New Hackney Academy gets planning go ahead
25 January 2008
The City of London KPMG Academy in Homerton has been given
planning permission by Hackney Council and an award - winning
partnership has been chosen to build it.
Construction firm Willmott Dixon will be the construction
contractor for the City of London KPMG Academy in collaboration
with the project’s architects, Studio E.
They previously developed the City of London Academy, in
Southwark, - chosen by former Prime Minister, Tony Blair, as the
winner of the Better Public Building Award in 2006.
The £35 million City of London KPMG Academy will have a
commitment to sustainability.
Michael Snyder, Chairman of the City of London’s Policy and
Resources Committee, commenting on the appointment of the
construction contractor, said:
“We know from our previous experience of the City of London
Academy that Willmott Dixon and Studio E are a winning combination
and we have great confidence in their ability to create an
inspiring, first class, learning environment for young people in
Hackney.”
Mark Emmerson, Principal of the City of London KPMG Academy
said:
“Having worked in Hackney education for a number of years I know
that the Homerton area deserves a successful, transformational
school. I believe that the new building will provide an
inspirational setting for learning and teaching.”
Councillor Rita Krishna, Cabinet member for Children’s Services,
said:
“The improvement in educational attainment among Hackney
schoolchildren in recent years is unprecedented and academies are
contributing towards this. I welcome the addition of the City of
London KPMG Academy to Hackney’s family of schools.”
Ends
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Notes to editors
- The new Academy will open on Homerton High Street, Hackney, in
September 2009 welcoming its first 180 boys and girls. Eventually
it will cater for 900, 11 – 16 year olds and 240 students in its
sixth form.
- It will be the fifth Academy in the London Borough of Hackney
and Mark Emmerson, until recently Head Teacher of Stoke Newington
School, has now taken up the position of Principal.
- The Academy will have a specialism in business and financial
services but will include the full range of subjects that would be
in any successful school. It is sponsored by the City of London
Corporation and KPMG.