City of London Academy, Southwark is a

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and

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with academy status, located in the

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area of the

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, England. The school was first opened in 2003 and moved to a new building in 2005. The building was designed by Studio E Architects and built by

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, along with City Academy, Hackney and City of London Academy Islington. The school has specialisms in Business and Enterprise and in Sport, and the school teaches the non-curricular subject Business Studies, designed to help pupils become entrepreneurs. A unique aspect of The City of London Academy, Southwark is that students pay for their lunches with a Prepaid MasterCard debit card that parents top up using a smartphone app. Students can also pay for their meals with a fingerprint scanner.

Catchment area

All pupils living in the

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are eligible to attend the school. Some students can board the city bus to the school if they live outside the area.

School uniform

The school requires a school uniform. Uniforms include purple blazers, grey jumpers, white shirts and grey trousers. The tie worn is coloured black, blue, purple, grey and red with diagonal stripes. The prefects are entitled to wear plain purple ties with the academy logos.

Standards

A short 2016 Ofsted inspection rated the school as "Good".

References

External links

City of London Academy, Southwark official website
Secondary schools in the London Borough of Southwark Academies in the London Borough of Southwark Educational institutions established in 2003 2003 establishments in England {{London-school-stub