Hammersmith Academy

Hammersmith Academy
The Academy in 2013
Location
Cathnor Road

Hammersmith
,
London
,
UB5 4RU

England

51°30′08″N 0°14′10″W / 51.5021°N 0.2362°W / 51.5021; -0.2362
Information
TypeAcademy
MottoInspire, Create, Succeed
Established11 September 2011
FoundersTom Ilube, Stefan Fafinski Lady Wendy Parmley
Local authority
London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
SpecialistCreative & Digital Media and Information Technology
136172 Tables
OfstedReports
Headteacher
Gary Kynaston
GenderCoeducational
Age11 to 18
Enrolment936
HousesLovelace, Attenborough, Johnson, McQueen, Khan
ColoursGrey and maroon
Websitehammersmithacademy.org

Hammersmith Academy is a non-denominational, all-ability, co-educational secondary academy for 11- to 18-year-olds specialising in creative and digital media and information technology, located in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, West London, England.

Opened in September 2011, the Academy is jointly sponsored by the Worshipful Company of Mercers (the oldest livery company in the City of London) and the Worshipful Company of Information Technologists (the 100th Livery Company).

The academy is based in a four-storey building which has facilities such as a Theatre, Sports Hall, Library, Fitness Suite and Digital Editing & IT suites.

Background

In 2006, only 38% of local children in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham went to local state schools. This led the council to launch its Schools of Choice programme which aimed to provide more choice to meet the growing demand for school places in the borough and reduce the need for parents to send their children to schools outside of Hammersmith and Fulham.

Plans were later announced in 2007 for the building of a new academy within the borough which would be sponsored by the Mercers' Company and the Information Technologists Company. The new academy would open in September 2010 and be designed to accommodate up to 780 mixed ability students aged 11–18, with the site of the former Stamford House young offenders selected.

The opening was later pushed back to September 2011 and building work began in June 2009. It was founded by Tom Ilube, a British-Nigerian entrepreneur and educational philanthropist, together with fellow members of the Information Technologists Company, Lady Parmley (Wendy) and Dr Stefan Fafinski DL.

Facilities

The building encompasses:

Ofsted

Year structure

The academic years are structured as: L for Ada Lovelace, A for David Attenborough, J for Katherine Johnson, M for Steve McQueen (director) and K for the architect Khan.

GCSE Options

Mandatory

Optional

*Students that know other languages other than Spanish are able to do that as a GCSE #

Famous Visits

In 2015 Prince William visited Hammersmith academy for an anti-bullying campaign known as the Princess Diana anti-bullying campaign, The campaign focused on Cyber-bullying and LGBTQ+ bullying. Another famous visit was in the January of 2022 when the education secretary Nadhim Zahawi was invited for a tour around the academy, later on the BBC news he had positive opinions on the academy.

References

  1. ↑ "Hammersmith Academy". London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham, UK. Archived from the original on 12 December 2011. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
  2. ↑ "Hammersmith Academy". The Mercers' Company, City of London, UK. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
  3. ↑ "Hammersmith Academy". The Information Technologists' Company, City of London, UK. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
  4. ↑ "New schools boost choice - Hammersmith & Fulham". Archived from the original on 14 March 2013. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
  5. ↑ "New 20 million pound Academy for Hammersmith - Hammersmith & Fulham". Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
  6. ↑ "Tom Ilube named the most powerful man in Britain". Archived from the original on 7 November 2016. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
  7. ↑ Ofsted Communications Team (5 November 2010). "Find an inspection report".