Mascalls Academy
| Mascalls Academy | |
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Maidstone Road ,, TN12 6LT | |
| Coordinates | 51°10′10″N0°23′20″E/ 51.1694°N 0.3889°E |
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| Type | Academy |
| Established | 1956 |
| Trust | Leigh Academies Trust |
| Department for EducationURN | 136847Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Principal | Jo Brooks[1] |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Age | 11 to 18 |
| Enrolment | 1,216 |
| Houses | Earhart Shackleton Luther King Marie Curie |
| Website | Mascalls Academy |
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Mascalls Academy(formerlyMascalls School) is aco-educationalsecondary schooland a sixth form withacademy statuslocated inPaddock Wood,Kent.
Etymology
[edit]The name comes from the nearby Mascalls corner.[2]
History
[edit]The school opened in 1956 as Mascalls School, a foundation school administered byKent County Council.It became anacademyin 2011, and in 2015 it joined theLeigh Academies Trust.[3]
Stuart Reeves, headteacher since 2010, was promoted to LAT Executive Director of theWest Kentcluster of academies at the time of the school's accession to the Leigh Academies Trust in 2015.[4]Wayne Barnett then became principal, having previously served as vice principal since 2013. In 2019, Barnett was promoted by the Leigh Academies Trust to serve as the principal ofStationers' Crown Woods Academy.[5]The vice principal at the time, William Monk was then promoted to principal of Mascalls.[6][7]
The Leigh Academies Trust has given all students in the trust, including the students at Mascalls,Quest 2sto help with learning.[8]
The academy had a therapy dog called "Levi" afterClaude Lévi-Strauss.He was acocker spaniel,born on 23 May 2019, and registered with the Pets As Therapy charity.[9][10]
WhenHigh Weald Academyclosed in September 2022, all pupils from Year 7 to Year 10 were offered places at Mascalls.[11][12][13]
Following the promotion of the current principal, William Monk, to a senior executive position within the Leigh Academies Trust, it was announced that Jo Brooks would become principal from 1 January 2023.[14][1][15]
Houses
[edit]Mascalls Academy is organised into four houses (called "colleges" ), named after "significant individuals".[16]
For the lower school:
- Earhart (named afterAmelia Earhart)
- Shackleton (named afterErnest Shackleton)
- Luther King (named afterMartin Luther King Jr.)
For the sixth form:
- Marie Curie (named afterMarie Skłodowska Curie)
Mascalls Gallery
[edit]A smallart gallerywas located on the school site from 2006 to 2016.[17][18][better source needed]It had a frequently changing programme of exhibitions featuring national and internationally known artists.[19]These includedHenry Moore,L. S. Lowry,Graham SutherlandandLee Milleras well as artists fromLatin America,Japanand theUnited States.In 2010, Mascalls Gallery exhibited for the first time in the UK drawings byMarc Chagallfor the nearbyAll Saints' ChurchinTudeley.[20]An exhibition of watercolour paintings byRoland Collinsled to further exhibitions in London, raising the artist's profile.[21]
The gallery closed in June 2016 due to a lack of funds,[22]and the building has since been refurbished as the new Mascalls Library.[citation needed]
Ofsted
[edit]The school's last full inspection was in 2012 when it was judged as 'Appalling' byOfsted.[23]
Notable alumni
[edit]- Philip Martin Brown,actor[24]
References
[edit]- ^ab"Appointment of a new Principal for Mascalls Academy - 14th Oct 2022 - Mascalls Academy".20 December 2022. Archived from the original on 20 December 2022.Retrieved20 December2022.
{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^"Mascalls Corner, Kent, England, United Kingdom".Archivedfrom the original on 19 October 2021.Retrieved7 April2022.
- ^"About Us - Mascalls Academy".mascallsacademy.org.uk.Archived fromthe originalon 28 September 2021.Retrieved12 January2022.
- ^"Archived copy".linkedin.Archived fromthe originalon 28 September 2021.Retrieved12 January2022.
{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^"Archived copy".linkedin.Archived fromthe originalon 28 September 2021.Retrieved12 January2022.
{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^"Archived copy"(PDF).Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 5 September 2019.Retrieved5 September2019.
{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^"Archived copy".linkedin.Archived fromthe originalon 28 September 2021.Retrieved12 January2022.
{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^Monk, Will (18 September 2020)."Principal's Statement - 18th September 2020".Mascalls Academy.Archivedfrom the original on 20 December 2022.Retrieved20 December2022.
- ^"Archived copy"(PDF).Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 5 September 2019.Retrieved5 September2019.
{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^"Levi@therapy (@levi_therapy) • Instagram photos and videos".
- ^"High Weald Academy in Cranbrook to close by next academic year - Kent Live".kentlive.news.Archived fromthe originalon 27 September 2021.Retrieved12 January2022.
- ^"High Weald Academy, in Cranbrook, to close".kentonline.co.uk.Archived fromthe originalon 28 September 2021.Retrieved12 January2022.
- ^"Archived copy".highwealdacademy.kent.sch.uk.Archived fromthe originalon 28 September 2021.Retrieved12 January2022.
{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^"Leadership update at Mascalls Academy - Mascalls Academy".20 December 2022. Archived from the original on 20 December 2022.Retrieved20 December2022.
{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^"Principal's Update - 16th December 2022 - Mascalls Academy".20 December 2022. Archived from the original on 20 December 2022.Retrieved20 December2022.
{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^"Colleges - Mascalls Academy".mascallsacademy.org.uk.Archived fromthe originalon 28 September 2021.Retrieved12 January2022.
- ^"MASCALLS GALLERY (Paddock Wood) - All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go".
- ^"Mascalls Gallery".facebook.Archivedfrom the original on 20 January 2023.Retrieved23 September2021.
- ^"Archived copy".mascallsgallery.org.Archived fromthe originalon 11 October 2015.Retrieved12 January2022.
{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^"Must-see exhibitions for mid-June - Country Life".countrylife.co.uk.Archived fromthe originalon 3 October 2015.Retrieved12 January2022.
- ^"Roland Collins obituary | Art and design | the Guardian".theguardian.Archived fromthe originalon 10 October 2015.Retrieved12 January2022.
- ^"Archived copy".Archivedfrom the original on 20 December 2022.Retrieved20 December2022.
{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^"Mascalls Academy".Ofsted.Archivedfrom the original on 1 February 2019.Retrieved31 January2019.
- ^Tye, Kathryn."Waterloo Road actor Philip Martin Brown stars in Jack and the Beanstalk at Tunbridge Wells' Assembly Hall Theatre".Kent Online.Archivedfrom the original on 1 February 2019.Retrieved31 January2019.
External links
[edit]- Mascalls Academy official website
- Chapter inTeaching Art in a Postmodern World: Theories, Teacher Reflections and Interpretive Frameworksby Bill Hall, head of art at the school (2002)
