| The Brunts Academy | |
| Coordinates: | 53.1515°N -1.1896°W |
| Motto: | (Nothing is impossible for humankind) |
| Established: | [1] |
| Principal Label: | Principal |
| Principal: | Rachel Sutcliffe |
| Principal Label1: | Senior Deputy Headteacher |
| Principal1: | Jess Pearson, Lindsey Maycock |
| Principal Label2: | Deputy Principal |
| Principal2: | Steve Taylor, Michelle Hackett |
| Principal Label3: | Executive Principal |
| Principal3: | Chris Fisher |
| Principal Label4: | Director of Post 16 |
| Principal4: | Martin Fiddimore[2] |
| Free Label 4: | SENCo |
| Free 4: | Yasmin Ensor |
| Founder: | Samuel Brunt[3] |
| Address: | The Park |
| Country: | England |
| Postcode: | NG18 2AT |
| Dfeno: | 891/4463 |
| Urn: | 137763 |
| Ofsted: | yes |
| Enrolment: | 1451 |
| Secondary Years Taught: | Year 7 through Year 13 |
| Lower Age: | 11 |
| Upper Age: | 18 |
| Colours: | Gold Green Grey Purple Black |
| Free Label 1: | Sixth form |
| Free 1: | 288 |
| Free Label 2: | Local affiliations |
| Free 2: | Greenwood Academies Trust |
The Brunts Academy, a large secondary school in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England,[4] is a member of the Greenwood Academies Trust.[5] The school specialises in the performing arts. It has previously been a grammar school and a secondary technical school and traces its foundation to a bequest by Samuel Brunt in 1709.
The Brunts School became The Brunts Academy with effect from 1 January 2012.
The Brunts Academy became a part of the Greenwood Academies Trust and left the Evolve Trust, effective 1 December 2022.[6]
The Brunts Academy can trace its history back to an elementary school that was founded in 1687 and had endowments equal to £100 per year. In 1709, Samuel Brunt left a bequest in order that local children could learn an honest trade. The bequest and the school resulted in 40 boys and girls learning reading, writing and arithmetic by 1831 with the girls particularly studying needlework. It was not until 60 years later that the school and the bequest were combined. In recognition of his significance in the school's founding, Brunt was referenced in the school's former 'school song',[7] composed in 1944 by former music teachers H S Rosen and A D Sanders.[8]
In 1830 Brunts Charity owned buildings and land in East Bridgford, Nottingham's marketplace and at Claypole in Lincolnshire. It was the richest of all the charitable foundations in Mansfield in 1832 when it was paying out £4 a year to 220 different claimants.[9]
By 1891, Samuel Brunt's bequest was worth £3,800 (