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Academy in Rugeley, Staffordshire, United Kingdom

Hagley Park Academy
Address

Burnthill Lane Rugeley, Staffordshire, WS15 2HZ United Kingdom
Coordinates	52°45′18″N 1°56′37″W / 52.75492°N 1.94373°W / 52.75492; -1.94373
Information
Type	Academy
Established	c. 1950s
Closed	September 2016
Local authority	Staffordshire
Department for Education URN	137103 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Gender	Mixed
Age	11 to 18
Enrolment	595 as of February 2016
Houses	Brunel, Cooper, Davy & Jones
Colour(s)	Blue
Website	http://www.hagleyparkacademy.org.uk

Hagley Park Academy was originally founded as Hagley Park County Secondary Modern in 1955 and was located in Rugeley, Staffordshire.

History

Arson attacks

On Monday 3 February 1975 at 11.45pm there was an arson attack that cost £200,000.

On Saturday 19 August 1978 there was an arson attack that cost £150,000. There were 40 firemen, who for 90 minutes, pumped water from the school swimming pool.

Both fires were started by 18 year old Keith Fletcher. His father had been sacked from the school, the former caretaker, after committing an offence. He was possibly a pyromaniac, being 'fascinated by fire engines'. He had made hoax phone calls to attract attention of the fire service.

He started the second fire, when intoxicated, in revenge for his father being sacked. He was given two years at Stafford Court on Friday 3 November 1978, after pleading guilty. The judge was looking at much longer imprisonment.

Academy

Later it was rebuilt and changed its name to Hagley Park Sports College, becoming Hagley Park Academy between 2011 and 2015. This was a mixed secondary school which was part of the Creative Education Trust, along with Fair Oak Academy and Rugeley Sixth Form Academy.

Merger

In November 2015 the Creative Education Trust launched a consultation on the possibility of merging its academies in Rugeley. The plans foresaw the new school operating over two sites, with pupils in academic years 7, 8 and 9 housed at the Fair Oak Academy site as a lower school and years 10, 11, 12 and 13 housed at the Hagley Park Academy site as an upper school. The merger commenced in September 2016, and The Hart School opened in its place, using the Hagley Park site to house 'Upper School' years (10, 11, 12 and 13).

From January 2021 to March 2022, during the COVID-19 pandemic, former Hagley Park Academy facilities were used as a free walk-in COVID-19 testing site.

References

The Electrical Journal, volume 155 (1955), page 1880
Rugeley Times Saturday 26 August 1978, page 9
Staffordshire Sentinel Monday 21 August 1978, page 1
Rugeley Times Saturday 2 September 1978, page 3
Staffordshire Sentinel Saturday 4 November 1978, page 4
Rugeley Times Saturday 11 November 1978, page 10
Geograph
Creative Education Trust
Rugeley Academies, September 2015
"New COVID-19 testing site opens in Rugeley". Cannock Chase Council. 19 January 2021.
"Extra caution advised in absence of free testing". Staffordshire Newsroom. 28 March 2022.

External links

School Web Site

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