The Hundred of Hoo Academy (formerly The Hundred of Hoo School) is a 4–18 mixed, all-through school and sixth form with academy status in Hoo St Werburgh, Kent, England. It is part of the Leigh Academies Trust. History In June 2008, it was announced the school was one of forty schools in Kent and Medway ordered to meet the Government target of 30 percent achieving five or more GCSE A* to C grades, including English and Maths within three years, or face closure; the school achieved 22 percent in 2007. In June 2009, the school was placed into special measures following an inspection by Ofsted. This led to the resignation of its principal Tony Williams, and Gary Holden, head of Rochester Math School became executive head of both schools. A new governing body was appointed to "handle all governance matters and provide strategic direction for the school". In the same month, the school was earmarked £1 million to help improve its standards during the next two years, being one of seven schools nationally to be awarded funding by the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF). This followed an earlier announcement the school had been accepted as a National Challenge Trust School status, which allows councils to "raise standards in schools where replacement with an Academy would not be the best option". The status is designed for schools with less than 30 percent achieving five or more GCSE A* to C grades, including English and Maths; Hundred of Hoo achieved 26 percent in 2008 compared to 46.6 percent nationally and locally. The school became an academy, joining the Williamson Trust on 1 September 2001. It was inspected by Ofsted in 2003 who noted improvements in provision and rated it a good school. In February 2018, the death was announced of the trusts CEO, Gary Vyse, at the early age of 37. A verdict of suicide was recorded. Governance Before 2011, this was a foundation school with Kent County Council and then Medway Council. After being put in special measures in 2009 it joined the Williamson Trust and reopened as an academy on 1 September 2011. Williamson Trust merged in January 2019, with Leigh Academies Trust. All Williamson Trust academies, including The Hundred of Hoo Academy, joined the newly named Leigh Academies Trust as part of the Medway Cluster. Description Hundred of Hoo is a 11-19 secondary school with a 4-