Orchard Mead Academy
academy in Leicester, Leicestershire, England
Orchard Mead Academy, previously known as Hamilton Community College, is a co-educational secondary school located in Leicester, England, taking children between the ages of eleven and sixteen.
The college became an academy on 1 September 2017, joining The Mead Educational Trust /(TMET) as a sponsored academy.
The main school building dating from the 50s and 60s was replaced in 2014 as part of the Building Schools for the Future programme. As part of these works Nether Hall Special School co-located with Hamilton on the Keyham Lane West site. 2502 Squadron Air Training Corps also shares the school site.
The school was awarded the status of a specialist Technology College in September 2001.
Principal
Principals
The current principal is Subrina Johal. The school has had several changes in leadership since the retirement of the long-standing principal, John Morris.
Academic attainment
In 2013, 68% of the school's sixteen year-old pupils achieved five or more GCSE passes at grades A* to C, with 50% of pupils doing so including GCSE English and Maths. In 2014, 55% of students achieved 5 GCSE grades A*-C including English and Maths; this figure dropped to only 25% in 2015.
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