City Academy Bristol 4.03

The City Academy Bristol is a mixed gender secondary school with Academy status, located in the Easton area of Bristol, England.HistoryThe school opened in September 2003. It formed part of the Labour government's scheme for schools in deprived areas, and was the first Academy in South West England.Built on the site of St George Community College which closed in 2003, it is housed in buildings within a new £25 million complex designed by architects Fielden Clegg Bradley. The school also provides adult education to about 1,200 people.Both the University of the West of England and Bristol City Football Club are partners with the school and helped fund the school's buildings and equipment.The school operates a house system for pupils, with four houses: Leopards, Lions, Panthers and Tigers. The school is designated as a specialist Sports College, and runs a Performance Sport programme for netball, basketball, football, boxing and cricket.In October 2013 One World Learning Trust, the academy's operator, was issued with a "pre-warning notice letter" by the Department for Education because the academic performance of the academy was unacceptably low.In 2014 the school lost a racial discrimination employment tribunal case for repeatedly overlooking a black employee for promotion. Investigation showed that other black staff had been overlooked when appointing three white managers. The academy said "We are deeply sorry and extending our sense of sorrow to those involved".