City of London Academy
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The City of London Academy is a new business and enterprise specialist school located in Bermondsey in the London Borough of Southwark,England.
The City of London Academy is sponsored by the City of London Corporation, hence the name. The building was designed by Studio E Architects and built by Willmott Dixon. The school has seven years including the sixth form (Years 7,8,9,10 & 11 as well as two years of sixth form). The Academy now has two year groups studying their GCSEs. 2007 marked the first year in which every year group had students however the school will not be full until 2009 as currently the 6th forms only have around 30 students per year by 2009 there will be 150 in each year with the majority of those places filled by the Academy's current year 10 & 11's.
The non-curricular subject Business Studies is also taught here, which teaches young pupils how to become entrepreneurs in the making. The building features a wide array of computers.
Students at The City of London Academy purchase their lunches using a credit card-like ID card, which is topped up using special machines.
[edit] Catchment area
All students living in the City of London are eligible to attend the school. See [1] for a detailed catchment map. Some students can board the city bus to the if they live outside the area
[edit] School uniforms
The school requires a school uniform. Uniforms include purple blazers, grey jumpers, white shirts and grey trousers. The tie worn is coloured purple, white and red, with diagonal stripes. The prefects are entitled to wear plain purple ties with academy logos.
