Lawn_Manor_Academy

Lawn Manor Academy

Lawn Manor Academy

Academy in Swindon, Wiltshire, England

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.

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The first school on this site was Lawn School, which opened in 1964.[2] In 1965, education in Swindon was reorganised and the secondary schools became comprehensive;[3] around this time the school's name was changed to Churchfields School. In September 2011 it became Churchfields Academy.[4]

In May 2017, the school joined the Royal Wootton Bassett Academy Trust, and from September of that year its name became Lawn Manor Academy.[2]

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  1. [1]
    "Lawn Manor Academy". GOV.UK: Schools. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  2. [2]
    Yilmaz, Tanya (28 February 2017). "Churchfields Academy set to change name to mark new chapter". Swindon Advertiser. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  3. [3]
    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.
  4. [4]
    "Churchfields Academy". GOV.UK. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
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