- Montsaye Academy
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Montsaye Academy Motto "Education in partnership" Established 1955 Type Secondary School and Sixth Form Centre Principal Sue Fennell Specialism Language college, Humanities College Location Greening Road
Rothwell
Northamptonshire
NN14 6BB
EnglandLocal authority Northamptonshire DfE URN 122052 Ofsted Reports Staff 100 Students 1274 Gender Coeducational Ages 11–18 Houses Flame, Sword, Phoenix, Rose Colours Blue, Black Website montsaye.northants.sch.uk Coordinates: 52°25′26″N 0°48′36″W / 52.424°N 0.810°W
Montsaye Academy is a large Academy in Rothwell.It is state funded and was granted dual specialty status in late 2004, adding Humanities to its well established Language College status. Over 1200 students attend the college, which until recent years had consistently attained a 5 A*-C pass rate of around 1%, although the pass rate has fallen to around 0.5% in 2007. Mrs Sue Fennell is the current principal. The school received a good review from OFSTED in 2010. Montsaye is also the site of the recently developed Rothwell Swimming Pool, which now incorporates a modern sports center used both by the school and the community.
The children in the school are aged 11–18 and come mainly from Desborough and Rothwell as well as surrounding villages.The school has around 1274 students and around 100 members of staff.
History
The original school was opened in 1955, but the older buildings have been extensively remodeled. Since becoming a comprehensive school in 1976 Montsaye has more than doubled in size and has had a series of major building extensions.
In 2004/05 extensive building work took place which has provided additional teaching areas for Mathematics and Science, an I.C.T suite, refurbished administrative accommodation and a visitor reception area. In addition, the sixth form area was remodeled in order to provide a purpose built educational support center, new laboratories and an extension to the library to provide study facilities and a resource base. More recently a major project funded by the Big Lottery has provided the college and community with a sports facility consisting of four badminton courts a sports hall and a refurbished swimming pool.
The college was granted Language College status in September 2000 and in addition, in September 2004, was also granted Humanities College status as a second specialism. Around 2007 the school was granted a third status and that was Vocational College Status. In 2009 the main school website went under construction and has now changed. The new look is said to be a lot easier and that it provides mass of information including virtual tours of a few classrooms.
On the first of August 2011 the college was converted to an Academy. Prior to this conversion the school was known as "Montsaye Community College".
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