King Harold Academy | |
Coordinates: | 51.6895°N 0.015°W |
Established: | 1952 |
Head Label: | Headteacher |
Head: | Andrew Jones |
Address: | Broomstick Hall Road |
Postcode: | EN9 1LF |
Local Authority: | Essex |
Ofsted: | yes |
Urn: | 136342 |
Enrolment: | ~689 |
Lower Age: | 11 |
Upper Age: | 16 |
Colours: | Black, Yellow, White |
Houses: | Pankhurst, Churchill, Dickens, Rowling and Hawkins |
Website: | https://www.kha-tkat.org/ |
King Harold Academy (originally King Harold School and formerly King Harold Business and Enterprise Academy) is a secondary school located in Waltham Abbey, Essex. Students attending the school are between the ages of 11 and 16.
In 2012, inspection by Ofsted found the school to Require Improvement.[1] As of 2022, the school's most recent inspection judgement was in 2016, when it was found to be Good.[2]
The school was founded in 1952 and was named after the last Anglo-Saxon king, Harold Godwinson, who is buried at Waltham Abbey.[3]