Petchey Academy

The Petchey Academy
Motto	If I Think I Can, I Can
Established	2006
Principal	Ms Olivia Cole
Vice Principals	Sonia Sinclair & Jo Rainey
Founder	Jack Petchey
Location	Shacklewell Lane London England E8 2EY England Coordinates: 51°33′09″N 0°04′12″W / 51.55245°N 0.06992°W / 51.55245; -0.06992
Local authority	Hackney
DfE URN	131062 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Gender	Coeducational
Ages	11–16 (16-18 for University Gateway Students)
Houses	Darzi, Hunt, Jenner, Saunders, Seacole and Yacoub
Colours	blue, black
Website	petchey academy

The Petchey Academy is an academy on the site of the former Kingsland School in Shacklewell Lane, Hackney, East London.

It is named after businessman, philanthropist and former football club director\owner Jack Petchey, and has been sponsored by the Jack Petchey Foundation.^[1] It is a comprehensive high school for boys and girls aged from 11 to 18.^[2]

The specialism of Petchey Academy is "Health, Care and Medical Sciences".^[3] To boost health, Petchey Academy has already banned packed lunches. Everybody takes a school dinner in a small group, and serve others, as in home. This was after it was found that only 1% of packed lunches met the same nutritional standard as school dinners, and 20% of all British children left primary school obese.

There are six houses: Darzi, Hunt, Jenner, Saunders, Seacole and Yacoub. These houses are named after different medical heroes and famous medical figures.

There are six types of learning categories. These are: Core, Human Spirit, Expressive Art, Enterprise & Innovation, Wider World and Renaissance (Inclusion). The Petchey Academy is located in the London Borough of Hackney where its LEA is The Learning Trust. The Petchey Academy's uniform is a black blazer, white shirt, house coloured tie and black trousers, with a tartan skirt option for girls.

The Petchey Academy (TPA) is non-denominational, specialising in Health, Care and Medical Science. The Academy has gained a number of awards including ECM Gold, Inclusion Award and National Healthy School Status.

References

↑ Jack Petchey Foundation
↑ BBC News
↑ "Aedas-designed centre for health, care and medical science opens". World Architecture News. 2008-05-16. Retrieved 2008-08-27.

Schools and colleges in Hackney

Secondary schools	The Bridge Academy Cardinal Pole RC School City Academy, Hackney Clapton Girls' Academy Haggerston School Lubavitch Senior Girls' School Mossbourne Community Academy Our Lady's Convent RC High School Petchey Academy Skinners' Academy Stoke Newington School The Urswick School Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls' School

Independent schools	Getter's Talmud Torah Hackney City Farm Tawhid Boys School Tayyibah Girls' School

FE & sixth form colleges	BSix Sixth Form College Hackney College

Defunct schools	Hackney Downs School Hackney University Technical College Kingsland Secondary School Newcome's School Newington Academy for Girls Woodberry Down School

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