Wixams Academy

Wixams Academy
Address
Map
Green Lane

Wixams

Bedfordshire
,
MK42 6BA

England
Coordinates52°05′14″N 0°28′07″W / 52.0873°N 0.4687°W / 52.0873; -0.4687
Information
TypeFree school
Established2017 (2017)
Local authorityBedford Borough Council
TrustKnowledge Schools Trust
Department for Education URN144595 Tables
OfstedReports
Principal[1]Nathaniel Wilson
GenderCo-educational
Age11 to 18
Enrollment403[2] (October 2020[2])
Websitewww.wixamsacademy.co.uk

Wixams 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

  1. ^ "About Us". Wixams Academy. Wixams Academy. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Wixams Academy - GOV.UK". get-information-schools.service.gov.uk. Gov.UK. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Home". Wixams Academy.
  4. ^ "Wixams school". Willmott Dixon.
  5. ^ "Official launch of two new schools serving new village of Wixams near Bedford". www.bedfordtoday.co.uk.
  6. ^ website, Knowledge Schools Trust. "Knowledge Schools Trust Completes Merger with Bedford College Academies Trust". Knowledge Schools Trust. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  7. ^ "Key Stage 3 and 4 Curriculum". Wixams Academy.
  8. ^ Roffe, Erica (27 April 2021). "Betrayed: Students and parents upset as Wixams Academy withdraws sixth form provision".
  9. ^ "Sixth Form".