In a return visit to King James, Prof. John Kilcoyne of TV show, 'Brainiac Science Abuse' fame, has inspired and amazed our students with his unique Chemistry show.

A Level Mathematicians who took part in the UKMT Senior Maths Challenge are celebrating great success with two silver and three bronze certificates in this year's challenge, which attracted over 81,000 entrants.

Cai L and Alex H have been appointed as Year 11 Head Boy and Head Girl following an Academy election.

Sixth Form Maths students, Paige M and Caitlin G have both achieved a Certificate of Distinction in the prestigious UKMT Mathematical Olympiad for Girls 2015.

Former student and Mayor of Bishop Auckland, Cllr. Lee Brownson has recently visited our academy to share his memories of student life at King James.

Members of our WWI History Project group have recently returned from a trip to London where they pursued their investigations into King James soldiers who fell in the war. In October, research will continue in Belgium.

In September, students will be visiting Barcelona to experience Spanish culture and cuisine.

Sixth Form students have gained valuable work and life experience as part of the 2015 Glastonbury Festival Volunteer Team.

To celebrate Pi Day 2015, our Maths department hosted a fun Pi recitation competition to challenge pupils to recall as many digits of pi as they could.

Food Technology students in Year 8 have enjoyed a visit to 'Vujon', one of the best restaurants in Newcastle, as part of their studies into multi-cultural cuisine.