Branston Community Academy

Branston Community Academy, is a secondary school for 11- to 18-year-old students on Station Road in Branston, Lincolnshire, England.HistoryThe school opened in 1956 as Branston County Secondary Modern. By 1959 around 350 pupils were enrolled. The name was shortened to Branston County Secondary School in 1968, and to Branston School in 1970. The name was changed to Branston School and Community College in 1972, and later shortened to Branston Community College.The original school consisted of a central block of classrooms, which included a dining hall on the ground floor, and a gymnasium. Woodwork and metalwork workshops were built nearby, while sports changing rooms and greenhouses were at the back. The school for many years ran a house system based on royal houses, with allocated colours: Tudor (yellow), Lancaster (red), Windsor (green), Stuart (blue), York (white) and Hanover (orange). This system has since ended.Classroom space expanded through increased pupil numbers. A new library and office accommodation block, sports complex, swimming pool, youth wing, sixth form unit, science and language block and house rooms have been added over the years.TodayThe school became a Business & Enterprise College in September 2002.In the 2005 school league table results for Lincolnshire, the school came 22nd out of 66 similar schools in the county for attainment at GCSE/GNVQ level, and 16th out of 36 for attainment at A level/AS level. In September 2007 it was rated an "outstanding school" category by Ofsted. Inspectors judged relationships between students and staff and student behaviour to be "outstanding". In December 2010 the school changed its name from Branston Community College to Branston Community Academy.