6-501: Leigh Academies Trust is a multi-academy trust, formed of 31 schools based in the Kent, Medway and South East London areas. Its Head Office is on the same site as Strood Academy , housing its Executive Team and central teams including Finance, Estates, Marketing, HR, Engagement and IT. The trust has a number of subsidiaries such as LAT Apprenticeships, which runs a number of apprenticeship schemes and LAT Enterprises which generates income which
12-926: Is fed back into the trust's academies. Leigh Academies Trust was formed in 2008, linking the Leigh Academy and Longfield Academy , under a single governing body with Frank Green CBE as Chief Executive. In November 2013 Simon Beamish was appointed as Chief Executive, replacing Green who was appointed National Schools Commissioner by the Department for Education . Over the next ten years the trust grew steadily and in January 2019 merged with The Williamson Trust , absorbing five additional schools. Leigh Academies Trust oversees: As of June 2022 there no announced plans to open new academies or take on existing schools, however there are plans to convert High Weald Academy to an extension of Snowfields Academy from September 2022. Also planned
18-638: Is part of the Leigh Academies Trust , a multi-academy trust, formed of 25 schools based in the Kent, Medway and South East London areas. Within the Trust's head office, it houses its Executive Team and the other central teams including Finance, Business, Marketing, HR, Engagement and IT. Strood Academy was sponsored by the University for the Creative Arts in 2013. Strood Academy is a candidate school for
24-545: Is the conversion of Hayesbrook Academy to a coeducational school, to include girls, from September 2023. The academy will then be rebranded Leigh Academy Tonbridge. Strood Academy Strood Academy is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status , located in Strood in the English county of Kent . Part of the main building also serves as the head office for Leigh Academies Trust . Strood Academy
30-539: The IB Middle Years Programme . In addition to following the UK National curriculum, this "a commitment to improve the teaching and learning of a diverse and inclusive community of students by delivering challenging, high quality programmes of international education that share a powerful vision." The school offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for its pupils; while students in the sixth form have
36-611: Was formed in September 2009 following the closure of Chapter School and Temple School , and today the school is located on the former site of Chapter School. The school moved into new buildings on the site in September 2012, which were designed in partnership with Nicholas Hare Architects and built by BAM as the main contractor at a cost of £27 million. The academy moved into the Leigh Academies Trust in 2017. Dijana Piralic became Principal, replacing Kim Gunn, in March 2020. Strood Academy
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