The King's Academy
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This page refers to The King's Academy, the school in Middlesbrough, England. For the new boarding school in Jordan, see King's Academy.
The King's Academy is a secondary school located in Coulby Newham in the borough of Middlesbrough and the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. Established in 2003, it is owned by the Emmanuel Schools Foundation (formerly the Vardy Foundation run by Sir Peter Vardy). It was officially opened by Prime Minister Tony Blair in March 2004.
A City Academy, it was built to replace the former council run Brackenhoe and Coulby Newham secondary schools and accepted its first students from educational years 7 to 10 on 8 September 2003. It has capacity for 1250 students. It is wholly funded by the Department for Education and Skills and operates an Intake Policy based upon that in place across the council-maintained schools in Middlesbrough. It holds 100 reserved places for children with Statements of Special Educational Need, most particularly those with hearing and visual impairments and with moderate learning difficulties.
It has come in for much criticism due to its position on teaching religious topics and the independence of the school from its sponsors.
Its principals have been Mr N McQuoid (8 September 2003 to 31 August 2005) and Mr C Drew (1 September 2005 to present).
