Whitley Academy
school in Coventry, UK
Whitley Academy (formerly Whitley Abbey Community School) was a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Whitley, Coventry, England. The school was rebuilt and opened on 13 October 2000, replacing the former Whitley Abbey Comprehensive School built in the 1950s, which was one of the first comprehensive schools in Coventry. As of 28 January 2021, the school is permanently closed.
In July 2007, Whitley Abbey Community School gained specialist status in Business and Enterprise and was renamed Whitley Abbey Business and Enterprise College.
On 1 July 2011 Whitley Abbey Business and Enterprise College became an Academy and was renamed to 'Whitley Academy'.
The new academy was formally opened on 13 March 2012 by the Princess Royal. It was one of the seven schools in the RSA Family of Academies, all in the West Midlands, of the Royal Society of Arts. In July 2019 the governors of the school decided to leave the RSA.
In January 2021 the school joined the Finham Park Multi Academy Trust and was renamed to Meadow Park School.
Ofsted
Whitley has been inspected by Ofsted 3 times in the last 10 years. After 9 years of being 'Outstanding', in March 2019 the school received the 'Requires Improvement' grade, with it eventually receiving the 'Inadequate' rating in January 2020, possibly having led to the school's closure a year later, with the school's reputation having been reportedly "ruined".
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