Sir Robert Pattinson Academy Explained

Sir Robert Pattinson Academy
Coordinates:53.1867°N -0.5913°W
Motto:Sapientia et doctrina
Wisdom and Learning
Established:1953
Type:Academy
Head:Dale Hardy
Chair:Rev Canon Alan Robson
Founder:Kesteven County Council
Address:Moor Lane
City:North Hykeham
County:Lincolnshire
Country:England
Postcode:LN6 9AF
Ofsted:yes
Dfeno:925/5413
Urn:137135
Enrolment:1,450
Gender:Coeducational
Lower Age:11
Upper Age:18
Houses:Windsor, Stuart, Tudor, York and Lancaster
Colours:Blue/Red
Free Label 1:Former name
Free 1:Robert Pattinson School
Website:http://www.srpa.co.uk

Sir Robert Pattinson Academy (formerly Robert Pattinson School) is a secondary school on the northeast side of Moor Lane in North Hykeham, Lincolnshire, England. Also known as RP, Lincoln City used the field as temporary training grounds. The Academy has approximately 1,450 students and is a Language College specialist school.

History

The school was opened in 1953 as the Robert Pattinson School. Sir Robert Pattinson was the Chairman of Kesteven County Council for 20 years, and for 50 years a County Councillor. He was Liberal MP for Grantham 1922–23. He was knighted in 1934, the year he became leader of Kesteven County Council.

The school was a 'bilateral' school (part grammar/part secondary modern) until January 1961 when the grammar school students transferred to the newly opened North Kesteven Grammar School. It became a comprehensive when parts of northern Kesteven became comprehensive in September 1970. This was four years before Lincoln went comprehensive – Lincoln was a separate county borough until April 1974.

It became a grant-maintained school self-governing in 1992, transferring to Foundation status in 1999. On 1 August 2011 the school became an Academy and changed its name to Sir Robert Pattinson Academy.[1] [2]

Timeline

Army Cadet Force and Air Training Corps

The Band Det (F) detachment of the Army Cadet Force is sited on the school.[3] It was formed by the Nottingham-based East Midlands Reserve Forces.[4] The cadet building was built in October 2010, and is used by the Regimental Band of the Lincolnshire Army Cadet Force.1237 Squadron (North Hykeham) ATC are also based there and the two cadet forces work together to ensure a positive image of young people in the community.

Academic performance

In the 1990s the school received GCSE results 3% higher than the Lincolnshire average. The school receives average GCSE results in Lincolnshire and England. At A level, the North Hykeham Joint Sixth Form is slightly over the English average.

Notable former pupils

External links

Notes and References

  1. Sir Robert Pattinson Academy. 1 August 2011. Sir Robert Pattinson Academy. 22 August 2011.
  2. http://www.thisislincolnshire.co.uk/North-Hykeham-school-academy-change/story-12954156-detail/story.html Lincolnshire Echo July 2011
  3. http://armycadets.com/county/lincolnshire-acf/our-detachments/ Army Cadet Force
  4. http://www.eastmidlandsrfca.co.uk/estates/projects East Midlands Reserve Forces