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At Easter 2007, Hreod Parkway was vacated and everyone moved into the new campus built on an adjacent greenfield site. The new school was renamed Nova Hreod. Julie Tridgell became headteacher in September 2008. In 2009, [4] and again in 2016, [5] GCSE results put Nova Hreod on the list of the most improved schools in the country.
Lydiard Park Academy, formerly known as Greendown Community School, is a mixed sex comprehensive secondary school for students aged between 11 and 18 years in the Grange Park area of Swindon, England. As of December 2022, there were 1271 students enrolled. [1]
Swindon Academy is a non-selective co-educational school within the English academy programme, in the Pinehurst area of Swindon, north of the town centre. It caters for children aged 3 to 19 and has 1,883 pupils on roll as of September 2023 [update] .
The Anglo-Saxon settlement of Swindon sat in a defensible position atop a limestone hill. It is referred to in the 1086 Domesday Book as Suindune, [2] believed to be derived from the Old English words "swine" and "dun" meaning "pig hill" or possibly Sweyn's hill, Sweyn being a Scandinavian name akin to Sven and English swain, meaning a young man.
The Dorcan Academy, in Swindon, Wiltshire, is a co-educational secondary institution that caters to students aged 11 to 16. The academy's curriculum is structured into three pathways: Foundation, Central, and Extended. Students can work towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc) suite of qualifications at GCSE.
The town centre has been a point of contention for some years in Swindon [BBC] Each ambition has proposals on how it could be realised. One suggests providing up to 5,000 new homes in the town ...
New College is a further and higher education institution in Swindon, Wiltshire, England. There are two main campuses, Queens Drive and North Star, as well as an Adult Learning Centre in Swindon town centre. The college offers qualifications for all ages: GCSEs, A Levels, T Levels, vocational qualifications, higher education and degree-level ...
Swindon Borough Council must find £31m in savings in order to balance next year’s budget. Council officers have already identified £12m in cuts, but still face a financial hole of about £19m.