The Clarendon Academy

The Clarendon Academy
Address
Frome Road Trowbridge , Wiltshire , BA14 0DJ England
Information
Type	Academy
Motto	Aspire to Excellence
Department for Education URN	138885 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Chair of Governors	Allison Robbins
Executive Principal	Mark Stenton
Head of Academy	Yvonne Jorden
Gender	Mixed
Age	11 to 18
Houses	Kestrel (Blue), Eagle (Green), Falcon (Red)
Website	http://www.clarendonacademy.com/

The Clarendon Academy (formerly The Clarendon College, The Clarendon School and Nelson Haden School) is a mixed secondary school and sixth form located in Trowbridge in the English county of Wiltshire.

History

Nelson Haden Senior Boys' Secondary Modern School and Nelson Haden County Girls' Secondary Modern Opened on the site that is now the Clarendon Academy on 16th September 1940, they closed at the end of the summer term in 1974 and re-opened in August 1974 as The Clarendon School when Trowbridge adopted the comprehensive system.

In 2005 The Clarendon School became The Clarendon College a specialist Language College.

On 1 December 2012 The Clarendon College became an academy in partnership with The Education Fellowship who are based in Northamptonshire.

The Clarendon College converted to academy status on 1 December 2012 and was renamed The Clarendon Academy, with the sponsorship of The Education Fellowship However the school continues to coordinate with Wiltshire Council for admissions.

Clarendon was inspected by Ofsted in May 2014 was graded as a good school with outstanding leadership, outstanding behaviour and outstanding safety.

Academics

The Clarendon Academy offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils, while students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of A-levels and further BTECs.

External links

• The Clarendon Academy official website