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The Grangefield Academy (formerly known as Grangefield School and Technology College) is a secondary school with academy status situated in the heart of the borough of Stockton on Tees, located on Oxbridge Avenue, Grangefield, Stockton-on-Tees, England. Following an Ofsted inspection in December 2012, the school was placed in "Special Measures" under the Education Act 2005 because it was failing to provide an acceptable standard of education and the persons responsible for leading, managing and governing the school were not demonstrating the capacity to secure the necessary improvements in the inadequate achievements of pupils, quality of teaching, standards of behaviour, and managerial leadership. Subsequently the school had visits from Her Majesty's Inspectorate, some of which have deemed that the school was making reasonable progress, but the final inspection in 2013 determined that the school was not making enough progress towards the removal of special measures.〔Ofsted Inspection Reports http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/ELS/111753〕 The school undertook formal consultation about plans to re-establish itself as an Academy sponsored by Northern Education Trust, a Department for Education approved charity, and the conversion was finalised in early 2014.〔Northern Education Trust http://www.northerneducationtrust.org/our-academies/grangefield-academy〕 ==Overview== The Grangefield Academy is located in extensive school fields, adjacent to the town ring road and opposite the Stockton Cricket Club Ground. The attractive and substantial main buildings date from the early 1950s and comprised Grangefield Boys’ and Grangefield Girls’ Grammar Schools which stood next to one another. Modern additions include a Sports Hall, Library and Technology Block. The original brick, sandstone and Cumberland slate buildings face out over the playing fields and are constructed around four well-planted quadrangles, providing a distinctive and stimulating learning environment. Many areas of the school have been extensively refurbished; a new extension for the Design and Technology block was completed in 2005. The school field and grounds provide 11 tennis courts, 2 football pitches, 2 rugby pitches, 2 hockey pitches and 2 artificial cricket wickets. There has been substantial investment in ICT over the last few years. There are fully equipped ICT suites used exclusively by ICT (6 rooms), Mathematics, Modern Languages and Humanities. There are also many other subject areas with in-class ICT provision, including Art, Music, Design and Technology and Science. Many curriculum areas have access to interactive whiteboards and data projectors. The facilities are greatly enhanced through the Grangefield Media Centre, providing state of the art ICT facilities, which is located on the school site. Plans are in development to rebuild the academy. Plans for a new building feature a large sports hall, activity studio, drama studio, main hall and dining hall.〔Evening Gazette, 25 March 2014 http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/publics-views-sought-plans-new-6872508〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Grangefield Academy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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