Jane Austen College

Jane Austen College
Jane Austen College
Motto	Instilling a love of knowledge
Established	September 2014
Type	Free school
Principal	Claire Heald
Location	46-48 Colegate Norwich Norfolk NR3 1PL England
DfE number	926/4013
DfE URN	140815 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Staff	Claire Heald, Principal Rebecca Handley Kirk, Vice Principal Pete Bloomfield, Assistant Principal Chris Jennings, Assistant Principal
Students	Approximately 360 pupils in the main school, sixth form unconfirmed
Gender	Coeducational
Ages	11–19
Houses	Shakespeare, Thackeray, Eliot, Brontë and Chaucer and Chaucer
Colours	Red, grey and black
Website	Jane Austen College

Jane Austen College is a secondary free school located in Norwich, owned by the Inspiration Trust, that opened in September 2014.^[1] The school's Principal is Claire Heald.^[2]

History

Plans for the school were announced in March 2013 with the intention to locate in central Norwich.^[2] Jane Austen was approved by the Department for Education, on 22 May 2013, to open in September 2014.^[3]

Academic organisation

The school will eventually have places to educate 1,100 pupils aged 11–18. The school specialises in English and humanities, and all pupils are required to study a language until age 16.^[4] There are also classes on cultural education and the compulsory language study also includes Latin.^[5] Students are taught in fixed mixed ability classes for KS3, and plans for KS4 have not been confirmed. The school does not to set homework for its pupils, but instead has an extended school day finishing at 4:30pm on Monday and Friday. On Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday the school remains open until 5:30pm for pupils to take part in "Electives", an activity of the pupils' choice such as choir or football.^[1]^[5]

GCSEs

Claire Heald has stated that proposed optional GCSEs include Engineering, Business Studies and Computer Science, as well as GCSE Physical Education for selected pupils. The school is aiming for all pupils to complete English Baccalaureate.

The GCSEs that are being offered are the following:

Art
Engineering
Graphic Communications
Music
Physical Education
Dance
Geography
History
English Literature
English Language
Drama
Business Studies
Mathematics
Science
Statistics
French
Spanish
German
Latin
Religious Studies

Physical Education

Pupils travel to the University of East Anglia for sports lessons and electives. Units which have been taught there include football, hockey and netball.

Notes

1 2 "Norwich's Jane Austen College could drop homework". BBC News. 5 June 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
1 2 Leggett, Victoria (16 March 2013). "Free school bid for Norwich city centre". EDP 24. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
↑ Adams, Richard (22 May 2013). "Full list of free schools approved for 2014 opening". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
↑ "Norwich/Ixworth: Two New Free Schools Approved". Heart 102.4. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
1 2 Paton, Graeme (5 June 2013). "School bans homework to give pupils more 'family time'". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 17 August 2013.

External links

Official website
Jane Austen College at Inspiration Trust

Schools in Norfolk

Primary	Eastgate Academy Iceni Academy Litcham School Nelson Academy Robert Kett Primary School

Secondary	Acle Academy Alderman Peel High School Archbishop Sancroft High School Attleborough Academy Aylsham High School Broadland High School Caister Academy City Academy Norwich City of Norwich School Cliff Park Ormiston Academy Cromer Academy Dereham Neatherd High School Diss High School Downham Market Academy Fakenham Academy Flegg High School Framingham Earl High School Great Yarmouth High School Hellesdon High School Hethersett Academy The Hewett Academy Hobart High School Iceni Academy Jane Austen College King Edward VII School King's Lynn Academy Litcham School Long Stratton High School Lynn Grove High School Marshland High School The Nicholas Hamond Academy North Walsham High School Northgate High School Notre Dame High School Old Buckenham High School Open Academy Ormiston Venture Academy Ormiston Victory Academy Reepham High School St Clement's High School Sewell Park Academy Sheringham High School Smithdon High School Springwood High School Sprowston Community High School Stalham High School Taverham High School The Thetford Academy Thorpe St Andrew School UTC Norfolk Wayland Academy Wymondham College Wymondham High School

Independent	Glebe House School Gresham's School Hethersett Old Hall School Langley School Norwich School Norwich High School for Girls Thetford Grammar School Town Close School

Special	Frisby's English School Sheringham Woodfields School

Further education	College of West Anglia City College Norwich Dereham Sixth Form College East Norfolk Sixth Form College Easton & Otley College Paston College Sir Isaac Newton Sixth Form

Defunct	Burston Strike School Cawston College Norwich High School for Boys Watts Naval School Wood-Dene School

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