Four students in Year 9 have achieved the Industrial Cadets Teamwork Award 2024 as part of our extra-curricular STE(A)M activities programme. The programme is an initiative from the nationwide educational charity, EDT.

Year 9 and 10 students in our Food & Nutrition Department have enjoyed a full-day educational visit to The Great Yorkshire Show in Harrogate. The focus of the trip was food provenance and sustainability.

As part of their Geography lessons, students take part in a variety of practical field trips to study topics directly relating to their classroom learning. This boosts their understanding by giving real life context to their learning.

Computer Science is the fastest-growing STEM subject, but despite its popularity and excellent career opportunities, girls continue to be outnumbered by boys. Our IT Department is working hard to remedy this.

Our Modern Foreign Languages department works hard to enhance classroom learning with a variety of exciting activities.

We recognise the importance of positive health and wellbeing and for that reason, we are proud to have achieved the Investing in Children Membership Award! This recognises the wide range of support services we offer in school, alongside our programme of special events.

Our annual Year 5 Curriculum Weeks has been a huge success with hundreds of pupils from local primary schools joining us at King James to take part in a host of educational activities in all subjects.

The stimuli of ‘Morality’ and the work of Wes Anderson influenced the direction of the department's abstract performance and through the stimulus, students explored the complex and wonderful world of Morality and the personal, chaotic, web like narrative it would embody if actualised.

In Design Technology, students create physical products with a focus on attractive but functional design.

Year 12 Media students have enjoyed a guided tour of Auckland Castle to complete a location recce with a view to using the venue as a potential film location.