Lawn Manor Academy

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Lawn Manor Academy is a secondary school with academy status in Walcot, Swindon, Wiltshire, England. Its site is next to The Lawn, a public park which was the grounds of a manor house, home of the Goddard family.

Lawn Manor Academy
Location
Map
Salcombe Grove

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England
Coordinates51°33′15″N 1°45′45″W / 51.5541°N 1.7625°W / 51.5541; -1.7625
Information
TypeAcademy
Established2017
Local authority
Swindon
144773 Tables
OfstedReports
Executive headteacher
Sandra Muir[1]
Head of school
Russell Langdown[1]
GenderCoeducational
Enrolment939[2] (January 2025)
HousesFitzroy, Pleydell, Goddard
Websitewww.lawnmanor.org Edit this at Wikidata

The first school on this site was Lawn School, which opened in 1964.[3] In 1965, education in Swindon was reorganised and the secondary schools became comprehensive.[4] Around this time the school's name was changed to Churchfields School.[5] Following its conversion to academy status in 2012, the school was renamed Churchfields Academy.[6]

In May 2017, the school joined the Royal Wootton Bassett Academy Trust, and from September of that year its name became Lawn Manor Academy.[3]

From 2016 to 2023, the school received consistent "Requires Improvement" ratings from Ofsted. In 2023, the school achieved its first "Good" rating in nearly a decade.[7]

References

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  1. 1 2 "Head Teacher's Welcome". Lawn Manor Academy. Retrieved 28 February 2025.
  2. "Lawn Manor Academy". GOV.UK: Schools. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  3. 1 2 Yilmaz, Tanya (28 February 2017). "Churchfields Academy set to change name to mark new chapter". Swindon Advertiser. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  4. Dunning, R.W.; Rogers, K.H.; Spalding, P.A.; Shrimpton, Colin; Stevenson, Janet H.; Tomlinson, Margaret (1970). Crittall, Elizabeth (ed.). "Victoria County History: Wiltshire: Vol 9 pp 159-168 - Swindon: Education and charities". British History Online. University of London. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  5. Court, Hayley (2007). "Happy days at Churchfields". Swindon Advertiser.
  6. "Churchfields Academy". GOV.UK. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  7. Bywater, Frances (2023). "Inspection of Lawn Manor Academy". Ofsted. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
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