The Brunts Academy

The Brunts Academy, a large secondary school in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England,[6] is a member of the Evolve Trust.[7] The school specialises in the performing arts. It has previously been a grammar school and a secondary technical school and traces its foundation to a bequest by Samuel Brunt in 1709.

The Brunts Academy
Address
The Park

Mansfield
,
Nottinghamshire
,
NG18 2AT

England
Coordinates53.1515°N 1.1896°W / 53.1515; -1.1896
Information
TypeAcademy
MottoLatin: Nil mortalibus ardui est
(Nothing is impossible for humankind)
Established1709 (1709)[1][2]
FounderSamuel Brunt[3]
Department for Education URN137763 Tables
OfstedReports
PrincipalMichael Lucas[4]
StaffMatt Hindmarch (Deputy Headteacher)
Natalie Aveyard (Deputy Headteacher)
Andrew Bunney (Assistant Headteacher)[5]
GenderCoeducational
Age11 to 18
Enrolment1620[6]
Colour(s)Gold
Green
Sixth form288[6]
Local affiliationsThe Evolve Trust[7]
WebsiteThe Brunts Academy
Part of the old Brunts Grammar School buildings off Woodhouse Road, Mansfield, re-developed into offices housing Mansfield 103.2 FM local radio station, and with some new buildings in the former grounds

The Brunts School became The Brunts Academy with effect from 1 January 2012.

History

The Brunts Academy can trace its history back to an elementary school that was founded in 1687 and had endowments equal to £100 per year. In 1709,[8] Samuel Brunt left a bequest in order that local children could learn an honest trade. The bequest and the school resulted in 40 boys and girls learning reading, writing and arithmetic by 1831 with the girls particularly studying needlework. It was not until 60 years later that the school and the bequest were combined. In recognition of his significance in the school's founding, Brunt was referenced in the school's former 'school song'; 'Old Samuel Brunts was a yeoman staunch/ In the days of good Queen Ann/ He’d a heart as big as his periwig/ And he loved his fellow man/ As he strolled one day down Toothill Lane/ With his red-heeled shoes and his gold-topped cane/ He took a pinch of choice rappee/ “And I know what I’ll do with my lands,” said he.'[9]

In 1830 Brunts Charity owned buildings and land in East Bridgford, Nottingham's marketplace and at Claypool in Lincolnshire. It was the richest of all the charitable foundations in Mansfield in 1832 when it was paying out £4 a year to 220 different claimants.[8]

By 1891, Samuel Brunt's bequest was worth £3,800 so the new school was named Brunts Technical School.[1] A new building was established at Woodhouse Road, Mansfield with the new Brunts Technical School officially opened 29 September 1894.[10] In 1976 Brunts Grammar School became a comprehensive. The old school buildings were closed prior to 1999,[11] with pupils transferred to a new build on a greenfield site nearby at The Park.


Organisation

The school's intake is taken from a number of schools known as the 'family of schools'. The list includes King Edward School, Sutton Road School, St Peter's (C of E) School, High Oakham School and Newgate Primary School.

The school uniform includes distinctive green blazers for both boys and girls. The school colours are green and gold,[12] and the school emblem is a rearing griffin within a shield with the academy's motto, Latin: Nil mortalibus ardui est, meaning "nothing is impossible for humankind" emblazoned upon it.

The Brunts Academy's school song was composed in 1944 by former music teachers H S Rosen and A D Sanders.

Academic standards

In 2002, there were nearly 1,500 pupils in the school, of whom fewer than 1,300 were at age 16 or below. The school achieved 57% A-C passes with only 5% achieving no passes at all. This was 5% better than the county and 10% above the national average.[13]

Overall the school is characterised by a high proportion of white pupils compared with the national average and nearly all students have English as their first language. Attainment is "broadly average" and at the inspection of the school by Her Majesty's Inspectorate in 2009, the school was assessed as "satisfactory" with higher marks for its pastoral care.[6]

Notable former pupils
  • Rebecca Adlington, OBE, double Olympic gold medal winning swimmer.[14]
  • Prof. George Bond, Prof of Biology (1906–1988)[15]
  • Arthur Bown (1921–1994), conductor[16][17]
  • Mark Bryant, cartoonist[18]
  • Samuel Harrison Clarke CBE (1903–94), Fire research[19]
  • Prof. Nicholas F. R. Crafts (1949–) Professor of Economics[20]
  • Burley Higgins (1913–1940), pilot[21]
  • Prof. Eric Jakeman FRS (1939– ) Prof. of Statistics[22]
  • Sir Richard Leese – Leader of Manchester City Council[23]
  • Nigel Francis Lightfoot, (1945– ), Microbiologist[24]
  • Prof. Major James McCunn (1894–1967) Vet[25][26]
  • Jim McGrath, TV commentator[27]
  • Adrian Metcalfe (1942– ) UK athlete, silver medal winner Tokyo Olympics 1964[28]
  • Prof. Norman Millott (1912–1990) Biologist[29]
  • Graham Moore QPM (1947– ) Chief Constable[30]
  • Dr Robert Henry Priestley (1946– ) Biologist and publisher[31]
  • Tom Scott, educator and YouTube personality.[32]
  • Sir Bernard (Evans) Tomlinson (1920–2017) pathologist[33]
  • Simon Walker - International Financier, Philanthropist and natural philosopher [34]
  • Dr Charles Wass (1911–89), mines safety expert[35]
  • John Whetton – UK athlete, European 1,500-metre champion Athens 1969[28]
  • Charles Geoffrey Polkey WW2 Typhoon pilot 184 squadron shot down and killed Gisors, France 25 May 1944

Awards

In 2003 Brunts was awarded the Artsmark Gold Award and in 2006 the Healthy Schools Gold Standard and the Full International School Award.[6]

References
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  2. The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, of Each County, John Britton et al., 1813, accessed 19 August 2008
  3. Brunts Charity homepage Retrieved 25 January 2020
  4. "Introduction From The Principal - Headteacher". www.evolvetrust.org. Mansfield: The Evolve Trust. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  5. Leadership Team The Brunts Academy. Retrieved 25 January 2020
  6. 2009 Inspection report, accessed 17 May 2010
  7. Welcome from the CEO The Evolve Trust homepage. Retrieved 25 January 2020
  8. History, gazetteer, and directory of Nottinghamshire: and the town and county of the town of Nottingham, William White, 1832
  9. ourmansfieldandarea.org (The Brunts Academy Museum) Retrieved 4 May 2020
  10. Annals of Mansfield from 1086 to 1999 ourmansfieldandarea.org (Mansfield District Council Museum) Retrieved 11 April 2019
  11. Mansfield District Council local plan, written statement, November 1998. Retrieved 11 April 2019
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