St Mary Magdalene Academy

St Mary Magdalene Academy
Motto "Show by a good life that your works are done by gentleness born of wisdom." (James 3:13)
Type Academy
Religion Church of England
Principal Paul Hollingum
Chair of governing body Lucy Winkett
Location Liverpool Road
Islington
London
N7 8PG
England
Coordinates: 51°32′50″N 0°06′36″W / 51.5473°N 0.110°W / 51.5473; -0.110
DfE number 206/6905
DfE URN 134314 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Gender Mixed
Ages 4–19
Houses Africa, Americas, Asia and Europe
Colours Navy, blue
Website www.smmacademy.org

St Mary Magdalene Academy is an academy on Liverpool Road, London. The Academy includes both sexes and has a different form of teaching compared to regular schools. It also has the unusual specialism of Humanities and Global Citizenship. However the primary school remains unchanged.

Education

Each day a student has to have a 2-hour Homebase lesson (Year 7 & 8). This lesson consists of English, Religious Studies, Geography, History and Citizenship. They also have a Maths and Science lessons 4 hours a week. There are also 2 hour lessons of Art & Technology and P.E. In addition students have Drama and Music one hour each week.

There are also houses which divide the entire Secondary department into 4 groups: Africa, America, Asia and Europe. Furthermore, each of these houses are split down again into family groups where a group of 15 students are allocated to a particular teacher.

References

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