Irlam & Cadishead Academy

Irlam and Cadishead Academy is an 11-16 community comprehensive school which joined United Learning on the 1st February 2019. The academy is situated in Irlam at the extreme western end of the metropolitan district of Salford on the Cheshire and Warrington border. There are approximately 600 11- to 16-year-old pupils on roll.

Irlam and Cadishead Academy
Address
Station Road

Irlam

Lancashire
,
M44 5ZR

England
Coordinates53.4362°N 2.4302°W / 53.4362; -2.4302
Information
TypeSecondary Academy
MottoIngenio et Consilio
(By natural ability and council)
Established2011
Local authoritySalford
Department for Education URN105976 Tables
OfstedReports
Staff70
GenderMixed
Age11 to 16
Enrolment600
Colour(s)Black and Red
Websitehttp://www.irlamandcadishead.org.uk

History

The academy is an amalgamation of several earlier schools.

In 2011, Irlam and Cadishead Community High School closed and several buildings were knocked down. It reopened in June 2011 under a new name; Irlam and Cadishead College. The pupils and staff moved next door to a new building. It has a variety of learning spaces, outdoor classrooms, a sports hall, gym and a flood-lit all-weather pitch. There is a community centre on the school grounds where the neighbourhood management team along with staff from the health, youth, arts and park ranger services are all based.

In 2015, a new Principal was appointed to prepare the school to join the Salford Academy Trust. During this period the sixth form was closed, student numbers fell, many teaching and support staff left and some walls were built to divide up the open plan spaces. By July 2017 the school had become part of the Salford Academy Trust. The trust began winding down in 2018 and all the trust schools were put out to tender for a new trust. On 1 February 2019 the school became part of the United Learning Trust.

Part of the adoption by United Learning was for the college to be renamed to Irlam & Cadishead Academy (ICA). United Learning loaned Executive Principal, Frank McCarron, from their South Manchester cluster of schools to help facilitate change at the ICA.

Notable former pupils
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References
  1. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/person/5005/ian-stewart. Retrieved 26 February 2012
  2. http://www.russellwatsonuk.com/2008/06/russell-joins-phil-for-proms-in-the-park Archived 2012-05-29 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 11 December 2011
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