Everest Community Academy

Everest Community Academy
Address
Map
Oxford Way

Basingstoke, Hampshire
,
RG24 9UP

England
Coordinates51°17′07″N 1°05′51″W / 51.2852°N 1.0974°W / 51.2852; -1.0974
Information
TypeAcademy
Established2007
Department for Education URN145125 Tables
OfstedReports
PrincipalAlex Russell[1]
GenderCoeducational
Age11 to 16
Websitewww.everestcommunityacademy.org

Everest Community Academy is a coeducational secondary school with academy status, in Basingstoke, Hampshire. The school is part of the Bourne Education Trust. Everest is one of ten secondary schools servicing Basingstoke and Deane.

School history

The school was previously called John Hunt of Everest School.[2] It moved site to a new building and changed name in 2007.[2]

The Headteacher from 2007, and from the opening of the school as an academy in 2011, was Julie Rose.[3] She left in 2014 and was succeeded by Nick Price who led the school for 3 years until 2017. Alex Russel oversaw the school until 2018 when Hannah Dibden took over. Mary Rome became interim headteacher in 2023.

When plans were announced to turn the predecessor school into an academy under the sponsorship of Academies Enterprise Trust (AET) there was local opposition, including a petition against the proposal signed by 400 parents.[4] The local authority gave £27m in order to rebuild the school.

In summer 2017 Everest Community Academy was re-brokered by the Regional Schools Commissioner and left AET to become part of the Bourne Education Trust.

Ofsted inspections

As of 2020, the school's most recent inspection by Ofsted was in February 2020, with an outcome of Good.[5]

Admissions

The school's pupil admissions number is 150 per year group.

Facilities

The school was a new build in 2007 with modern sports and performing arts facilities. It shares the site with a leisure centre.

References

  1. ^ "Everest Community Academy". Find and compare schools in England. GOV.UK. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
  2. ^ a b Price, David Connop (6 November 2007). "County chief holds up new school as example". Daily Echo. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
  3. ^ "Julie Rose bids farewell to Everest Community Academy". Basingstoke Gazette. 20 August 2014. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  4. ^ Roberts, Emily (26 March 2011). "Academy fall-out!". Basingstoke Gazette. Retrieved 26 November 2015."Questions over Academy move". Basingstoke Gazette. 10 March 2011. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  5. ^ Baker, Steve (2020). "Inspection of Everest Community Academy". Ofsted. Ofsted. Retrieved 11 May 2020.