New year, new students and a brand new school

Inside: What the Priority School Building Programme means for King James, Exam results, Summer adventure weeks, Primary school visits plus much more.

King James is celebrating our students’ success at both GCSE and A-Level with results this year that are the best yet.

The Hero Edition

Issue 2 of the free e-magazine written and produced by an editorial team of young people.

Inside: Music, Fashion, Entertainment, People, Sport and much, much, more!

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God Himself hits the festival stage - Foo Fighters at Leeds and Reading

Inside: Issue 1 of the free e-magazine written and produced by an editorial team of young people.

Music, Fashion, Sport, People, Gaming and much much, more!

Click Here to visit the Exclaimer Magazine website.

Joanne Howard, our Director of Learning for Performing Arts, has received a Distinction in the category of Teacher of the Year in a Secondary School for the 2012 Pearson Teaching Awards.

It’s not very often that students have permission from Mr Grieveson to attack members of staff or to engage in a water fight but at the end of half term they were positively encouraged to both.

At only 15, Year 10 student, Paige Marshall, is showing all the traits of TV maths queen Carol Vorderman. After sitting her GCSE Maths almost two years early, Paige has already achieved an A*

Students from both King James and Staindrop School took part in the friendly competition, which was the first of its kind in the Bishop Auckland area.

While most of us are planning a relaxing Bank Holiday weekend, students, teachers and volunteers from King James I Academy are taking on the challenge of the Coast to Coast cycle ride to raise funds for three worthy projects.

While Olympic athletes are dreaming of winning just one gold medal in London, our students have returned from a regional athletics event with an array of them!