The Victory Academy

The Victory Academy (formerly Bishop of Rochester Academy and Medway Community College) is a mixed secondary school and sixth form located in Chatham in the English county of Kent.[2]

The Victory Academy
Address
Magpie Hall Road

Chatham
,
Kent
,
ME4 5JB

England
Coordinates51.3677°N 0.5314°E / 51.3677; 0.5314
Information
TypeAcademy
TrustThinking Schools Academy Trust UID= 5049
Department for Education URN136108 Tables
OfstedReports
PrincipalMs Amanda Gage
CEOMr S Gardner
GenderMixed
Age11 to 18
Enrolment846 as of January 2015
Former School NamesMedway Community College, Chatham South School, Bishop of Rochester's Academy[1]
Websitehttp://www.thevictoryacademy.org.uk/

History

Bishop of Rochesters Academy was formed in 2010 with the merging of Medway Community College or MCC, with Chatham South. MCC had previously been Fort Luton High School for Boys and Christchurch High School(girls). [3]It changed its name to The Victory Academy when it severed its ties with the Church of England,and was refactored into the Thinking Schools Academy Trust in May 2015 [1]

Governance

Medway Community College was a community school directly controlled by Medway Council. The school converted into a Church of England academy in September 2010,[4] and was renamed Bishop of Rochester Academy. The school, designed by Nicholas Hare Architects, was sponsored by the Diocese of Rochester, Canterbury Christ Church University and Medway Council.[5][6] In 2015 the academy changed its name due to severing ties with the Church of England,[1] and is now sponsored by the Thinking Schools Academy Trust.

Curriculum

The Victory Academy offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils, while students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of A Levels and further BTECs.[7] The school also operates a grammar school stream for academically gifted pupils.[8]

Associated Schools

These schools were in the Thinking Schools Academy Trust in 2018:[9]

Secondary
Primary
  • All Faiths Children's Academy, Strood
  • Cedar Children's Academy
  • The Gordon Children's Academy, Strood
  • Isambard Brunel Junior School
  • Meon Junior School
  • Moorings Way Infant School
  • New Horizons Children's Academy
  • Newbridge Junior School
Other
  • New Horizons Teaching School Alliance
  • Thinking Fitness[9]

References
  1. Jordan, Nicola (20 July 2015). "Bishop of Rochester Academy changes name to The Victory Academy after severing ties with Church of England". Kent Online. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  2. "Bishop of Rochester Academy". Boracademy.org. Retrieved 2013-12-14.
  3. "Medway Community College - GOV.UK". get-information-schools.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  4. "About Us". Boracademy.org. Retrieved 2013-12-14.
  5. "Section 8 inspection 2011" (PDF). ofsted.gov.uk. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  6. "Sponsors". Boracademy.org. Retrieved 2013-12-14.
  7. "Curriculum Offer". Boracademy.org. Retrieved 2013-12-14.
  8. "Key Features". Boracademy.org. Retrieved 2013-12-14.
  9. Thinking Schools Academy Trust. "Our Academies · Thinking Schools Academy Trust". www.tsatrust.org.uk. Retrieved 28 December 2017.


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