| Motto | Everyone Achieves |
|---|---|
| Established | 2008 |
| Type | Secondary |
| Headteacher | Graham Roberts |
| Specialism | Business and Enterprise |
| Location | Squires Avenue Bulwell, Nottingham Nottinghamshire NG6 8HG England |
| Local authority | City of Nottingham |
| Gender | Unisex |
| Ages | 11–16 |
| Houses | 5 |
| Colours | Red and Blue |
| Publication | The Bulwell Academy Newsletter |
| Students | 986 |
| Website | BulwellAcademy.co.uk |
The Bulwell Academy is a large secondary school situated in Bulwell, Nottingham, England, an area of social deprivation. It is run on a house system, and based in the brand-new Bulwell Academy complex.
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The school was founded as a replacement for Henry Mellish School and The River Leen School. The academy was funded partially by Edge Education Foundation and was meant to have a new building ready for the opening; however, the building was not completed on time, meaning the students had to stay in the old buildings. The Bulwell Academy was officially opened by Graham Allen MP in September 2009. In August 2010, The Bulwell Academy moved into the new £28million complex next door to one of the two temporary sites, which has since been demolished. The demolition site was then rebuilt as car parks and a state-of-the-art sports complex.
When it came to designing a logo, the staff at Edge decided to use the logo from their other academy in Milton Keynes and change the colours.
The new Bulwell Academy building is located on Squires Avenue, Bulwell and is ready for use. As of August 9, 2010, the building was under Bulwell Academy ownership and is being run run by the Academy's Senior Management Team. The Bulwell Academy complex was officially opened in November 2010 by HRH The Duke of Kent. The building is split into six blocks, titled A,B,C,D,E and F respectively. A-Block is used for Physical Education, Sixth-Form, the Learning Resource Centre and the Enterprise Hub, a meeting room which can be hired out to local businesses, but is primarily used by the Bulwell Academy staff for meetings. B-Block contains offices on the ground floor, and Modern Foreign Languages and IT classrooms on the first floor. C-Block houses Science on the ground, and English on the first floor. D-Block is used for Expressive Arts on the ground floor, and BASE (Bulwell Academy Skills for Enterprise)on the first floor. E-Block contains Technologies on the ground floor, and Maths on the first floor. F-Block houses the Restaurant on the ground, and Humanities on the first floor. Each Business Community is designated a first floor to use for four hours a week, at the beginning of the day. These are:
• Bonington (Blue) = B-Block, First Floor
• Byron (Yellow) = C-Block, First Floor
• Boot (Green) = D-Block, First Floor
• Bowden (Red) = E-Block, First Floor
• Booth (Purple) = F-Block, First Floor
• Sixth-Form = A-Block, First Floor
In each of the first floors, there is an Independent Learning Area, or ILA. These are large areas which classrooms branch out of, and each contains a Lap-Safe and many extra tables. The area is used for classes to work outside of the traditional classroom, and independently.
In the centre of the courtyard area in between blocks lies The Hall. This is used for assemblies and meetings, and contains cinema-like chairs which can be either pulled out for an assembly, or pushed away to allow sporting activities, like table-tennis, to be set up.
The courtyard is also home to the UK's largest inverted conic canopies, created by Fabric Architecture.[1]
At the rear of the building lies an outdoor seating area. This is an area where students can relax and have a conversation. Behind this, the Academy sports fields lie, with emergency access to Squires Avenue available at any time. This is also the rendezvous point in case of emergency, and overlooks the Territorial Army complex in Bulwell, which are the Academy's neighbours.