Mascalls Academy

Mascalls Academy (formerly Mascalls School) is a co-educational secondary school and a sixth form with academy status located in Paddock Wood, Kent.

Mascalls Academy
Mascalls Academy
Address
Maidstone Road

Paddock Wood
,
Kent
,
TN12 6LT

England
Coordinates51.1694°N 0.3889°E / 51.1694; 0.3889
Information
TypeAcademy
TrustLeigh Academies Trust
Department for Education URN136847 Tables
OfstedReports
PrincipalWilliam Monk[1]
GenderMixed
Age11 to 18
Enrolment1,216
WebsiteMascalls Academy

Etymology

The name comes from the nearby Mascalls corner.[2]

History

The school opened in 1956 as Mascalls School, a foundation school administered by Kent County Council. It became an academy in 2011, and in 2015 it joined the Leigh Academies Trust.[3]

Stuart Reeves, headteacher since 2010 was promoted to LAT Executive Director of the West Kent cluster of academies at the time of the school's accession to the Leigh Academies Trust in 2015.[4] Wayne Barnett then became principal, having previously served as vice principal since 2013. In 2019, Barnett was promoted by the Leigh Academies Trust to serve as the principal of Stationers' Crown Woods Academy.[5] The vice principal at the time, William Monk was then promoted to principal of Mascalls.[6]

Monk oversaw the school's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, in line with the UK Government's policies.

The Leigh Academies Trust has given all students in the trust, including the students at Mascalls, Chromebooks to help with learning.

The academy had a therapy dog called "Levi" after Claude Lévi-Strauss. He was a cocker spaniel, born on 23 May 2019, and registered with the Pets As Therapy charity.[7][8] Levi left Mascalls with his owner Miss Anna Mohamed in late 2021.

When High Weald Academy closes in September 2022, all pupils from Year 7 to Year 10 will be offered places at Mascalls.[9][10][11]

Colleges

Mascalls Academy is organised into four colleges, named after "significant individuals".[12]

For the lower school:

For the sixth form:

Mascalls Gallery/Library

A small art gallery was located on the school site from 2006 to 2016.[13][14] It had a frequently changing programme of exhibitions featuring national and internationally known artists.[15] These included Henry Moore, L. S. Lowry, Graham Sutherland and Lee Miller as well as artists from Latin America, Japan and the United States. In 2010, Mascalls Gallery exhibited for the first time in the UK drawings by Marc Chagall for the nearby All Saints' Church in Tudeley.[16] An exhibition of watercolour paintings by Roland Collins led to further exhibitions in London, raising the artist's profile.[17]

The gallery closed in June 2016 due to a lack of funds, and the building was mostly unused, except to house some gym equipment. Since the start of the new academic year in 2021, the academy has been in the process of repurposing the building in order to serve as the new Mascalls Library, replacing the previous site which has now become a new gym.

Ofsted

The school's last full inspection was in 2012 when it was judged as 'Good' by Ofsted.[18]

Notable alumni

References
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