Unity City Academy

Infobox UK school
name = Unity City Academy


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latitude = 54.55632
longitude = -1.19769
dms = dms
motto = "A learning community"
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established = 2002
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type = Academy
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head_label = Principal
head = Mr Robert Dore
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street = Ormesby Road
city = Middlesbrough
county = Cleveland
country = England
postcode = TS3 8RE
LEA = Middlesbrough
ofsted = 133768
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gender = Coeducational
lower_age = 11
upper_age = 16
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website = http://www.unityacademy.org.uk/
website_name = Unity City Academy

Unity City Academy is a city academy in Middlesbrough which opened in 2002, sponsored by support services company Amey plc. In 2005 OFSTED reported the academy was failing, and required "special measures". [cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/4584395.stm|title=City academy failing says Ofsted|publisher=BBC News|date=2005-05-27|accessdate=2007-03-21] [cite news|url=http://politics.guardian.co.uk/foi/story/0,,1487666,00.html|title=Private academy produces worse results than schools it replaced|author=Matthew Taylor|publisher=The Guardian|date=May 19, 2005|accessdate=2007-07-13]

In September 2006 the academy was relaunched as a Vocational and Enterprise Centre, following the building of a newenterprise centre funded by the Department for Education and Skills. [http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/reports/pdf/?inspectionNumber=316695&providerCategoryID=8192&fileName=\\school\\133\\s5_133768_20070524.pdf]

References

External links

* [http://www.unityacademy.org.uk/ Unity City Academy]