Sir Frank Whittle Studio School


The Sir Frank Whittle Studio School is a 14–19 Studio School and is half of The Lutterworth Academies Trust. It is situated alongside Lutterworth College in the rural market town of Lutterworth, South Leicestershire.
There are approximately 80 students currently on roll.
The school specialises in engineering, business and sport. It also works alongside employers to provide students with external experiential learning.
The school was set to close in July 2017 because of a failure to fill places.

Construction

Plans were submitted to Harborough District Council in February 2014, with the intention to begin construction to be ready for the September 2014 cohort.
The Kier Group were contracted for the project with a build programme beginning on 9 February 2015 and finishing with a final handover on 27 November 2015. Due to delays with planning permission, the build didn't start until 27 March 2015.
The first intake of students were admitted in September 2014 and as a result of the building not being completed, a temporary building was erected on the Lutterworth College site to accommodate the students until construction on the school was complete.
Construction was completed and the building in use from December 2015.

Academic performance

The school received its first full set of results in August 2016. The school's results placed Sir Frank Whittle Studio School as one of the highest performing secondary school in Leicestershire, ranking 6th out of all schools reporting results. The Progress 8 score of +0.15 is significantly above national average.
As of 2019, the school's most recent inspection result was from 2017 and was Good.
In 2018 the school was listed as underperforming.