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Coordinates: 51°52′10″N 0°26′09″W / 51.869544°N 0.435705°W

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The Stockwood Park Academy
Address

Rotheram Avenue Luton , Bedfordshire , LU1 5PP England
Coordinates	51°52′10″N 0°26′09″W / 51.869544°N 0.435705°W / 51.869544; -0.435705
Information
Type	Academy
Motto	Strive Achieve Believe
Established	1965
Sister school	The Chalk Hills Academy
Local authority	Luton
Department for Education URN	135338 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Principal	Mumin Humyan
Gender	mixed
Age	11 to 18
Colour(s)	Green
Publication	TSPA Times
Website	thestockwoodparkacademy.co.uk

The Stockwood Park Academy is a mixed secondary school and sixth form located in Rotheram Avenue Luton, Bedfordshire, England and is part of Advantage Schools, a multi-academy trust in Bedford, Luton and Central Bedfordshire.

The school converted to academy status on 1 September 2007, and was renamed Barnfield South Academy as part of the Barnfield Federation. In March 2011, the school moved to a new £30 million building situated on the old playing field of the former Rotheram High School site, equipped with ICT facilities, including a 300-seat theatre. The Barnfield Federation.

History

What is now Stockwood Park Academy was formed by the amalgamation of Stockwood and Rotheram High Schools.^[1]

Stockwood High School in Cutenhoe Road was described as Luton's most expensive school when it was built in 1967. It was sound-proofed to cut out noise due to it being situated beneath a Luton Airport flight path. Facilities included an indoor heated swimming pool and two halls. The official opening was held in October 1968.

In 1988 Rotheram High School, a school situated in Farley Hill approximately a mile away from Stockwood High School, was closed due to administrative costs and falling attendance numbers. The majority of pupils from Rotheram High School moved to Stockwood High School, which was renamed South Luton High School.

The school converted to academy status on 1 September 2007, and was renamed Barnfield South Academy as part of the Barnfield Federation. In March 2011, the school moved to a new £30 million building situated on the old playing field of the former Rotheram High School site, equipped with ICT facilities, including a 300-seat theatre. The Barnfield Federation launched a new A-Level sixth form provision in September 2011 based across its academies.

In 2015 the school changed its name to South Academy and became part of The Shared Learning Trust. In 2016 it was renamed Stockwood Park Academy. The sixth form provision was also renamed to The Sixth Form in 2016, with the sixth form being run across Stockwood Park Academy and its sister school The Chalk Hills Academy.

Notable pupils

Stockwood High School

Lee Ross (actor)^[2]

References

^ "School merger plan published". Dunstable Gazette. 10 September 1987. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
^ "'Dodger' Lee back on TV". Luton News and Bedfordshire Chronicle. 18 December 1986. Retrieved 19 June 2024.

v t e Schools in Bedfordshire¹
Secondary	All Saints Academy Bedford Academy Bedford Free School Biddenham International School Cardinal Newman Catholic School Castle Newnham School Cedars Upper School The Chalk Hills Academy Challney High School for Boys Challney High School for Girls Daubeney Academy Denbigh High School Etonbury Academy Goldington Academy Harlington Upper School Houstone School Icknield High School Kempston Academy Lealands High School Lea Manor High School Lincroft Academy Manshead CE Academy Mark Rutherford School Putteridge High School Queen Elizabeth School Queensbury Academy Redborne Upper School St Thomas More RC School Samuel Whitbread Academy Sandy Secondary School Sharnbrook Academy Stockwood Park Academy Stopsley High School Stratton Upper School Vandyke Upper School Wixams Academy Wootton Upper School
Private	Bedford Girls' School Bedford Greenacre Independent School Bedford Modern School Bedford School
Special	The Chiltern School Grange Academy Ivel Valley School Oak Bank School Ridgeway School St John's School Weatherfield Academy Woodlands Secondary School
Sixth form and FE colleges	Barnfield College Bedford College The Bedford Sixth Form Central Bedfordshire College Kimberley College Luton Sixth Form College Shuttleworth College Stella Mann College
Former	Alban Church of England Academy Ashton Middle School Bedford High School Dame Alice Harpur School Dunstable Grammar School Rabia School UTC Central Bedfordshire
¹includes schools in Bedford, Central Bedfordshire and Luton.

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Education

Secondary	Cardinal Newman Chalk Hills Academy Challney Boys Challney Girls Denbigh Icknield Lea Manor Lealands Putteridge Queen Elizabeth Rabia School Stockwood Park Academy Stopsley Woodlands
Tertiary	Barnfield College Central Bedfordshire College Luton Sixth Form College University of Bedfordshire