and OCR Nationals as programmes of study for pupils. The school has a Humanities, Maths & Computing specialism, and offers additional courses in these subjects.

The school is part of the Stanway Federation Academy Trust with the Thomas Lord Audley School and is also part of the Sigma Trust.

The Stanway School is the subject of the 2024 docuseries Swiped: The Schools That Banned Smartphones.

Notable former pupils

Damon Albarn, musician and singer-songwriter of the bands Blur and Gorillaz
Graham Coxon, musician and guitarist of the band Blur
Natalie Jones, paralympic swimmer
Adam Miller, former footballer
Sammie Szmodics, footballer

References

"The Stanway School | A Humanities, Maths & Computing College". Stanway.essex.sch.uk. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
https://www.sigmatrust.org.uk/"Our academies"
"Colchester students give up smartphones for 21 days in experiment". BBC News. 11 December 2024. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
Oldershaw, Lauren (2 December 2018). "IN PICTURES: School's treasure trove of pictures and diaries found during overhaul". Clacton Gazette. Retrieved 11 January 2022.

External links

The Stanway School official website

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