Bushey Academy

The Bushey Academy is an academy in Bushey, Hertfordshire, England. The academy was established in September 2009 and, although independent of Hertfordshire County Council, it is part of the public sector, and is a non-selective local school for local children, providing a comprehensive education to all its students. The Principal is Jon Hebblethwaite, who commenced his role in April 2017, and the Lead Sponsor for the academy is David Meller, The academy is part of the Meller Educational Trust and moved into its new state-of-the-art buildings in January 2013. The academy has a strong vision and ethos, based on its motto of being 'Proud to belong'. HistoryThe school descends from a technical school in Watford, while the site it now occupies was originally a private junior boarding school. BeginningsWatford was a local pioneer in technical education, restructuring its School of Art, Science and Commerce in 1922, and establishing a Junior Technical School in the old public library building on Queen's Road in 1929. In the following year, these were brought together in the Watford Technical School, with an annexe to the old library building opened by Lord Eustace Percy, an advocate of technical education. Inspectors praised the school in 1934 for its high employment rate among the skilled trades. It became a prestigious selective school, though behind Watford Grammar School for Boys and Watford Grammar School for Girls. Ambitious expansion plans were drawn up by the county council, but were shelved on the outbreak of the Second World War. Around 1960 the Watford Technical High School moved to cheaply constructed buildings on the north side of Bushey Hall Road. The Queen's Road site has since been demolished to make way for the Harlequin Shopping Centre. When the school became a comprehensive in 1971, it was renamed Bushey Hall School. The new school was simply a continuation of its predecessor, with no change in students, staff, and no special measures. Both road and school were named after the original Bushey Hall, which was located just to the north on Aldenham Road, and is now the site of a leisure centre and golf course.

The Bushey Academy is an academy in Bushey, Hertfordshire, England. The academy was established in September 2009 and, although independent of Hertfordshire County Council, it is part of the public sector, and is a non-selective local school for local children, providing a comprehensive education to all its students. The Principal is Jon Hebblethwaite, who commenced his role in April 2017, and the Lead Sponsor for the academy is David Meller, The academy is part of the Meller Educational Trust and moved into its new state-of-the-art buildings in January 2013. The academy has a strong vision and ethos, based on its motto of being 'Proud to belong'. HistoryThe school descends from a technical school in Watford, while the site it now occupies was originally a private junior boarding school. BeginningsWatford was a local pioneer in technical education, restructuring its School of Art, Science and Commerce in 1922, and establishing a Junior Technical School in the old public library building on Queen's Road in 1929. In the following year, these were brought together in the Watford Technical School, with an annexe to the old library building opened by Lord Eustace Percy, an advocate of technical education. Inspectors praised the school in 1934 for its high employment rate among the skilled trades. It became a prestigious selective school, though behind Watford Grammar School for Boys and Watford Grammar School for Girls. Ambitious expansion plans were drawn up by the county council, but were shelved on the outbreak of the Second World War. Around 1960 the Watford Technical High School moved to cheaply constructed buildings on the north side of Bushey Hall Road. The Queen's Road site has since been demolished to make way for the Harlequin Shopping Centre. When the school became a comprehensive in 1971, it was renamed Bushey Hall School. The new school was simply a continuation of its predecessor, with no change in students, staff, and no special measures. Both road and school were named after the original Bushey Hall, which was located just to the north on Aldenham Road, and is now the site of a leisure centre and golf course.