Queensbury Academy
| Motto | Achieving potential by learning together |
|---|---|
| Established | 2012 (1972) |
| Type | Academy |
| Principal | Mr Oliver Button |
| Location |
Langdale Road Dunstable Bedfordshire LU6 3BU England 51°52′42″N 0°31′42″W / 51.87822°N 0.52824°WCoordinates: 51°52′42″N 0°31′42″W / 51.87822°N 0.52824°W |
| DfE number | 823/4002 |
| DfE URN | 138571 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports Pre-academy reports |
| Students | 935 Ofsted report May 2014 |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Colours | Red, Grey |
| Website | www |
Queensbury Academy /ˈkwiːnzbəri/ is a mixed, 11-18 secondary school and sixth form in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England. In September 2015, the academy was a fully enrolling secondary school for Years 7-13. The academy has 900 students on roll, including Sixth Form students.
The academy is rated as "Good" by Ofsted in its 2014 Ofsted Inspection. Queensbury is the only school with a Good Ofsted Rating in Dunstable and is set to be on its way to being Outstanding. The school had been rated as "Inadeqaute" when it was Queensbury Upper School. In the summer 2015, 56% of students got good grades in Mathematics and English examinations.
Kingsbury Technical School (a mixed-sex Technical school) and Queen Eleanor's Grammar School for Girls were merged in 1972 to form Queensbury Upper School, when Bedfordshire changed from a two-tier school system to a three-tier system.
Queensbury was the second Grant-maintained school. The school had been flagged for closure but the community, including the local Member of b Parliament, David Madel, fought to keep it open and took advantage of the introduction of the grant-maintained system introduced in 1988. Grant-maintained schools were abolished in 1998, and Queensbury was converted to a Foundation School. During its ten years as a Grant-maintained school, it grew from having very low enrollment numbers (as the school was due to close) to being heavily oversubscribed.
The school was converted to an academy in September 2012, and was renamed Queensbury Academy. The academy has an OFSTED Inspection in May 2014, and was recognised as Good and well on its way on being Outstanding.
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