Established 1950s Principal Mr Alastair McKenzie DfE URN 141200 Tables Phone +44 1483 458956 | Type Academy DfE number 936/4001 Gender Mixed-sex education Number of students 450 | |
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Location Southway
Guildford
Surrey
GU2 8DU
England Address Southway, Guildford GU2 8DU, UK Similar George Abbot School, Guildford College, Guildford County School, Christ's College, Guildford High School | ||
King's College Guildford is an academy comprising a secondary school and sixth form in Guildford, Surrey, England. The academy has around 450 pupils.
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History
The institution was built and opened by Surrey County Council as Park Barn School in the late 1950s. In 1991 the school was renamed King's Manor School to reflect the medieval until 16th century land ownership of this part of Guildford.
The year 2000 saw King's Manor School renamed King's College, Guildford under a 10-year management contract with a privately owned company, 3E's Enterprises. To improve performance, many teachers were changed and the school was refurbished.
The college established a sixth form in 2009, first rated in the 2011 Ofsted report: Good above the overall rating of the school in the same report: Satisfactory.
At the end of April 2012 Mrs Tracy Ward resigned as Principal after slightly more than three years after a protracted absence.
In September 2012 Kate Carriett became Principal and in October of the same year Ofsted reported overall that the school Required Improvement, finding leadership and management in the second-highest of its four simple categorisations, Good.
In September 2014 King's College became an academy under the governorship of the Guildford Education Partnership.
House system
In 2005 4 house groups were created, these were: Green: Russell, Yellow: Newton, Blue: Austen, and Red: Franklin. When the school was originally opened (as Park Barn), the Houses were named after the royal palaces; in the same order: Balmoral, Buckingham, Windsor and Sandringham.
As part of the annual Christmas house quiz, staff at the school recorded their own version of the Band Aid song, "Do They Know It's Christmas" which went on to be one of December 2007's most popular videos on YouTube as well as raise money for Band Aid.