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{{Infobox school
| name = Mascalls Academy
| image = File:Mascalls School, Paddock Wood - geograph.org.uk - 1484864.jpg
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| logo = File:Fair use logo Mascalls Academy.png
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| coordinates = {{coord|51.1694|0.3889|type:edu_region:GB_dim:100|format=dec|display=inline,title}}
| motto =
| established = 1956
| closed =
| type = [[Academy (English school)|Academy]]
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| trust = [[Leigh Academies Trust]]
| head_label = Principal
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| lower_age = 11
| upper_age = 18
| houses = {{color box|Blue}} Earhart<br>{{color box|Green}} Shackleton<br>{{color box|Red}} Luther King<br>{{color box|Yellow}} Marie Curie
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==Etymology==
The name comes from the nearby Mascalls corner.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gb.geoview.info/mascalls_corner,502545056n|title
==History==
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The school opened in 1956 as Mascalls School, a foundation school administered by [[Kent County Council]]. It became an [[Academy (English school)|academy]] in 2011, and in 2015 it joined the [[Leigh Academies Trust]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://mascallsacademy.org.uk/about-us/ |title=About Us - Mascalls Academy |website=mascallsacademy.org.uk |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928143235/https://mascallsacademy.org.uk/about-us/ |archive-date=28 September 2021 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
Stuart Reeves, headteacher since 2010 was promoted to LAT Executive Director of the [[West Kent]] cluster of academies at the time of the school's accession to the Leigh Academies Trust in 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.linkedin.com/authwall?trk=ripf&trkInfo=AQEr7gFHt8LiPAAAAXwtNmzQ9VN3mgX7ipG8ZdnrxOXBF64Z8qk9bxbZXyUJ2MPRaQLOTMjoiaGN5BOptk3YTuf10pCVoxCpQtxo4TKpr0haC2FSk1nNwXMkAzLIZXZAAA9MWGc=&originalReferer=&sessionRedirect=https%3A%2F%2Frp.liu233w.com%3A443%2Fhttps%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fin%2Fstuart-reeves-a15a8b7a%2F |title=Archived copy |website=www.linkedin.com |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928162155/https://www.linkedin.com/authwall?trk=ripf&trkInfo=AQEr7gFHt8LiPAAAAXwtNmzQ9VN3mgX7ipG8ZdnrxOXBF64Z8qk9bxbZXyUJ2MPRaQLOTMjoiaGN5BOptk3YTuf10pCVoxCpQtxo4TKpr0haC2FSk1nNwXMkAzLIZXZAAA9MWGc=&originalReferer=&sessionRedirect=https%3A%2F%2Frp.liu233w.com%3A443%2Fhttps%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fin%2Fstuart-reeves-a15a8b7a%2F |archive-date=28 September 2021 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Wayne Barnett then became principal, having previously served as vice principal since 2013. In 2019, Barnett was promoted by the Leigh Academies Trust to serve as the principal of [[Stationers' Crown Woods Academy]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.linkedin.com/authwall?trk=ripf&trkInfo=AQEdpPH-oePHOwAAAXws7nMIhAZbJ02-WtE9UPP5r2V91JNJ-Hp5E9cQQRKt-FBx7mkOFdtgmDWdc3M7q2po5o50OCrL8oifV9sy8-ahEBSYLlYxPcv50BKf86I74bw1wOM1qMg=&originalReferer=&sessionRedirect=https%3A%2F%2Frp.liu233w.com%3A443%2Fhttps%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fin%2Fwayne-barnett-04ab48156%2F |title=Archived copy |website=www.linkedin.com |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928150317/https://www.linkedin.com/authwall?trk=ripf&trkInfo=AQEdpPH-oePHOwAAAXws7nMIhAZbJ02-WtE9UPP5r2V91JNJ-Hp5E9cQQRKt-FBx7mkOFdtgmDWdc3M7q2po5o50OCrL8oifV9sy8-ahEBSYLlYxPcv50BKf86I74bw1wOM1qMg=&originalReferer=&sessionRedirect=https%3A%2F%2Frp.liu233w.com%3A443%2Fhttps%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fin%2Fwayne-barnett-04ab48156%2F |archive-date=28 September 2021 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The vice principal at the time, William Monk was then promoted to principal of Mascalls.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://mascallsacademy.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/CEO-Letter-to-Mascalls-parents-September-2019-2-1-1.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=5 September 2019 |archive-date=5 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190905181525/http://mascallsacademy.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/CEO-Letter-to-Mascalls-parents-September-2019-2-1-1.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.linkedin.com/authwall?trk=bf&trkInfo=AQEsyVDes4MeOAAAAXws8pmIwZAYEfpXVTu5-oEKkgojmxcPiTIMna6_ry9FZanJb0qkUCVtdUIEN4bhPfs-wrqFML3VEX1OcP9DlI_AFjhWHkR0sQA_nv2-srwzdWAcCbWprOg=&originalReferer=&sessionRedirect=https%3A%2F%2Frp.liu233w.com%3A443%2Fhttps%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fin%2Fwilliam-monk-842532162%2F |title=Archived copy |website=www.linkedin.com |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928150749/https://www.linkedin.com/authwall?trk=bf&trkInfo=AQEsyVDes4MeOAAAAXws8pmIwZAYEfpXVTu5-oEKkgojmxcPiTIMna6_ry9FZanJb0qkUCVtdUIEN4bhPfs-wrqFML3VEX1OcP9DlI_AFjhWHkR0sQA_nv2-srwzdWAcCbWprOg=&originalReferer=&sessionRedirect=https%3A%2F%2Frp.liu233w.com%3A443%2Fhttps%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fin%2Fwilliam-monk-842532162%2F |archive-date=28 September 2021 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
Monk oversaw the school's response to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], in line with the [[British government response to the COVID-19 pandemic|UK Government's policies]].{{
The Leigh Academies Trust has given all students in the trust, including the students at Mascalls, [[Chromebooks]] to help with learning.<ref>{{
The academy had a therapy dog called "Levi" after [[Claude Lévi-Strauss]]. He was a [[cocker spaniel]], born on 23 May 2019, and registered with the Pets As Therapy charity.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://mascallsacademy.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/AMOcal2808190079.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=5 September 2019 |archive-date=5 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190905182302/http://mascallsacademy.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/AMOcal2808190079.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/levi_therapy/|title=
When [[High Weald Academy]] closed in September 2022, all pupils from Year 7 to Year 10 were offered places at Mascalls.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/high-weald-academy-cranbrook-close-5978099 |title=High Weald Academy in Cranbrook to close by next academic year - Kent Live |website=www.kentlive.news |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210927161405/https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/high-weald-academy-cranbrook-close-5978099 |archive-date=27 September 2021 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kentonline.co.uk/weald/news/secondary-school-to-close-in-shock-decision-254706/ |title=High Weald Academy, in Cranbrook, to close |website=www.kentonline.co.uk |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928125535/https://www.kentonline.co.uk/weald/news/secondary-school-to-close-in-shock-decision-254706/ |archive-date=28 September 2021 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.highwealdacademy.kent.sch.uk/attachments/download.asp?file=867&type=pdf |title=Archived copy |website=www.highwealdacademy.kent.sch.uk |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928125627/https://www.highwealdacademy.kent.sch.uk/attachments/download.asp?file=867&type=pdf |archive-date=28 September 2021 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
Following the promotion of the current principal, William Monk, to a senior executive position within the Leigh Academies Trust, it was announced that Jo Brooks would become principle from 1 January 2023.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mascallsacademy.org.uk/leadership-update-at-mascalls-academy/|title=Leadership update at Mascalls Academy - Mascalls Academy|date=20 December 2022|access-date=20 December 2022|archive-date=20 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221220145359/https://mascallsacademy.org.uk/leadership-update-at-mascalls-academy/|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref><ref name="newprincipal">{{Cite web|url=https://mascallsacademy.org.uk/appointment-of-a-new-principal-for-mascalls-academy-14th-oct-2022/|title=Appointment of a new Principal for Mascalls Academy - 14th Oct 2022 - Mascalls Academy|date=20 December 2022|access-date=20 December 2022|archive-date=20 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221220145527/https://mascallsacademy.org.uk/appointment-of-a-new-principal-for-mascalls-academy-14th-oct-2022/|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mascallsacademy.org.uk/principals-update-16th-december-2022/|title=Principal's Update - 16th December 2022 - Mascalls Academy|date=20 December 2022|access-date=20 December 2022|archive-date=20 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221220145746/https://mascallsacademy.org.uk/principals-update-16th-december-2022/|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref>
==Houses==
Mascalls Academy is organised into four colleges, named after "significant individuals".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://mascallsacademy.org.uk/colleges/ |title=Colleges - Mascalls Academy |website=mascallsacademy.org.uk |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928163638/https://mascallsacademy.org.uk/colleges/ |archive-date=28 September 2021 |url-status=dead}}</ref>▼
▲Mascalls Academy is organised into four houses (called "colleges"), named after "significant individuals".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://mascallsacademy.org.uk/colleges/ |title=Colleges - Mascalls Academy |website=mascallsacademy.org.uk |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928163638/https://mascallsacademy.org.uk/colleges/ |archive-date=28 September 2021 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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* Marie Curie (named after [[Marie Skłodowska Curie]])
==Mascalls Gallery
A small [[art gallery]] was located on the school site from 2006 to 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attraction_Review-g1948092-d2287505-Reviews-Mascalls_Gallery-Paddock_Wood_Kent_England.html|title = MASCALLS GALLERY (Paddock Wood) - All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/MascallsGallery
The gallery closed in June 2016 due to a lack of funds,<ref>{{Cite
== Ofsted ==
The school's last full inspection was in 2012 when it was judged as 'Good' by [[Ofsted]].<ref name=
==Notable alumni ==
*[[Philip Martin Brown]], actor<ref name="KO">{{cite news |last1=Tye |first1=Kathryn |title=Waterloo Road actor Philip Martin Brown stars in Jack and the Beanstalk at Tunbridge Wells' Assembly Hall Theatre |url=https://www.kentonline.co.uk/whats-on/news/waterloo-road-actor-embarks-on-10097/ |access-date=31 January 2019 |work=Kent Online |archive-date=1 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190201065233/https://www.kentonline.co.uk/whats-on/news/waterloo-road-actor-embarks-on-10097/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
==References==
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