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the Grammar School for Boys, located at Southwick Park to the south of the town (later offices of the Severn-Trent Water Authority's Lower Severn Division, after that Equinox Maintenance Limited and now Cambian Southwick Park School - a residential school for autistic
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After a major building programme, enlarging the old Elmbury School to several times its original size, the new comprehensive, known as Tewkesbury School, was opened on 5 September 1972 with about 1,200 pupils on its books, and John C. Faull as its first head teacher.
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The most recent Ofsted inspection in November 2021 saw the school retain a "Good" rating, stating that "Leaders have raised expectations of academic standards in the school. Pupils are resilient and do not give up. Pupils attend school regularly".
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It was the latter whose buildings were chosen to form the nucleus of a new Tewkesbury Comprehensive School, with all of the town's secondary education being concentrated on the one site, and the former schools closing.
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In July 2011, John Reilly resigned from headteacher to be replaced by Martin McLeman as interim headteacher. In July 2011, it was announced that Gary Watson, formerly headteacher at
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were called to the school following reports that a pupil had attacked a teacher. A teenage boy was arrested and the teacher was admitted to hospital with "suspected stab wounds."
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and his team, formerly on display in the former Boys' Grammar School's dining hall, is housed in the Humanities building at Tewkesbury Academy due to the school's links with Dr.
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As of 2023, the senior team consists of headteacher Kathleen McGillycuddy, deputy head Clare de Glanville, and assistant heads Angela Parker and Vivienne Whiting.
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the Grammar School for Girls, known as the "High School", in Church Street (later the Abbey School, now private premises under development)
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The school was the product of the decision taken in 1969 to make Tewkesbury switch to comprehensive secondary education.
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The school canteen has seen many different changes over the years, with catering currently provided by
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who was born in Tewkesbury and who participated in the Antarctic Expeditions of Shackleton and Scott.
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Elmbury Secondary Modern School for Girls, a modern premises on the Ashchurch Road, opened in 1960.
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Gary Watson retired as headteacher in August 2022. Kathleen McGillycuddy, formerly principal of
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the Secondary Modern School for Boys in Chance Street (now the C of E Primary School) and
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since 2012; in July 2023 its name was changed to reflect this. Since 2022 the
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The official opening took place on 16 November 1972, performed by Professor
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Formerly, Tewkesbury had had four secondary schools:
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Tewkesbury
Gloucestershire
Coordinates
51°59′46″N 2°07′56″W / 51.99602°N 2.13222°W / 51.99602; -2.13222
Academy
Department for Education
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Tables
Ofsted
Reports
tewkesburyschool.org
secondary school
Tewkesbury
Gloucestershire
academy
head teacher
Dorothy Hodgkin
Chancellor
University of Bristol
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Copley Medal
Royal Society
Sportsmark
Artsmark
Investor in People
Aramark
sled
Antarctic
South Pole

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