Watling Academy

Watling Academy
Location
Barossa Way

Whitehouse

Milton Keynes
,
Buckinghamshire
,
MK8 1BX

England

52°01′53″N 0°49′16″W / 52.0315°N 0.8210°W / 52.0315; -0.8210 (Watling Academy)
Information
TypeFree school
MottoRespect, Responsibility and Kindness
Established2020
TrustDenbigh Alliance Multi Academy Trust
147860 Tables
OfstedReports
Headteacher
Ian Bacon
GenderCoeducational
Age11 to 16
Houses4
ColoursRutherford (Green), Turing (Blue), Laine (Red), Leyh (Orange)
Websitehttps://watlingacademy.net/

Watling Academy is a coeducational secondary school located in the Whitehouse area of Milton Keynes, in the English county of Buckinghamshire.

History

Construction of the school began in 2019, in anticipation of the planned demand for secondary school places from the large new developments on the western side of the city; the £40 million project to construct the school is on a 10-hectare (25-acre) site. The school formally opened on a temporary site in September 2020, and occupation of the new buildings began in June 2021.

The school today

Watling Academy is a free school, and is part of the Denbigh Alliance Multi Academy Trust, which also operates Denbigh School in Shenley Church End.

References

  1. ↑ "Watling Academy". Watling Academy. 9 May 2022. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  2. ↑ Murrer, Sally (13 August 2020). "New secondary school that will be the biggest in Milton Keynes will open early next year". Milton Keynes Citizen. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  3. ↑ "Watling Academy prepares to welcome first pupils" (Press release). Denbigh Alliance Multi Academy Trust. 13 August 2020 – via MKFM.
  4. ↑ "Milton Keynes's newest secondary school moves to its permanent site" (Press release). Denbigh Alliance Multi Academy Trust – via MKFM.
  5. ↑ "Watling Academy - GOV.UK". Get-information-schools.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  6. ↑ "Home - The Denbigh Alliance MAT, Milton Keynes". Thedenbighalliance.org.uk. Retrieved 15 October 2022.