Brompton Academy

Brompton Academy was originally called The Great Lines School. It was built in the 1950s adjacent to the Great Lines, in Gillingham. Gillingham was a military town that supported the Royal Engineers and their barracks and the Chatham Naval Dockyard. As a consequence families were very mobile. 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. The University of Kent is a 'Lead Sponsor' of the Academy, because of its ability to help provide support for the Academy's science specialism. Medway Council is the co-sponsor. 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 (UKAT). Both schools are a part of the newly formed Academies Trust, of which the CEO is Mr. A. Osborne. ==School performance and inspections==

Brompton Academy has been awarded a “Requires Improvement” score from Ofsted; the school was inspected between 21 and 22 September 2022. ==Buildings==

The school has undergone a renovation. As part of the new redevelopment, all of the existing school buildings have been replaced with a new building, except for the existing reception building, which has been retained as part of the design. BAM Construction (part of BAM Nuttall) won the £80m contract to design and build three new academy schools for Medway Council, including Brompton Academy, Strood Academy and Bishop of Rochester Academy. == Extra curricular ==

Pupils from the school were chosen to form part of a "guard of honour" for athletes at the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games, displaying artistic creations their school made to celebrate the event. == Controversies ==

In 2010, a boy was sent home for wearing red socks. The school also sends students home for too skinny trousers and chewing gum. == References ==