Great Cornard Upper School
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| Motto | Excellence: For Each, For All |
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| Established | September 1972 |
| Type | Academy |
| Headteacher | Mr Wayne Lloyd |
| Deputy Head Teachers | Matt Gibson, Helen Yapp |
| Chair of Governors | Gordon Jones |
| Location |
Head Lane Great Cornard, Sudbury Suffolk CO10 0NH England 52°01′28″N 0°44′59″E / 52.02450°N 0.74962°ECoordinates: 52°01′28″N 0°44′59″E / 52.02450°N 0.74962°E |
| Local authority | Suffolk |
| DfE URN | 141639 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports Pre-academy reports |
| Students | 1,250 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Houses | Abbas, Chamberlain, Houghton, Peyton, Tollemache |
| Website | tgschool.net |
Thomas Gainsborough School, formerly Great Cornard Upper School, is a secondary school and sixth form in the village of Great Cornard, located near the town of Sudbury in the English county of Suffolk that educates approximately 1,250 pupils.
It was granted the status of Specialist School in 1998, and was re-designated Technology College in 2001. The school converted to academy status in January 2015, when it became a member of the Samuel Ward Academy Trust.
Included in the school is the new Great Cornard Sports Centre, which is open to the public outside of school hours, funded in part by a £563k grant from the English Active lottery fund. The new complex features a youth drop-in-centre, dance and martial arts studios, changing rooms, fitness studios, a coach education unit and a social area.
The Prospect Theatre, also in the school grounds, puts on a range of plays and concerts throughout the year and, from 26 March 2007, it is the base for the Sudbury Light Operatic Society.
The school completed the building of the new sixth form study block and library in 2009.
In 2012, the school was granted funding for a total rebuild.
In their report on the school in October 2009 Ofsted gave an overall rating of the school as Good, point two on a four-point scale. The quality of care, support and guidance provide for pupils is described as outstanding.
Results for pupils at age 16 showed clear improvement between 2006 and 2009 outperforming both local and national indicators for pupils gaining 5 GCSE grades between A* and C, including English and Maths. In 2009 the school had the best contextual value added scores of any school in Suffolk.
Mr Wayne Lloyd became the current headteacher in January 2012. The previous headteacher Mr Michael Foley moved to become headteacher of the Thomas Hardye School in September 2011. Andy Samways (Deputy Headteacher) was Acting Headteacher between these dates.
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