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.

A group of ten students in Year 10 and two in Year 12 are currently visiting Collège Béranger, our partner school in Péronne, near Amiens in France as part of their languages studies.

Interviews are currently underway for the much sought after places on this year's team for the Future Business Magnates (FBM) competition.

Staff and students are celebrating after record GCSE examination results. 100% of our students achieved 5 A*-C grades, with a significant improvement on headline measures from 2012 results. Congratulations go to our students for their efforts and achievements.