Kensington Aldridge Academy
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| Type | Mixed secondary academy |
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| Principal | David Benson |
| Location |
1 Silchester Road Kensington London W10 6EX England |
| Local authority | Kensington & Chelsea |
| DfE URN | 140212 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Students | 660 (2017) |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Ages | 11–19 |
| Website | School website |
Kensington Aldridge Academy (KAA) is a mixed secondary school located in the North Kensington area of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, in London, England. it occupies land formerly considered to be part of the Lancaster West Estate.
It is an academy sponsored by Aldridge Education, a multi-academy trust established by Sir Rod Aldridge's charity the Aldridge Foundation. KAA opened in September 2014, and was officially opened by Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge in January 2015.
The Academy's sixth form opened in September 2016.
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea had a shortage of school places and it was tentatively suggested during the “Towards Preferred Options Core Strategy and the North Kensington Plan” consultations in July 2008, that the “Kensington Sports Centre Key Site” was a possible site. The Kensington Sports Centre already existed but was in need of refurbishment, and the it was thought that the two could share the same site. Even at this early stage is recognised that space available fell far short of the governments recommended requirements, and further open space needed to be obtained.
On 17 November 2008 the ‘Family and Children’s Services Oversight and Scrutiny Committee Working Group On Secondary Provision In North Kensington’ recommended the Lancaster West site for a proposed new academy. Consultants,'Urban Initiatives'were appointed in January 2009 to carry out a masterplanning study of the Notting Barns South area, with a view to large scale regeneration of the council-owned estates. The report, known as the Latimer Plan, or the Notting Barns South Masterplan, made wide recommendation for relocating facilities, demolishing building such as the Grenfell Tower, and the Baranden Walk finger block and Verity Close and the building afresh. It was not adopted, though the principle of the combined leisure centre and school was established.
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