Abbey Grange Church of England Academy

Secondary school in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England

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Abbey Grange Church of England Academy is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in West Park, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is one of two Church of England secondary schools in Leeds, the other being Bishop Young CE Academy.

The school has 1,619 students as of November 2021 between the ages of 11 and 18, and 80 members of staff.

The school was awarded Humanities College status in 2006.

In August 2011 the school was changed into an Academy and is now known as 'Abbey Grange Church of England Academy'.

The school was judged Good by Ofsted in 2017.^[1]

Abbey Grange alumni include footballer Andre Wisdom,^[2] actor and comedian Nick Mohammed,^[3] and academic and Shakespearean Emma Smith.^[4]

References

^ "Abbey Grange Church of England Academy URN: 137083". reports.ofsted.gov.uk. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
^ "Video: Goal machine boy hits the net 106 times". www.yorkshirepost.co.uk. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
^ "Leeds comedian in charity sketch ahead of Red Nose Day". www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
^ "Smith, Prof. Emma Josephine, (born 15 May 1970), Professor of Shakespeare Studies, University of Oxford, since 2015; Fellow, Hertford College, Oxford, since 1998". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u287096. Retrieved 17 March 2021.