As part of our extensive Personal Development programme, students in Years 7-12 are working in teams to bid for funding from The Key+.

In our Art & Photography Department, students in Year 8 have been learning about African art.

Once again, our annual Prize Evening event was a great success, with over a hundred families attending King James to celebrate our award winners.

We have launched an exciting new facility for students, which allows them to search, browse and reserve thousands of library books from their personal Chromebook.

Our Year 8 Netball team are celebrating yet another victory, this time against Bishop Barrington!

Students in Years 7-9 have been taking part in reading lessons with a difference in our Library.

A group of students in Year 10 have visited Darlington Hospital this week for the first of three meetings as party of the NHS Youth Council.

December has been an exciting month for students in the Food Department, with no less than two restaurant visits for students to try a host of new dishes whilst experiencing outstanding customer service.

Year 10 students in Mrs. Glen's after school Maths Masterclass have enjoyed a fun festive session creating a huge fractal Christmas tree made of a Koch fractal snowflake star, 64 Sierpinksi tetrahedra for the tree, and Menger fractal boxes for the base.

Staff and students at King James I Academy have organised a successful Christmas food drive to support local charities.