Giles Academy

Giles Academy (formerly The Giles School) is a mixed secondary school and sixth form located in Old Leake in the English county of Lincolnshire.[1]

Giles Academy
Address
Church Lane

Old Leake
,
Lincolnshire
,
PE22 9LD

England
Coordinates53.02954°N 0.09832°E / 53.02954; 0.09832
Information
TypeAcademy
Department for Education URN148185 Tables
OfstedReports
HeadteacherLucy Conley
GenderMixed
Age11 to 18
Enrolment987 as of January 2015
Websitewww.gilesacademy.co.uk

Previously a foundation school administered by Lincolnshire County Council, The Giles School converted to academy status on 1 September 2010 and was renamed Giles Academy. However the school continues to coordinate with Lincolnshire County Council for admissions.

Giles Academy offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils, while students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of A Levels and further BTECs. Since 2005 the school also has a specialism in visual arts.

Controversies

In October 2009, Giles Academy were fined after an unsupervised art student suffered severe burns to her hands after plunging them into a bucket of plaster of paris. After 12 operations, the student lost all her fingers on one hand, but managed to keep two on the other.[2]

In July 2012, a transgender student was briefly banned from sitting GCSE exams after arriving in the girls' uniform. In response, the student presented the headmaster, Chris Walls, with a copy of the UK's Equality Act. Despite this, the student, Ashlyn Parram, was segregated from everyone else taking the exam.[3]

Notable alumni

References
  1. "Homepage". Giles Academy. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
  2. "Girl loses fingers in school art lesson". The Guardian. 12 October 2009. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  3. "Transgender Schoolboy 'Almost Banned From Taking Exam In Girls' Uniform'". HuffPost UK. 23 July 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  4. "Mel Marshall 'privileged' to win High Performance Coach of the Year prize". Swim England Competitive Swimming Hub. 6 December 2019. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  5. "FootballSquads - Boston United - 2004/05". www.footballsquads.co.uk. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
  6. "Chand Disappointed to Lose Brooks". Pitchero Non-League. 17 February 2012. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  7. "English Schools' Football Association (ESFA) - News 2005-2006". www.esfa.co.uk. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
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