The Under 14's District Badminton Tournament took place on Wednesday 4th December 2013 at Bishop Barrington School.

Local band "The Silence' has recently performed at King James I Academy in support of Anti-Bullying week. The performance, which was organised by Assistant Headteacher, Mrs Jennings, was primarily aimed at Key Stage 3 students as a way of raising awareness of how bullying can take many forms.

Monday 25th November, saw Mrs Barlow and her elite Boccia Team win the first game of the Boccia season 7-3. The King James team travelled to Consett to play a tough game against Villa Real.

King James students are preparing to defend the Durham County Boccia League Championship title, gained in July 2013 when Mrs Barlow and her elite Boccia players took the crown after winning the league by a 10 point margin.

Staff and students pay homage to the fallen at the memorial outside of King James I Academy on Armistice Day.

GCSE Statistics students in Years 10 and 11 have been studying a method called "capture re-capture', which is regularly used by ecologists to estimate the size of a wildlife population.

Art and Photography students have recently enjoyed an educational visit to Butterfly World as part of their studies.

A group of 15 students accompanied staff from our Sixth Form to Chester for a two night stay as part of our Aim Higher experience. The fifteen Year 11 students all aspire to move into higher education and part of the visit included a tour and talk at Chester University.

On Monday 21st October, Darlington under-17's played against King James' Martin Gray Football Academy Team. The match was organised to coincide with the official opening of our new state-of-the-art 4G sports pitch, with all donations from spectators going to the charity "Scope'.

Following a realistic application and interview process, a team of Year 8 students has been chosen to represent our Academy at this year's Future Business Magnates (FBM) Competition.