Unity City Academy
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| Motto | A learning community (old) "To make our best better" new since September 2012 |
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| Established | 2003 |
| Type | Academy |
| Principal | Miss Gemma Triggs (interim) |
| Location |
Ormesby Road Middlesbrough North Yorkshire TS3 8RE England 54°33′23″N 1°11′52″W / 54.55632°N 1.19769°WCoordinates: 54°33′23″N 1°11′52″W / 54.55632°N 1.19769°W |
| Local authority | Middlesbrough |
| DfE URN | 133768 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11–16 |
| Houses | Adventure, Discovery, Endeavour, Resolution. In theme of Captain Cook Ships |
| Colours | green, red, orange, indigo yellow pink |
| Registered company number (England and Wales) | 4357009 |
| Registered charity number (England and Wales) | 1091063 |
| Website | Unity City Academy |
Unity City Academy is a city academy in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England, sponsored by the Academies Enterprise Trust.
Unity City Academy opened in 2003. It was formed by the merger of Keldholme School and Langbaurgh School, sponsored by support services company Amey plc. The funding for the Academy consisted of £8 million from the Department for Education and £2 million from the sponsor, Amey. The Academy was built for 1,200 pupils, although the February 2014 OFSTED report states that the Academy had only 671 pupils. In 2016, it has only 624 pupils recorded. After opening, the Academy went through a period of difficulty, including being placed in Special Measures in 2005. In September 2006 the academy was relaunched as a Vocational and Enterprise Centre, following the building of a new enterprise centre funded by the Department for Education and Skills. In 2009, The school was declared inadequate by OFSTED and placed in Special Measures for a second time. In order to raise standards, the Department for Education intervened. A Chief Executive, a Director of Education and an Executive Principal (David Fuller) were appointed. The Academy improved and in March 2013 was graded as 'Good' by OFSTED, but by January 2016 it had been given a warning notice by the Department for Education for "unacceptably low standards." The Academy has changed sponsor twice. It also went through a highly-unusual 14-month period when it had no sponsor at all, and it is one of very few academies to have been declared by OFSTED to be 'inadequate' on three separate occasions: 2005, 2009 and 2016
This table shows the proportion of pupils achieving 5 GCSEs A-C (including English and Maths). Data is taken from the Department for Education School and College Performance Tables, and the school website.
The minimum standard for an English school (known as the 'floor target') is 40% 5A-C (including English and Maths). Unity City Academy has missed that target for four years between 2012 and 2016, with results declining year on year. The academy went from being in the bottom third of schools in 2013, to being in the bottom 10% of schools in 2016.
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