February 2024
Our lunchtime Chess Club is especially popular with Key Stage 3 students who are developing their skills with every game.
February 2024
Each year at King James, we organised a number of themed activities to support Children's Mental Health Week; this year events took place from 5th - 11th February.
January 2024
Three Performing Arts students at King James I Academy have raised £350 for the British Thyroid Foundation by organising a ‘Just Dance’ marathon in school.
January 2024
Students in Mrs. Glen's Year 10 GCSE Maths class have been investigating the link between the Fibonacci sequence and the Golden Ratio.
January 2024
Sixth Form Mathematicians have taken part in the annual UKMT Senior Mathematics Challenge with great success.
December 2023
A group of community-minded Sixth Form students have donated £946.40 to The Angel Trust, following an unusual fundraising event which saw them take on a 12-hour gaming marathon in the school’s Dining Hall from 8am until 8pm.
December 2023
Each year in December at King James, students and staff collect items of food and toiletries to help stock essential foodbanks which support families in need in our local community.
December 2023
Key Stage 3 students in Years 7, 8 and 9 have been treated to a captivating live performance by the up-and-coming boyband 'Absnt Mind', complemented by a thought-provoking discussion on mental health, body image and cyber bullying.
December 2023
Each year at King James, collecting food items to support local foodbanks, and to help those living in food poverty is an important Christmas activity.
November 2023
Students and staff at King James have united in support of the BBCs Children in Need fundraising event, and as a team we have raised an astonishing £804.84!