Latimer Arts College

The Latimer Community Arts College is a foundation secondary school located in Barton Seagrave, Northamptonshire, England, teaching students aged 11 to 18. The school has approximately 1020 students. The most recent Ofsted inspection from February 2018 judged Latimer as remaining Good.

Latimer Community Arts College
Address
Castle Way, Barton Seagrave Kettering , Northamptonshire , NN15 6SW England
Coordinates	52.3810°N 0.6933°W / 52.3810; -0.6933
Information
Type	Foundation school
Motto	Learn, Achieve, Create
Local authority	North Northamptonshire
Department for Education URN	122066 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Principal	S. Hearne
Gender	Mixed
Age	11 to 18
Enrolment	1020
Website	http://www.latimer.org.uk

The school is also home to The Masque theatre, a popular theatre in the area which is used by both the school and the community. The Latimer Arts College has a range of facilities available for hire outside of normal college hours. The Masque Theatre is available for productions as well as having dance and drama studios for groups and individuals. Theatre and sound technicians can be made available for productions and recordings if required. Other facilities such as a recording studio, conference and meeting rooms are also available within the facility.[1]

The school's grades are exceptional, due to the implementation of emergency measures after receiving multiple negative Ofsted reports (years unknown). These measures were implemented during a transfer of ownership. However, informal student reports glean that these measures remained in place as, and after, the school improved, and are now a detriment to the welfare and wellbeing of the students enrolled at the Latimer Arts College. Many students have reported a lack of care for those enrolled suffering with mental and physical disabilities and illnesses. One such informal report by a previous student of the college stated that, after an initial meeting, no attempt was made to "follow up" on their report that they were suffering with acute anxiety and depression in the 4 years they attended the school after said report was submitted. A second such report stated that a member of staff continually failed to provide documents printed on coloured paper to a student suffering with dyslexia, despite being reminded by the student and the student's guardian on multiple occasions. This rendered many learning resources inaccessible to said student.