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The Littlehampton Academy

The Littlehampton Academy
Littlehampton Academy Logo.jpg
Motto Respect, Explore, Aspire, Persevere
Established 2009
Type Academy
Religion Christian
Acting Principal Morgan Thomas
Chaplain Paul Sanderson
Executive Principal Paul Kennedy
Chair of Academy Council Christopher Honeyman-Brown
Location Fitzalan Road
Littlehampton
West Sussex
BN17 6FE
England
50°48′58″N 0°32′02″W / 50.81603°N 0.53384°W / 50.81603; -0.53384Coordinates: 50°48′58″N 0°32′02″W / 50.81603°N 0.53384°W / 50.81603; -0.53384
Local authority West Sussex
DfE URN 135745 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Students 1,695
Gender Coeducational
Ages 11–18
Colours

Light blue and purple

         
Sponsors Woodard Academy Trust
Chapters      Mandela
     Roddick
     Shakespeare
     Teresa
Website Academy Website

Light blue and purple

The Littlehampton Academy is a mixed gender academy, sponsored by Woodard Schools and West Sussex County Council, in Littlehampton, West Sussex, England, which opened in September 2009. The academy replaced The Littlehampton Community School, which closed in August 2009.

The proposal of an academy in Littlehampton was first made in 2007, shortly after The Littlehampton Community School lost out to Bognor Regis Community College in the bidding for a full rebuild under the Building Schools for the Future. Shortly afterwards, the school and Woodard Schools signed an agreement to work together to turn the school into the academy, alongside two other establishments in West Sussex. The Department for Children, Schools and Families formally approved the academy proposals in September 2008, announcing that the existing establishment would close on 31 August 2009. The Littlehampton Academy opened on the same site, and using the same buildings, the next day on 1 September.

On its opening, the academy inherited a range of old and modern buildings previously accommodating the predecessor Littlehampton Community School. Plans were submitted to West Sussex County Council in August 2010 for the demolition of most of the existing buildings, to be replaced with an academy building with a capacity of 1,900 students. The application received planning permission from the council on 2 November 2010.

Construction of the new buildings commenced in December 2010, and lasted for 18 months. Construction of the new building took place on what had been school fields. The new building was completed on time in June 2012, with students moving in at the start of the 2012/13 academic year in September 2012. This move was followed by the demolition of the now derelict buildings that had been vacated, followed by landscaping.


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