Lincoln Castle Academy

Lincoln Castle Academy is a secondary school with academy status located on the north side of the historic city of Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England.HistoryLincoln Castle Academy was established on 1 April 2011 after the former Yarborough School was granted academy status.Yarborough SchoolAlthough the first Headteacher, Eric Wilson, was recruited in September 1970 and students began attending from 7 January 1971.Yarborough School officially opened on the Riseholme Road site on 27 March 1971.It was a mixed comprehensive education school for students aged 11 and over, replacing the previous Rosemary Secondary Modern for Boys and Spring Hill Secondary Modern for Girls schools. The majority of the original staff also transferred from those schools.A Phase II building programme, which included the Gymnasium and a Craft block for wood and metal work, opened in September 1973.A devastating fire was started on the night of 5 September 1975 at the end of the first week of term, which destroyed the original ‘East Block’ building. Within a fortnight the first of 11 temporary classrooms had arrived, with lessons also taking place at Bishop Grosseteste University, Lincoln's Drill Hall and Riseholme College of Agriculture.