Hertswood School
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| Motto | Aim High • Achieve Excellence |
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| Established | 2000 |
| Type | Academy |
| Headteacher | Peter Gillett |
| Location |
Cowley Hill Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 5LG England Coordinates: 51°39′59″N 0°15′59″W / 51.66651°N 0.26630°W |
| DfE URN | 138747 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Staff | 180 |
| Students | 1300 |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Houses |
Cavendish Darwin Nuffield Somerville |
| Colours | Burgundy Gold |
| Website | www |
Hertswood Academy (formerly Hertswood School) is a coeducational secondary school in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire which gained academy status in January 2013. The headteacher is Peter Gillett, who joined Hertswood Academy in January 2013. The academy is sponsored by businessman David Meller as part of the Meller Educational Trust.
It was established in September 2000 by an amalgamation of five former local schools, which is reflected in the two different sites of the academy today. The academy is due to begin a project to move to a single site and begin building a new "state of the art" school in 2015.
An Ofsted inspection, which took place in 2014, found the school to be Grade 2 (Good) in "achievement", "quality of teaching", "behaviour and safety of pupils", "leadership and management" and in "overall effectiveness".
The two sites of the academy were previously two of five schools which were closed to be combined into the then named Hertswood School.
Hertswood School was established to replace Borehamwood’s old three-tier system of lower, middle and upper schools with a two-tier system. As such, Lyndhurst, Furzehill and Holmshill middle schools were closed, along with Hawksmoor and Hillside upper schools. The new, larger school was established on the sites of Nicholas Hawksmoor School (previously Borehamwood Grammar School) and Holmshill Secondary Modern, the two schools having been approximately 400 metres apart. The reorganisation was paid for through the sale of the three other sites for housing development.
The school opened in September 2000 under Headteacher Ian Lucas.
Hertswood School gained specialist arts college status in 2005 and in 2009 The Ark Theatre Borehamwood was established on its upper site. The majority of the two million pound facility was funded by Hertsmere Borough Council, which remains a funding partner to the theatre, as does the academy itself. In addition to the theatre, facilities include a bar and meeting room.
In September 2012, under the sponsorship of David Meller and the Meller Educational Trust, Hertswood became an academy under the Academies Act (2010). Having begun with Harefield Academy in 2005, David Meller now sponsors 5 academies and 2 university technical colleges.
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