Joyce Frankland Academy, Newport

Joyce Frankland Academy, Newport, formerly Newport Free Grammar School, is a school in Newport, Essex, England. It was founded in 1588. The school is a mixed secondary school with a sixth form. It previously existed in different forms including a boarding school and a grammar school. The headteacher is Duncan Roberts and the vice headteacher is Ian Stoneham. As of 2012, there were 987 students, including 160 in the sixth form. It takes its current name after Dame Joyce Frankland (1531-1588), the only daughter of goldsmith Robert Trappes, who founded it as the "free Grammer Schole of Newport". Dame Frankland also made a number of educational bequests in her will to colleges at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge. Specialist and academy status The school achieved Specialist Language College status in July 2003 from DfES and has been a Language College since September 2003. The school achieved a second specialism in Science, commencing 1 September 2008 but this was later lost. The school converted to academy status on 1 September 2012.