Millbrook Academy
| Motto | Learning for Success |
|---|---|
| Established | 1967 |
| Principal | Lesley Moule |
| Location |
Mill Lane Gloucester Gloucestershire GL3 4QF England Coordinates: 51°50′53″N 2°08′56″W / 51.84819°N 2.14880°W |
| DfE URN | 137690 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports Pre-academy reports |
| Students | 600 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Houses | Hoy Simmonds, Farah Storey, Ennis Weir, Murray Whitehead |
| Website | www |
Millbrook Academy is a co-educational, fully comprehensive 11 to 18 academy in Gloucestershire, England. It is sponsored by the Academies Enterprise Trust.
The Brockworth Comprehensive school was founded in 1967, situated on countryside overlooked by the Cotswold Hills. The school served the catchment areas of Brockworth, Hucclecote, Upton St Leonards, the eastern suburbs of the City of Gloucester and the rural areas to the east extending up onto the Cotswold Hills.
In 2010 OFSTED stated that Brockworth was inadequate and placed it in special measures. In order to put the special measures behind it, the school converted to an Academy with Academies Enterprise Trust as the Sponsor. AET had hoped originally hoped to also be involved in the running of Gloucester Academy, with David Fuller from AET taking over at Gloucester College as Executive Principal.
In order to help ensure the success of the new Millbrook Academy, in 2012 Gloucestershire County Council funded a £3.4m development of science labs and other teaching facilities. Immediately after this redevelopment the school transferred into the Academies Enterprise Trust. The Principal, Jan Scott stated at the time:
We achieved our best ever exam results and a very positive Ofsted inspection confirmed the rapid rate of progress being made. The new development is one of a number of changes and enhancements we are making linked to our move this month to academy status, sponsored by Academies Enterprise Trust (AET). It will offer a fantastic environment for our students to learn and develop their skills.
In 2014 there was a proposal to build and open a new school (Greenfield Academy) for children with behavioural difficulties on land adjoining Millbrook Academy.The new proposed school would have been a partnership between Academies Enterprise Trust and Gloucestershire County Council Malcolm Reeve on behalf of AET initially spoke of the plans for the new school to work closely with Millbrook, but AET was then banned by the Department for Education from expanding until it could raise standards in the Academies which it already had. When local residents objected to the proposed new school, AET was unavailable to comment.
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