Leigh Academy Strood

Leigh Academy Strood
Location
Carnation Road

Strood
,
Kent
,
ME2 2SX

England

51°23′52″N 0°27′57″E / 51.3978°N 0.4658°E / 51.3978; 0.4658
Information
TypeAcademy
TrustLeigh Academies Trust
135964 Tables
OfstedReports
Principal
Jon Richardson
GenderCoeducational
Age11 to 19
Enrolment1305
Capacity1500
Websiteleighacademystrood.org.uk

Leigh Academy Strood, formerly Strood Academy, is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form, with academy status, in Strood in the English county of Kent. Part of the main building also serves as the head office for Leigh Academies Trust.

History

Strood Academy in May 2020

Leigh Academy Strood was formed in September 2009 as Strood Academy, following the closure of Chapter School and Temple School, and today the school is located on the former site of Chapter School. The school moved into new buildings on the site in September 2012, which were designed in partnership with Nicholas Hare Architects and built by BAM as the main contractor at a cost of £27 million. The academy moved into the Leigh Academies Trust in 2017. The school officially adopted the name Leigh Academy Strood from September 2025 as part of the Leigh Academies Trust-wide rebranding.

Dijana Piralic became Principal, replacing Kim Gunn, in March 2020. In April 2023, Jon Richardson became Principal.

Governance

Leigh Academy Strood is part of the Leigh Academies Trust, a multi-academy trust, formed of 25 schools based in the Kent, Medway and South East London areas. Within the Trust's head office, it houses its Executive Team and the other central teams including Finance, Business, Marketing, HR, Engagement and IT.

Leigh Academy Strood was sponsored by the University for the Creative Arts in 2013.

Academics

Key Stage 3

Leigh Academy Strood is a candidate school for the IB Middle Years Programme. In addition to following the UK National curriculum, this "a commitment to improve the teaching and learning of a diverse and inclusive community of students by delivering challenging, high quality programmes of international education that share a powerful vision."

Key Stage 4

The school offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for its pupils; while students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of A Levels and BTEC Level 3s. In 2018, 5% of year 11s had entries in all EBACC subjects.

Sports

When the school was designed in 2011, sports facilities were included that could be let out of hours. A spin off company now does this too. There are multi-use sports spaces, a dance studio, tennis/netball courts and all-weather pitches.

References

  1. ↑ "Leigh Academy Strood Website". Leigh Academy Strood. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Leigh Academy Strood". Ofsted. 2 November 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
  3. ↑ "Leigh Academy Strood". Leigh Academy Strood. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
  4. ↑ "Welcome". Strood Academy. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
  5. ↑ "Strood Academy". Leigh Academies Trust. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  6. ↑ Richardson, Jon. "Mr". Leigh Academy Strood. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
  7. ↑ "LEIGH ACADEMIES TRUST - GOV.UK". get-information-schools.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  8. ↑ "Contact Us". Leigh Academies Trust. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  9. ↑ "Ofsted Report 2013". ofsted.gov.uk. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  10. ↑ "Middle Years Programme (MYP)". International Baccalaureate®. IBO. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  11. ↑ "Strood Academy | IBMYP (International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme) Candidate School". stroodacademy.org.uk. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  12. ↑ "Sixth form". Strood Academy. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
  13. ↑ Kent Live (19 June 2019). "Strood Academy". kentlive. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  14. ↑ "Strood Academy". LAT Enterprises. Retrieved 3 March 2020.