Longsands Academy
| Motto | Securing the best possible experience, learning and outcomes for young people. |
|---|---|
| Established | September 1960 |
| Type | Academy |
| Headteacher | Mr Martin Paine |
| Location |
Longsands Road St Neots Cambridgeshire PE19 1LQ England |
| DfE URN | 110905 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Students | 2100 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Houses | Maple, Aspen, Willow |
| Colours | Yellow for Maple, Blue for Aspen, Green for willow |
| Website | www |
Longsands Academy is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in the town of St. Neots, Cambridgeshire, England.
Longsands Academy was opened in September 1960 as "Longsands School", a secondary modern, under headmaster Harold K Whiting assisted by Deputy Head Mr Denny and Head Mistress Miss K C Flowerdew. The school's four houses were Rutherford (after Physicist Ernest Rutherford), Britten (after composer Benjamin Britten), Eliot (after poet Thomas Stearns Eliot) and Moore (after sculptor Henry Moore).
When opened the school had four years. The 1st year was streamed into 1E, 1A, 1S, and 1T, 2nd year 2N, 2O, 2R, 2T and 2H, 3rd year 3S, 3O, 3U, 3T, 3H and 4th year 4W, 4E, 4S, 4T. The use of the letters of the cardinal points of the compass being a way of partially disguising which classes were streamed the highest. The 5th year was started in 1961 for those pupils staying on beyond school leaving age (then 15) who were taking the GCE at O level.
Subsequently Longsands became a comprehensive school and acquired a Sixth Form, and was heavily expanded. It was known as "Longsands Community College" until the late 1990s before being shortened to Longsands College'. In August 2011 Longsands College was renamed to Longsands Academy, as Longsands became an academy.
The academy accommodates students between the age of 11 and 18. The upper two years are part of the Sixth Form, which is based in a separate self-contained block on site.
The school facilities include a sports hall, two gyms, a library, a stage for theatrical productions, an enclosed courtyard, and a large outdoor area including cricket strip and two rugby pitches, as well as a football pitch, long jump pit and all weather floodlit football/hockey pitch.
The school once had a museum located within the building, which closed in 1989 following the death of teacher Granville Rudd, who taught archaeology and museum studies with many of the contents (including an impressive collection of human skulls) later being transferred to St Neots town museum. The old museum room was used primarily as a classroom until 2003 when it was converted into two classrooms with remaining artefacts being donated to other museums.
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