Huntingtower Academy

Huntingtower Community Primary Academy
Location
Huntingtower Road

Grantham
,
Lincolnshire

England
Information
TypeAcademy
Local authority
Lincolnshire
TrustPriory Federation of Academies
139618 Tables
OfstedReports
Headteacher
Emma Harkins
GenderCo-educational
Age4 to 11
Websitewww.huntingtowerprimary.co.uk

Huntingtower Community Primary Academy (formerly Huntingtower Road Primary School) is a non-denominational, mixed primary academy in Grantham, South Kesteven, Lincolnshire. Opened in 1914, the school, located on Huntingtower Road, educates 388 pupils, aged 4 to 11. It gained academy status in 2013. The school curriculum was rated good in the 2016 Ofsted inspection.

Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was a pupil at the school between 1930 and 1936, before winning a scholarship to attend the local grammar school, Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School.

References

  1. ↑ "Our Academy". www.huntingtowerprimary.co.uk. Huntingtower CP Academy.
  2. 1 2 "Huntingtower Community Primary Academy - GOV.UK". get-information-schools.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  3. ↑ "Huntingtower Community Primary Academy". Ofsted. 21 June 2016.
  4. ↑ "1925-43 Grantham: Primary School Register (first & last attendance)". Margaret Thatcher Foundation. 3 September 1930. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  5. ↑ Beckett, Clare (2006). The 20 British Prime Ministers of the 20th Century: Thatcher. Haus Publishing. p. 5. ISBN 978-1-904950-71-4.

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