Wixams Academy
Free school in Bedfordshire, England
52°05′14″N 0°28′07″W / 52.0873°N 0.4687°W / 52.0873; -0.4687Wixams Academy is a co-educational secondary school and sixth form located in Wixams in the English county of Bedfordshire.[3]
The school was constructed by Willmott Dixon[4] and opened in 2017.[5] It was opened by Bedford College Academies Trust which has subsequently merged with Knowledge Schools Trust[6] in March 2024. It serves the new town development of Wixams as well as Wilstead and other nearby villages.
Wixams Academy offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils.[7] The school was due to launch a sixth form in 2022, however in April 2019 it was announced that the school was no longer planning to offer this provision.[8] However the school then confirmed a sixth form would open as originally planned in September 2022.[9]
References
- ^ "About Us". Wixams Academy. Wixams Academy. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
- ^ a b "Wixams Academy - GOV.UK". get-information-schools.service.gov.uk. Gov.UK. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
- ^ "Home". Wixams Academy.
- ^ "Wixams school". Willmott Dixon.
- ^ "Official launch of two new schools serving new village of Wixams near Bedford". www.bedfordtoday.co.uk.
- ^ website, Knowledge Schools Trust. "Knowledge Schools Trust Completes Merger with Bedford College Academies Trust". Knowledge Schools Trust. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
- ^ "Key Stage 3 and 4 Curriculum". Wixams Academy.
- ^ Roffe, Erica (27 April 2021). "Betrayed: Students and parents upset as Wixams Academy withdraws sixth form provision".
- ^ "Sixth Form".
External links
- Official website
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- Bedford Academy
- Bedford Free School
- Biddenham International School
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- Castle Newnham School
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- Challney High School for Girls
- Daubeney Academy
- Denbigh High School
- Etonbury Academy
- Goldington Academy
- Harlington Upper School
- Houstone School
- Icknield High School
- Kempston Academy
- Lealands High School
- Lea Manor High School
- Lincroft Academy
- Manshead CE Academy
- Mark Rutherford School
- Putteridge High School
- Queen Elizabeth School
- Queensbury Academy
- Redborne Upper School
- St Thomas More RC School
- Samuel Whitbread Academy
- Sandy Secondary School
- Sharnbrook Academy
- Stockwood Park Academy
- Stopsley High School
- Stratton Upper School
- Vandyke Upper School
- Wixams Academy
- Wootton Upper School
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