Ellison Boulters Academy
| Established | 1989 |
|---|---|
| Type | Primary academy |
| Location |
Sudbrooke Road, Scothern Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 2UZ England 53°16′53″N 0°26′57″W / 53.2815°N 0.4492°WCoordinates: 53°16′53″N 0°26′57″W / 53.2815°N 0.4492°W |
| DfE URN | 120595 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Students | 265 |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Ages | 4–11 |
| Houses | Lancasters, Tornadoes, Hurricanes and Spitfires |
| Colours | Royal blue sweatshirts, white shirts and black/dark grey trousers/skirts. |
Ellison Boulters Church of England Primary Academy is situated in Scothern, Lincolnshire, England, on Sudbrooke Road. It has around 260 pupils, and accepts them mainly from the village of Scothern and the neighbouring villages of Langworth and Sudbrooke. Pupils are accepted from some distance outside this three-village catchment area for which it was built, as a result of which a place at the school for local children is not guaranteed.
The school was built in 1988/89 and opened in September 1989. The old Scothern and Langworth schools were closed by Lincolnshire County Council in July 1989 (two years after Scothern School's 150th anniversary) and the pupils transferred to the new school on Sudbrooke Road.
There was controversy over the siting of the new school in the mid-1980s, the villages of Scothern and Sudbrooke each claiming to be the most appropriate place for the school. After months of disagreement, lobbying and legal challenges, a crucial vote of Lincolnshire County Councillors in March 1986 settled the issue and it was decided to go ahead with the original proposals for the Scothern site.
The new combined school was fortunate in having an exceptional head teacher, Len Clarke, when it opened in 1989. He had been the head teacher at the old Scothern School for many years prior to its closure. He went on, together with deputy head John Dewis and an excellent teaching team, to create the firm foundations on which the new school was built. When Len Clarke retired, the school attracted Andy Craven. He continued the work started by the school's first head and between them they quickly established Ellison Boulters as the highest ranked primary school in Lincolnshire (and one of the most highly ranked schools in the UK) in the Department for Education and Skills performance tables.
In recent years, however, whilst other local schools such as William Farr School in Welton and those in Nettleham have improved their performance in the official Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) league tables, Ellison Boulters has fallen back in its relative performance. After the departure of the heads referred to above and since the arrival of the current head Jenny Wheeldon, the school's position in the performance tables and its results have fallen dramatically. Its aggregate score in the 2006 DCSF tables (see external links below) had fallen to below that of around 25 (50 in 2007) other primary schools in the county, and its value added score put it in the bottom quarter. Results have continued to deteriorate between 2004 and 2007, as shown by the table below, and whilst schools in Lincolnshire have improved their aggregate performance each year, Ellison Boulters School has achieved a lower outcome in each successive year.
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