Grangefield School
| Established | 2014, founded 1896 |
|---|---|
| Type | Academy |
| Principal[update] | Miss Nikki Gibb |
| Chair | Mr John Copping (Business Development Director of Amec Foster Wheeler) |
| Location |
Oxbridge Avenue TS18 4LE England 54°34′00″N 1°20′29″W / 54.56663°N 1.34137°WCoordinates: 54°34′00″N 1°20′29″W / 54.56663°N 1.34137°W |
| DfE number | 808/4003 |
| DfE URN | 139673 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports Pre-academy reports |
| Staff | 82 |
| Students | 1050 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11–16 |
| Motto | Together, Beyond Expectations |
| Website | The Grangefield Academy |
The Grangefield Academy is a secondary school with academy status situated in the heart of the borough of , located on Oxbridge Avenue, , Stockton-on-Tees, a market town in the ceremonial county of County Durham, North East England.
The Grangefield Academy is located in extensive school fields, adjacent to the town ring road and opposite the Ground. The attractive and substantial main buildings date from the early 1950s and comprised Grangefield Boys’ and Grangefield Girls’ Grammar Schools which stood next to one another. Modern additions include a Sports Hall, Library and Technology Block.
The original brick, sandstone and Cumberland slate buildings faced out over the playing fields and were constructed around four well-planted quadrangles, that provided a distinctive and stimulating learning environment. Many areas of the school have been extensively refurbished; a new extension for the Design and Technology block was completed in 2005. The school field and grounds provide 11 tennis courts, 2 football pitches, 2 rugby pitches, 2 hockey pitches and 2 artificial cricket wickets.
There has been substantial investment in ICT over the last few years. There are fully equipped ICT suites used exclusively by ICT (6 rooms), Mathematics, Modern Languages and Humanities. There are also many other subject areas with in-class ICT provision, including Art, Music, Design and Technology and Science. Many curriculum areas have access to interactive whiteboards and data projectors. The facilities are greatly enhanced through the Grangefield Media Centre, providing state of the art ICT facilities, which is located on the school site.
In 2016 plans were completed to rebuild the academy, with a new building featuring a large sports hall, activity studio, drama studio, main hall and dining hall. The old Grammar Schools buildings have been demolished. The land will be used for a new car park, multi-use games area and school fields.
The academy has had a “schools within school” ethos since its conversion to academy status in January 2014 and has divided the five year groups into schools. Year 7 is Discovery, Year 8 is Ignite, Year 9 is Innovation, Year 10 is Pioneer and Year 11 is Revolution. Each has its own colour scheme with coloured accent walls in each year group area and a coloured ‘G’ on school ties; for example, Year 11's colour is pink.
The school dates back to 1896, originating as the Stockton Higher Grade School. However the current site is that of the former Grangefield Grammar Schools, which opened on 2 November 1951. Prior to this, from 1944, it was in different buildings as the Stockton Secondary Grammar School, and before that, as Stockton Secondary School from 1906. The boys' and girls' lessons were taught separately, with separate heads of school. It became unified as comprehensive and co-educational in 1973, and called The Grange Comprehensive School, until 1985.
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