Brompton Academy

Brompton Academy is an 11 to 18 mixed, secondary school and sixth form with academy status in Gillingham, Kent, England. It is part of the University of Kent Academies Trust.

 History 
Brompton Academy used to be called The Great Lines School. It was built in the 1950s next to the Great Lines, in Gillingham. It opened with 270 pupils in April 1957, as a secondary modern school and the first co-educational school in Gillingham. In June 1959, it became Upbury Manor school   and was officially re-opened by actress Dame Edith Evans O.B.E.

 University of Kent Academies Trust 

It later became New Brompton College and is now called Brompton Academy. The Brompton Academy opened in 2010.

From 2017, Chatham Grammar School for Girls and Brompton Academy's sixth-forms have merged into one big sixth-form named the University of Kent Academies Trust. 

Buildings
All of the school buildings have been replaced with a new building.

 References 

 Other websites 



Category:Schools in Kent
Category:2010 establishments in England