Chaucer School, Canterbury

Chaucer School
Chaucer School in May 2013
Address
Spring Lane

Canterbury
,
Kent
,
CT1 1SU

England
Coordinates51°16′26″N 1°06′00″E / 51.2740°N 1.0999°E / 51.2740; 1.0999
Information
TypeFoundation school
Closed2015 (2015)
Local authorityKent
Department for Education URN118924 Tables
OfstedReports
GenderMixed
Age11 to 18
Houses5 Colleges of Learning
(Assisi, Athena, Curie,
Da Vinci, Marlowe) (Defunct as of the 2013–2014 academic year.)
Colour(s)Navy and Gold   
Websitewww.chaucer.ac.uk (inactive)

Chaucer School (or known simply as Chaucer) was a partially selective, mixed ability comprehensive school in Canterbury, Kent.

Former names of Chaucer include Chaucer Technology School, Geoffrey Chaucer and Canterbury Technical High School for Boys

In February 2014 Kent County Council announced that the school would shut because of low pupil intake and poor standards. Just weeks before Swale Academies Trust had promised a conversion to academy status and the sale of land to rebuild the school, but these plans were scrapped. Shortly after the proposal for closure was made public a petition on Change.org was created in an attempt to revert Kent County Council's decision, but this failed. The school closed in September 2015.