Joyce Frankland Academy
Joyce Frankland Academy, Newport, formerly Newport Free Grammar School, is a school in Newport, Essex, England. It was founded in 1588. The school is a mixed secondary school with a sixth form. It previously existed in different forms including a boarding school and a grammar school. The headteacher is Duncan Roberts and the vice headteacher is Ian Stoneham. As of 2012, there were 987 students, including 160 in the sixth form.
| Joyce Frankland Academy, Newport | |
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| Address | |
Bury Water Lane Newport , , CB11 3TR | |
| Coordinates | 51°59′26″N 0°12′50″E |
| Information | |
| Former name | Newport Free Grammar School |
| Type | Academy |
| Established | 1588 |
| Founder | Joyce Frankland |
| Department for Education URN | 138734 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Headteacher | Duncan Roberts |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Age | 11 to 18 |
| Enrolment | 987 |
| Houses | Thompson Caius Saxie Banstead Morden Trappes |
| Former pupils | Old Newportonians |
| Website | www |
It takes its current name (since 2012) after Dame Joyce Frankland (1531-1588), the only daughter of goldsmith Robert Trappes, who founded it as the "free Grammer Schole of Newport". Dame Frankland also made a number of educational bequests in her will to colleges at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge.
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