Plume School

Academy in Maldon, Essex, England

Plume Academy

Address

Fambridge Road Maldon , Essex , CM9 6AB England
Information
Type	Academy
Established	1970; 54 years ago (1970)
Founder	Thomas Plume
Local authority	Essex
Department for Education URN	137790 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Chair of Trustees	Paul Nagle
Headteacher	Tom Baster^[1]^[2]
Gender	Mixed
Age	11 to 18
Enrolment	Approx. 1,760 (January 2015)
Capacity	Approx 1800
Website	www.plume.essex.sch.uk

Plume Academy is a secondary school with academy status located in the town of Maldon, Essex, England. The school is split over two separate campuses. Mill Road houses Years 7 and 8, Fambridge Road Years 9, 10 and 11 and the Sixth Form.

History

The Plume School was formed in 1970 as a new comprehensive to educate the children previously at Maldon Grammar School, then in Fambridge Road, and Maldon County Secondary School, in Mill Road, a secondary modern. The Plume School's first term began in September 1970. The Maldon Grammar School had been founded in 1608 by Ralph Breeder, a haberdasher and linen draper who was an alderman of the town's corporation. He left £300 in his will "for the maintenance of a schoolmaster to teach a grammar school within the town".^[3]

The new school created in 1970 bears the name of Thomas Plume who, on his death in 1704, bequeathed his library of 7,000 books to the town of Maldon, now housed at the Thomas Plume Library, and money for a schoolmaster and librarian to look after the collection. A history of the schools states that "The Plume School in its modern form was established as a comprehensive in 1970 and merged with the Maldon County Secondary School located at the current site."^[3]

Performance

Plume School is rated "good"^[4] in all four Ofsted categories (achievement of pupils, quality of teaching, behaviour and safety of pupils and leadership and management) of its most recent inspection.

Notable former pupils

Ethan Lawrence, actor (Bad Education, After Life)^[5]

References

^ "Plume School - GOV.UK".
^ "Plume School". EduBase. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Maldon Plume School - Four Centuries of Education 1608-2008" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
^ "Plume School" (PDF). Ofsted. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
^ Robinson, Emma (6 September 2013). "Maldon: TV's Ethan is reaping the benefits of a Bad Education". Maldon Standard. Archived from the original on 16 May 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2022.