Watling Academy Explained

Watling Academy
Coordinates:	52.0315°N -0.821°W
Established:	2020
Head Label:	Headteacher
Head:	Ian Bacon
Address:	Barossa Way
Country:	England
Postcode:	MK8 1BX
Ofsted:	yes
Trust:	Denbigh Alliance Multi Academy Trust
Urn:	147860
Lower Age:	11
Upper Age:	16
Website:	https://watlingacademy.net/

Watling Academy is a coeducational secondary school located in the Whitehouse area of Milton Keynes, in the English county of Buckinghamshire.^[1]

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 10abbr=offNaNabbr=off site.^[2] The school formally opened on a temporary site in September 2020,^[3] and occupation of the new buildings began in June 2021.^[4]

The school today

Watling Academy is a free school,^[5] and is part of the Denbigh Alliance Multi Academy Trust, which also operates Denbigh School in Shenley Church End.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Watling Academy . Watling Academy . 2022-05-09 . 2022-10-15.
2. News: Murrer . Sally . 13 August 2020 . New secondary school that will be the biggest in Milton Keynes will open early next year . . 15 July 2022.
3. Watling Academy prepares to welcome first pupils . Denbigh Alliance Multi Academy Trust . MKFM . 13 August 2020.
4. Milton Keynes's newest secondary school moves to its permanent site . Denbigh Alliance Multi Academy Trust . MKFM .
5. Web site: Watling Academy - GOV.UK . Get-information-schools.service.gov.uk . 2022-10-15.
6. Web site: Home - The Denbigh Alliance MAT, Milton Keynes . Thedenbighalliance.org.uk . 2022-10-15.