Mascalls Academy: Difference between revisions

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| head = WilliamJo MonkBrooks<ref name="newprincipal">{{Cite web |url=httphttps://mascallsacademy.org.uk/wpappointment-content/uploads/2019/08/CEOof-Lettera-tonew-Mascallsprincipal-parentsfor-Septembermascalls-2019academy-214th-1oct-1.pdf 2022/|title=ArchivedAppointment copyof a new Principal for Mascalls Academy - 14th Oct 2022 - Mascalls Academy|date=20 December 2022|access-date=5 September20 2019December 2022|archive-date=520 September 2019December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2019090518152520221220145527/httphttps://mascallsacademy.org.uk/wpappointment-content/uploads/2019/08/CEOof-Lettera-tonew-Mascallsprincipal-parentsfor-Septembermascalls-2019academy-214th-1oct-1.pdf 2022/|url-status=deadbot: unknown}}</ref>

The name comes from the nearby Mascalls corner.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gb.geoview.info/mascalls_corner,502545056n|title = Mascalls Corner, Kent, England, United Kingdom|access-date=7 April 2022|archive-date=19 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019141028/https://gb.geoview.info/mascalls_corner,502545056n|url-status=live}}</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]].{{factcitation needed|date=April 2022}}

The Leigh Academies Trust has given all students in the trust, including the students at Mascalls, [[Chromebooks]] to help with learning.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mascallsacademy.org.uk/principals-statement-18th-september-2020/|title=Principal's Statement - 18th September 2020|first=Will|last=Monk|date=18 September 2020|website=Mascalls Academy|access-date=20 December 2022|archive-date=20 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221220093411/https://mascallsacademy.org.uk/principals-statement-18th-september-2020/|url-status=live}}</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=LoginLevi@therapy (@levi_therapy) • Instagram photos and videos}}</ref> Levi left Mascalls with his owner Miss Anna Mohamed in late 2021.{{factcitation needed|date=April 2022}}

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 1st1 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>

==CollegesHouses==

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>

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/|title=Mascalls {{User-generated sourceGallery|certainwebsite=yeswww.facebook.com|access-date=March23 2022September 2021|archive-date=20 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230120174708/https://www.facebook.com/login/?next=https%3A%2F%2Frp.liu233w.com%3A443%2Fhttps%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FMascallsGallery|url-status=live}}</ref>{{better source needed|reason=not reliable sources|date=January 2022}} It had a frequently changing programme of exhibitions featuring national and internationally known artists.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mascallsgallery.org/ |title=Archived copy |website=mascallsgallery.org |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151011035136/http://mascallsgallery.org/ |archive-date=11 October 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> These included [[Henry Moore]], [[L. S. Lowry]], [[Graham Sutherland]] and [[Lee Miller]] as well as artists from [[Latin America]], [[Japan]] and the [[United States]]. In 2010, Mascalls Gallery exhibited for the first time in the UK drawings by [[Marc Chagall]] for the nearby [[All Saints' Church, Tudeley|All Saints' Church]] in [[Tudeley]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/must-see-exhibitions-for-mid-june-7198 |title=Must-see exhibitions for mid-June - Country Life |website=www.countrylife.co.uk |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151003182842/http://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/must-see-exhibitions-for-mid-june-7198 |archive-date=3 October 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> An exhibition of watercolour paintings by [[Roland Collins]] led to further exhibitions in London, raising the artist's profile.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/oct/01/roland-collins |title=Roland Collins obituary &#124; Art and design &#124; the Guardian |website=www.theguardian.com |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151010181050/http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/oct/01/roland-collins |archive-date=10 October 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

The gallery closed in June 2016 due to a lack of funds,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://twitter.com/MascallsGallery/status/745558621149233152 |title=Archived copy |access-date=20 December 2022 |archive-date=20 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221220150615/https://twitter.com/MascallsGallery/status/745558621149233152 |url-status=live }}</ref>, and the building has since been refurbished as the new Mascalls Library.{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}

== Ofsted ==

The school's last full inspection was in 2012 when it was judged as 'Good' by [[Ofsted]].<ref name="Ofsted">{{cite web |title=Mascalls Academy |url=https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/23/136847 |publisher=Ofsted |access-date=31 January 2019 |archive-date=1 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190201013555/https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/23/136847 |url-status=live }}</ref>

*[[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>