Sewell Park Academy Sewell Park Academy Sewell Park Academy is a secondary school located on the north-eastern edge of the city of Norwich, Norfolk, England. It has approximately 800 students aged eleven to sixteen (years 7 to 11). It is situated between St. Clements Hill and "Constitution Hill" (B1150), east of New Catton. On the school grounds is the Sewell Barn Theatre. The name of the school comes from Philip Sewell, the brother of Anna Sewell, the author of "Black Beauty". It was The Blyth School, a grammar school, which was built in 1929 in grounds owned by Philip Sewell, who died in
Cecil Sewell Cecil Sewell Cecil Harold Sewell VC (27 January 1895 – 29 August 1918) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. One of nine children, he was educated at Dulwich College between 1907 and 1910. He was 23 years old, and a lieutenant in the Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment, British Army, attached to 3rd (Light) Battalion, Tank Corps during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. On 29