Hinckley Academy

Hinckley Academy

Type	Academy
Principal	Mr Paul D. Craven
Chair of Governors	Mr Michael Sharpe
Location	Butt Lane Hinckley Leicestershire LE10 1LE England
DfE number	855/4013
DfE URN	141682 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Gender	Coeducational
Ages	11–18
Website	School website

Hinckley Academy (formerly John Cleveland College) is a coeducational secondary school located in Hinckley, Leicestershire, England. The school also includes the John Cleveland Sixth Form Centre.

Whilst also Exceeding Expectations within the Science Department with achieving a 'Specialist Science College' Title. This Was the first school within the area to have it, It was then followed with Mount Grace High School. The school has five houses, which include Illife, Brame, Cheshire, Hansom and Nichols. There are currently around 1750 students and 250 teachers and staff.

History

Hinckley Grammar School was first mentioned in the parish records of 1629, though it was certainly in existence before this time. It was located in Castle Road, in the very centre of Hinckley. However, in 1791 it was noted by the Universal British Directory that "The old town hall and school house remain, but are ruinous". In 1831 it was noted by the same organisation as "In a very dilapidated state", and the old grammar school was pulled down 21 years later in 1852, eventually being replaced by houses and shops. In 1877 a new school was opened. In 1891 it had 50 pupils and in 1894 moved to new purpose built premises on Leicester Road, close to the current site and in 1901 the school admitted girls for the first time. In 1963 the grammar school moved to Butt Lane and the Leicester Road buildings were taken over by Mount Grace High School.

In more recent times the school gained specialist Science College status, before converting to academy status in 2012.

Previously an upper school for pupils aged 14 to 18, in September 2015 the age range expanded to 11 and the school was renamed from John Cleveland College to Hinckley Academy.

Facilities

The school campus consists of various buildings and facilities including a main hall, a swimming pool, a large canteen, a lecture theatre, a sports hall, a gym, astro turf pitches, a hospitality block, a media room, tennis courts, football pitches, rugby pitches, land athletics pitches and tracks, store rooms and a library (known as the Learning Resource Centre). During May–September 2010 phase 1 of the sports centre refurbishment took place, this consisted of modern and vibrant changing facilities. During December 2010 work started on phase 2 which consists of upper changing facilities and swimming pool. The new facilities opened March 2011. During August 2011 the Design Technology Foyer and Washrooms received a complete re-design and refurbishment.

Awards

Awards include Investors in People, Artsmark Gold, International Schools Award and Healthy Schools Award status.

Sport

During 2004, John Cleveland College became the first state comprehensive school to win the Under 15s Daily Mail Cup, a national Rugby Union cup championship open only to schools. The school also has many award winning Football, Rugby, Basketball and Hockey teams.

Notable former pupils

John Cleveland College

• Leicester Tigers and England rugby union footballers: Barry Evans; Graham Rowntree; Dean Richards; Ollie Smith; Sam Vesty; Manu Tuilagi; Sam Harrison Ryan Bower
• Josh Ginnelly
• Gavin Price

Hinckley Grammar School (pre-1974)

• Roger Clark MBE, rally driver
• John Cleveland, poet
• Dill Faulkes, businessman and philanthropist
• Peter Tom CBE, Chief Executive from 1997–2005 of Aggregate Industries, and former rugby union player
• Philip Turner, author