The King James I Academy's Year 7 football team endured a challenging League Table match against Ferryhill. Both teams gave their all from the start of the game with King James battling to victory.

Our annual Sports Day took place on the last day of term with British Paralympic Wheelchair Fencer and National Paraclycling Champion, Craig McCann as special guest.

As millions of us watched Wimbledon 2016 on TV, our Girls Active sports group joined the hundreds of lucky ticket holders on Court 2 to watch the action first hand.

The Secondary School Athletics Championships, which was held at Shildon Athletics Track, was a cause for celebration for King James students when our Year 7 boys won their category.

As millions of tennis fans look forward to watching Wimbledon 2016 on TV, our Girls Active sports group are preparing to join the crowds of ticket holders on Court 2.

Students and staff are looking forward to our annual Sports Day, which will take place on Tuesday 19th July at Bishop Auckland Cricket Club.

This month, 24 students in Years 7-10 attended our fourth annual Outward Bound Trust residential trip to the Lake District to take on a number of outdoor pursuits.

Over 40 fearless Year 11 students have conquered the mighty climbing wall at ROF 59 in Newton Aycliffe as part of their BTEC and GCSE qualification in Sport.

Fifteen Martin Gray Football Acadaemy students, accompanied by Mr Laybourn, have recently returned from a trip to the 'Match for Children' in aid of UNICEF fundraising event at Old Trafford, which was organised by David Beckham.

Wearing the traditional house colours, our whole school enjoyed the sunshine and track events at our annual Sports Day.