Mildenhall College Academy is a

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and

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with academy status, located in Mildenhall,

Suffolk Suffolk ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East of England and East Anglia. It is bordered by Norfolk to the north, the North Sea to the east, Essex to the south, and Cambridgeshire to the west. Ipswich is the largest settlement and the county ...

, England. The school was built in the 1970s as Mildenhall Upper School and opened to students in 1976. Previously, it was awarded

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, Applied Learning and

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statusSuffolk County Council school profile
Retrieved 23 November 2009. and changed its name to Mildenhall College of Technology. In 2012 two extra year groups formally joined the school, Years 7 and 8 pupils educated at the former Riverside Middle School site, at Sheldrick Way. The school reverted to its original name of Mildenhall College at this time. The school converted to academy status on 4 July 2014 and was renamed Mildenhall College Academy. On 14 June 2020 the academy moved to its new main building in the Mildenhall Hub at Sheldrick Way. MCA6 operates a separate but adjacent specialised sixth form building. The catchment area includes two large USAF contingents at

RAF Mildenhall Royal Air Force Mildenhall, or more simply RAF Mildenhall , is a Royal Air Force List of Royal Air Force stations, station located near Mildenhall, Suffolk, Mildenhall in Suffolk, England. Despite its status as a List of Royal Air Force stations, ...

and

RAF Lakenheath Royal Air Force Lakenheath or RAF Lakenheath is a Royal Air Force List of Royal Air Force stations, station near the village of Lakenheath in Suffolk, England, UK, north-east of Mildenhall, Suffolk, Mildenhall and west of Thetford. The insta ...

. From 2013 to 2014 Mildenhall College Academy worked in partnership with the Gymnasium Theodorianum School in

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, Germany to create a monument commemorating the

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. The monument is thought to be the first of its kind in Europe. It is located in the Peace Village of Mesen, Belgium. Since September 2021, a post 16 football and education programme partnership has run with

Ipswich Town F.C. Ipswich Town Football Club is a professional association football, football club based in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. The club currently competes in the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football league system, English football ...

which allows students of Mildenhall College Academy to represent the football club whilst working on their current studies in a combined setting.

Alumni

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* Adam Marriott *

Owen Pick Owen Pick (born 7 September 1991) is a British war veteran and snowboarder. Pick was injured in 2010 while serving in Afghanistan, losing his right leg. As part of his rehabilitation he was encouraged to try various sports. He subsequently found ...

References

External links

Official website
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