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The current headteacher is Chris Hildrew, who has held this position since the beginning of 2016; Dr Barry Wratten retired in 2015 after being at the helm of the school for 13 years (since 2002). The school was rated 'Outstanding' in its 2015 Ofsted Report.
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Building, was built and completed in 2017. Funding was also received in 2017 to build a new Science and Technology block to replace the original 1956 building known as "Tudor Block." The new building was named the Dame
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The school took its first intake of students in January 1957, before its official opening as Churchill Secondary Modern School on Friday, 20 September 1957. In 1969, the school became a
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on 1 August 2011 as Churchill Academy & Sixth Form. As of 1 April 2023 Churchill Academy & Sixth Form has been part of the Lighthouse Schools Partnership
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Also the school has produced an array of successful debating champions who compete each year in a local competition run by
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In 2017 George Rabin and Ed Thurlow, students at Churchill Academy, were named GSK Young Scientists of the Year.
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Churchill celebrated its diamond jubilee in 2017. A new Computing and Business Studies block, named the
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organisation. The school has won its annual competition four times, the most recent being 2015
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in 2007 as Churchill Community Foundation School and Sixth Form Centre. The school became an
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famously situated in the South West of England, in the village of
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The school, which had 1,519 students as of 2019, is organised by
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Churchill Community Foundation School and Sixth Form Centre
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status. In August 2011, the school became an academy.
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courses. In 2002, the school was granted specialist
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Exterior shot of main hall at Churchill Academy & Sixth Form
Churchill
North Somerset
Coordinates
51°20′13″N 2°48′43″W / 51.3369°N 2.8119°W / 51.3369; -2.8119
Academy
Department for Education
137000
Tables
Ofsted
Reports
http://www.churchill-academy.org/
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academy
Churchill
North Somerset
Mendip Hills
General Certificate of Secondary Education
A-levels
BTEC
Arts College
house system
Alan Turing
Athene Donald
comprehensive
foundation status
academy
multi-academy trust
Rhianna Pratchett
Stefanie Martini

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