Thomas Gainsborough School

at , Sudbury, Suffolk , CO10 0JU United Kingdom

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Thomas Gainsborough School, formerly Great Cornard Upper School, is an secondary school and sixth form in the village of Great Cornard, located near the town of Sudbury in the English county of Suffolk that educates approximately 1250 pupils.It was granted the status of Specialist School in 1998, and was re-designated Technology College in 2001. The school converted to academy status in January 2015, when it became a member of the Samuel Ward Academy Trust.FacilitiesIncluded in the school is the new Great Cornard Sports Centre, which is open to the public outside of school hours, funded in part by a £563k grant from the English Active lottery fund. The new complex features a youth drop-in centre, dance and martial arts studios, changing rooms, fitness studios, a coach education unit and a social area.The Prospect Theatre, also in the school grounds, puts on a range of plays and concerts throughout the year and, from 26 March 2007, it is the base for the Sudbury Light Operatic Society.The school completed the building of the new sixth form study block and library in 2009.ReconstructionIn 2012, the school was granted funding for a total rebuild.Academic performanceIn their report on the school in October 2009 Ofsted gave an overall rating of the school as Good, point two on a four-point scale. The quality of care, support and guidance provide for students is described as outstanding.

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Thomas Gainsborough School is Sudbury, Suffolk based place and this enity listed in School category. CO10 0JU.