Each year, we celebrate the success of our young mathematicians as they take part in the prestigious UKMT Maths Challenges; this year was no exception

Mrs Ashman, our Physics Teacher, has recently raised over £250 for Grace House in Sunderland by completing a 10,000-feet sponsored Sky Dive, complete with 30 second free fall, at Peterlee Parachute Centre.

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.

We have now reached the end of our ten-week long Premier League Reading Stars programme in our Library and are delighted to announce that our Year 7 boys have made fantastic progress.

This month, over 400 local primary school children visited us during Year 5 Curriculum Week to take part in a variety of exciting lessons and experience secondary school life.

Members of our 'Accelerated Readers' initiative in our busy Academy Library have excelled this term and earned a staggering number of Kindle Fire competition raffle tickets for their efforts.

In July, we will be celebrating comic books in our Library with a special event and competiton for students called 'Word Warriors'.

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.

This month, eight of our Sixth Formers, accompanied by Mr Longstaff and three Junior Leaders, will be travelling to Glastonbury to working as part of the 30,000-strong volunteer team at the iconic Glastonbury Festival 2016.

A group of Year 10 boys have been learning about a career in Engineering thanks to industry-focused sessions with Hydram Engineering.