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Alec Hunter Academy
Address
Stubbs Lane Braintree , Essex , CM7 3NR England
Information
Type	Academy
Established	1959; 65 years ago (1959)
Department for Education URN	139402 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Chair of Governors	James Waller
Headteacher	Trevor Lawn
Gender	Mixed
Age	11 to 16
Enrolment	c. 1,000
Website	http://www.alechunter.org/

Alec Hunter Academy (formerly The Alec Hunter County Secondary School for Boys and Girls, Alec Hunter Comprehensive School, Alec Hunter High School and Alec Hunter Humanities College) is a secondary school with academy status located in East Braintree, Essex, England.

History

The school opened as a technical school in 1959, and it was named after the weaver and textile designer Alec Hunter (died 1958). It had become a humanities college by 2009, when the school celebrated its 50th anniversary.^[1] In that year, local historian David Possee was writing a book on the history of the school when he died;^[2] however Braintree Museum hosted an exhibition about the school.^[1] In 2013 the school converted to an Academy by joining Saffron Academy Trust and is now part of a group of schools/academies, Saffron Academy Trust.

Inspection judgements

As of 2021, the school's most recent Ofsted judgement was in 2017, when it was judged Good overall.^[3]

Notable former pupils

• Keith Flint, dancer and vocalist of the big beat band The Prodigy
• Liam Howlett, member of the British band The Prodigy, occasional DJ, and record producer
• Andy Overall, vocalist and songwriter of band Blue Zoo

References

Further reading

• Braintree (Town and City Memories). The Francis Frith Collection. 29 September 2005. ISBN 978-1845890520. (Contains information on the history of the Alec Hunter School)

External links

• Hunter, Richard (2019). "The history". edmundsbury.co.uk. Edmundsbury. Retrieved 17 April 2021. (Background and life of Alec Hunter)

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