Brompton Academy was originally called The Great Lines School. It was built in the 1950s adjacent to the Great Lines, in Gillingham. Gillingham was a military town that supported the Royal Engineers and their barracks and the Chatham Naval Dockyard. As a consequence families were very mobile.[3] It opened with 270 pupils in April 1957, as a secondary modern school and the first co-educational school in Gillingham.[4] In June 1959, it became Upbury Manor school[5] and was officially re-opened by actress Dame Edith Evans O.B.E.[4]
It later became New Brompton College and is now known as Brompton Academy. The Brompton Academy opened in 2010.[6] The University of Kent is a 'Lead Sponsor' of the Academy, because of its ability to help provide support for the Academy's science specialism.[7]Medway Council is the co-sponsor.[8]
From 2017, Chatham Grammar School for Girls and Brompton Academy's sixth-forms have merged into one big sixth-form named the University of Kent Academies Trust (UKAT). Both schools are a part of the newly formed Academies Trust, of which the CEO is Mr. A. Osborne.[9]
School performance and inspections
Brompton Academy has been awarded a “Requires Improvement” score from Ofsted; the school was inspected between 21 and 22 September 2022.[citation needed]
Buildings
The school has undergone a renovation. As part of the new redevelopment, all of the existing school buildings have been replaced with a new building, except for the existing reception building, which has been retained as part of the design. BAM Construction (part of BAM Nuttall) won the £80m contract to design and build three new academy schools for Medway Council, including Brompton Academy, Strood Academy and Bishop of Rochester Academy.[10]
Extra curricular
Pupils from the school were chosen to form part of a "guard of honour" for athletes at the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games, displaying artistic creations their school made to celebrate the event.[11]
Controversies
In 2010, a boy was sent home for wearing red socks. The school also sends students home for too skinny trousers and chewing gum.[12]
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^Mair, Elizabeth; Lingard, Sarah; Al-Afaleq, Hanna; Mayor, Helen; Noret, Nathalie (2015). "The Educational Attainment of Army Children"(PDF). The Unit for Child & Youth Studies. York: York St John University. p. 5. Archived from the original(PDF) on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
