| Alec Hunter Academy | |
| Type: | Academy |
| Address: | Stubbs Lane |
| City: | Braintree |
| County: | Essex |
| Postcode: | CM7 3NR |
| Country: | England |
| Head Label: | Headteacher |
| Head: | Trevor Lawn |
| Chair Label: | Chair of Governors |
| Chair: | James Waller |
| Enrolment: | c. 1,000 |
| Gender: | Mixed |
| Urn: | 139402 |
| Ofsted: | yes |
| Lower Age: | 11 |
| Upper Age: | 16 |
| Website: | http://www.alechunter.org/ |
Alec Hunter Academy (formerly The Alec Hunter County Secondary School for Boys and Girls, Alec Hunter Comprehensive School, Alec Hunter High School and Alec Hunter Humanities College) is a secondary school with academy status located in East Braintree, Essex, England.
The school opened as a technical school in 1959, and it was named after the weaver and textile designer Alec Hunter (died 1958). It had become a humanities college by 2009, when the school celebrated its 50th anniversary.[1] In that year, local historian David Possee was writing a book on the history of the school when he died;[2] however Braintree Museum hosted an exhibition about the school.[1] In 2013 the school converted to an Academy by joining Saffron Academy Trust and is now part of a group of schools/academies, Saffron Academy Trust.
As of 2021, the school's most recent Ofsted judgement was in 2017, when it was judged Good overall.[3]