Accra Academy
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Accra Academy Crest
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Bubuashie Accra, Greater Accra Region Ghana 
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| Coordinates | 5°34′18″N 0°14′38″W / 5.57167°N 0.24389°WCoordinates: 5°34′18″N 0°14′38″W / 5.57167°N 0.24389°W |
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| Type | Academy |
| Motto | Esse Quam Videri |
| Established | 20 July 1931 |
| School district | Accra Metropolitan District. |
| Principal | Samuel Ofori-Adjei |
| Staff | 45 (non-teaching) |
| Faculty | 75 |
| Grades | Forms' (1–3) |
| Enrollment | Yearly |
| Number of students | 2,300 |
| Campus size | 37 acres |
| Campus type | Urban |
| Color(s) | Yellow and blue |
| Slogan | Bleoo |
| Athletics | Track and field |
| Athletics conference | 2nd Cycle Schools and Colleges Sports Federation Festival (zonal athletics, super-zonal athletics) |
| Mascot | Lion |
| Nickname | Little Legon |
| Affiliation | St. Mary's Senior High School |
| Information | Address: P. O. Box GP 501, Accra, Ghana |
| Website | accraacademy |
The Accra Academy was the first private academy to be established in the Gold Coast, present-day Ghana. The academy is one of the foremost secondary educational institutions in Ghana and operates as a non-denominational day and boarding boys' school, located at Bubuashie, near Kaneshie in the Greater Accra Region.
The academy runs courses in business, science, general arts, general agric and visual arts, leading to the award of a West African Senior High School Certificate.
The academy' s founders provided tuition to students who wanted a secondary-grade education but who did not have financial support to enable them do so. Dr. Kofi Konuah periodically travelled to some of the major towns in each region of the country to organise entrance examinations for students, so as to offer the brilliant but needy among them the opportunity of education in the Accra Academy.
The academy does not offer special admission to brilliant but needy students but, as per a 2005 directive from the Ghana Education Service, admits its students through a school selection placement system. The academy admits both local and foreign students. Qualified students living with disability are also admitted.
The academy was established as a private secondary educational institution in 1931 and gained the status of a Government-Assisted School in 1950. In 1981, the academy gained the status of a completely developed senior secondary school. In 1990, the academy became a semi-autonomous secondary educational institution and operates as such with the aid of a board of governors, a Parent-Teacher Association and a students' representative council.
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