St Ivo Academy

St Ivo Academy is an academy secondary school and part of Astrea Academy Trust, with sixth form in St. Ives, Cambridgeshire, originally St Ivo School before being taken by Astrea.^[1][2]

Astrea St Ivo Academy
Location
St. Ives , Cambridgeshire , PE27 6RR England
Coordinates	52°19′51″N 0°05′05″W
Information
Motto	Work hard, be kind
Religious affiliation(s)	None
Established	1954
Local authority	Cambridgeshire
Department for Education URN	137305 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Principal	Tony Meneaugh
Staff	~200
Gender	Coeducational
Age	11 to 18
Enrolment	1,765
Houses	Bridge   Crosier   Ledger   River   Wheatsheaf
Website	http://www.astreastivo.org/

Specialist status

In September 2008 St Ivo Academy was designated a Specialist Humanities School.

In 2018/2019 St Ivo School joined Astrea Academy Trust to become St Ivo Academy.^[3]

St Ivo Entomology and Natural History Society

The St Ivo Entomology and Natural History Society was founded in 1957 and existed under the guidance of biology master Henry Berman until c2007.^[4][5] Regular examinations were held and prizes (for example the Edward Elkan prize) were awarded to students with the best results.

Members exhibited the society's animals on an annual basis at the Amateur Entomologists' Society exhibition in London: held at Holland Park School until the mid 1970s, then at Hounslow Civic Centre, and later at Kempton Park Racecourse. The society also regularly exhibited at the Cambridge Natural History Society exhibition, held in the Cambridge University Zoology Department, and the Scoool's Natural History Societies' exhibition at the Natural History Museum in London. In addition, the animal collection was a regular feature at local fairs and was sometimes exhibited to other Cambridgeshire school classes.^[6]

The society was known amongst pupils as "ento" or "ent soc", and members wore a small yellow badge with a picture of a two-spot ladybird, Adalia bipunctata.^[4] The society motto was "There is no they", meaning that members must take individual responsibility and not leave this to others (although the informal motto was actually "beg borrow and steal" to encourage resourcefulness). A number of former members pursued careers relating to animals and natural history.^[4][5]

Notable alumni

• Scott Barron, Brentford F.C. footballer
• Dominic Byrne, The Chris Moyles Show, BBC Radio 1
• Paul Clammer, author of Lonely Planet guide to Afghanistan
• Leanne Jones, actress
• Bryony Kimmings, performance artist, screenwriter
• James Page, singer/songwriter, known professionally as Sivu^[7]
• Jonnie Peacock, paralympic sprinter
• Terry Reid, rock vocalist and guitarist
• John Ruddy, Newcastle United F.C. goalkeeper
• James Sykes, cricketer
• Conor Washington, footballer
• Annemarie Wright, artist