Archway School Explained

Archway School
Coordinates:51.751°N -2.2378°W
Established:1961
Type:Community school
Head Label:Headteacher
Head:Kieron Smith
Address:Paganhill
City:Stroud
County:Gloucestershire
Country:England
Postcode:GL5 4AX
Local Authority:Gloucestershire
Ofsted:yes
Urn:115723
Capacity:1,215
Enrolment:1,170
Gender:Mixed
Lower Age:11
Upper Age:18
Website:http://www.archwayschool.net

Archway School is a comprehensive co-educational school for pupils aged 11 to 18 in Stroud, Gloucestershire, England. The headteacher is Kieron Smith.

Archway Secondary Modern School, Paganhill, Stroud was built on land compulsorily purchased from EJ Wheeler of Park Farm and from part of the Farmhill Park Estate.[1] The latter was the home in the 1830s of magistrate Henry Wyatt (1793-1847) who built the gate archway (which gives the School its name) as a commemoration of the abolition of slavery.[2]

The School received its first pupils in September 1961 and was one of the first comprehensive schools in the Stroud area.[3] The first Headteacher was Mr SGH Loosely who was pictured on the school's opening day with Head Boy Gerald Butler and Head Girl Gillian Wood.[4] It was officially opened on Friday 30 March 1962 by Walter James, Editor of the Times Educational Supplement, together with Major PD Birchall, Chairman of the County Education Committee and Mrs Margaret Hills, Chairman of the School Governors.[5]

The school has playing fields, including cricket nets, rugby and football pitches, a full size running track, tennis courts and a hockey redgra. The school has a 20m (70feet) heated indoor swimming-pool, and in 1997 opened a fully fitted sports centre including a dance room, gym and large sprung-floor hall.[6] Cross-country running also commonly takes place across the nearby Randwick hills.

Archway has its own sixth form which was part of the Stroud Post-16 Consortium along with Downfield Sixth Form (a collaboration between Marling School and Stroud High School) and South Gloucestershire and Stroud College.[7]

The sports centre includes the "Jack Russell Lounge," named after famous former student the England wicket keeper Robert "Jack" Russell.[8]

David Drew, former MP for Stroud, visited the school in 2014.[9]

Use in film

The BBC's 'The Casual Vacancy' was filmed at the school in 2014.[10]

Notable alumni

John Simpson (Artist)

References

  1. Web site: 15 February 2023 . The Paganhill Maypole . 15 February 2023.
  2. Web site: 15 February 2023 . Stroud Preservation Trust . 15 February 2023.
  3. Web site: 24 September 2022 . Stroud Times .
  4. News: 4 July 1961 . The Headmaster of the new Archway School . 3 . Bristol Evening Post.
  5. News: 31 March 1962 . School opened at Stroud. 5 . Gloucester Citizen.
  6. Web site: Archway School sports complex . Sports Facilities . 5 July 2020.
  7. Web site: Archway School . Ofsted . 5 July 2020.
  8. Web site: Jack Russell Lounge . Archway School . 5 July 2020.
  9. Web site: Archway School - Visit from David Drew MP. 2014 . 24 June 2021 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20210624201011/https://www.archwayschool.net/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=171.
  10. Web site: Archway School sets the stage for JK Rowling TV drama. Stroud News and Journal. 9 July 2014 . en. 2017-10-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20171004190558/http://www.stroudnewsandjournal.co.uk/news/11328250.Archway_School_sets_the_stage_for_JK_Rowling_TV_drama/. 2017-10-04. live.
  11. Web site: Gloucester City manager Mike Cook is excited by new season . The Local Answer . 25 October 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191025173802/https://thelocalanswer.co.uk/news/sport/football/gloucester-city-manager-mike-cook-is-excited-by-new-season.aspx%3Farea%3Dall . 25 October 2019 . live .
  12. Web site: Exhibition Tide Jerram, L. and Ride, P. 2002. Tide. Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada 13 - 21 Apr 2002 . westminster.ac.uk . 21 Apr 2002.
  13. Web site: Glass Microbiology . interaliamag.org . May 1, 2016.
  14. Web site: Luke Jerram pixelated sculpture at Bristol Temple Meads . BBC News Bristol . 25 July 2013 .
  15. Web site: Katie Jarvis . My Cotswold Life: Tamzin Malleson . greatbritishlife.co.uk . 20 October 2011.
  16. News: Stroud-born keeper Nelson is on the up . 25 October 2019 . Stroud News . 23 May 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191025173759/https://www.stroudnewsandjournal.co.uk/sport/10439239.stroud-born-keeper-nelson-is-on-the-up/ . 25 October 2019 . live .
  17. Book: Russell, Jack & Hayter, Peter – Jack Russell – Unleashed . HarperCollinsWillow . 20 May 1997. 0-00-218768-X.
  18. Web site: Editors — The Weight Of Your Love (2013) . TAIS Awards . 25 October 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191025173802/https://www.taisawards.com/inpage/editors-553/ . 25 October 2019 . live .

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