Wellsway School
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| Established | 1971 |
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| Type | Academy |
| Trust | Wellsway Multi Academy Trust |
| Principal | Matthew Woodville |
| Executive Principal | Andrea Arlidge |
| Location |
Chandag road Keynsham Somerset England 51°24′40″N 2°29′14″W / 51.4111°N 2.4871°WCoordinates: 51°24′40″N 2°29′14″W / 51.4111°N 2.4871°W |
| DfE URN | 137523 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports Pre-academy reports |
| Students | 1,335 as of 2014 |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Website | www |
| Wellsway Multi Academy Trust | |
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| Information | |
| Key people | Andrea Arlidge (CEO and Executive Principal) |
| Slogan | Leading The Way |
| Website | https://wellswaymat.com |
Wellsway School is a mixed comprehensive school for students aged 11 to 18 and is run by the Wellsway Multi Academy Trust. It is situated on the eastern side of Keynsham, Somerset, England. In February 2014, there were 1335 students attending the school, including 270 in the sixth form. In October 2011, the school became an academy.
Wellsway School was established in 1971, by amalgamating Keynsham Grammar School and Wellsway County Secondary School both of which opened on a shared site in the mid 1950s.
The house system has been maintained since the opening of both the Keynsham Grammar School and Wellsway County Secondary School in 1956. The house system was first implemented in 1956. The pupils of Wellsway were divided into three Houses, each with their own House Master, Staff and Captains. The three houses were Bridges House, Chandos House and Rodney House. The house system as it is today, was created when Wellsway School opened in 1971. The four houses are named after local villages; Burnett, Compton, Newton and Stanton. These are then represented by a certain colour, purple for Burnett, blue for Compton, orange for Newton and red for Stanton.
In September 2015 it was announced that Andrea Arlidge would move into the full-time role of Chief Executive of Wellsway Multi Academy Trust (WMAT) ( the role she currently had as well as Head of Wellsway School). She would also take on the new role of Executive Principal of WMAT. In December Mathew Woodville was appointed as the new Principal (the name Head Teacher was changed to principal to be in line with other WMAT schools).
In March 2016 Head of School Simon White announced that he would leave WMAT to become Principal at John Cabot Academy in Kingswood Bristol.
On April 1, 2016 Mrs Arlidge became CEO and Mr Woodville became Principal.
The school has gone through many changes since its opening in 1956, however, many of these are new builds, or extensions, with the original buildings still standing and fully functional.
Key structural changes through the years have been:
Removal of the Swimming pool, which was situated on the edge of Lansdown Courts, next to the Kitchens.
Construction of the Sixth Form Extension Block – an extension further out towards the Mendip Playing Courts] extending off the original building.
2004 also saw the Technology Extension, extending the Technology building outwards.
Further demolition of temporary huts, with Room 4a, originally a Science Lab, then a Special Needs Classroom knocked down.
Minor Structural Changes
A new cricket square was added after receiving a grant of £8,500 from the MCC for the square.
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