King's Leadership Academy Warrington is a
coeducational secondary school
A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' secondary education, lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) ...
based in the
Woolston area of
Warrington,
Cheshire
Cheshire ( ) is a ceremonial and historic county in North West England, bordered by Wales to the west, Merseyside and Greater Manchester to the north, Derbyshire to the east, and Staffordshire and Shropshire to the south. Cheshire's county t ...
, England.
[https://www.kingswarrington.com]
The school opened in 2012 after the closure of Woolston High School but was set up independently as a
free school
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Concept
* Freedom, having the ability to do something, without having to obey anyone/anything
* Freethought, a position that beliefs should be formed only on the basis of logic, reason, and empiricism
* Emancipate, to procure ...
by Sir Iain Hall and 'Great+ Schools' and not as a replacement from the local authority. The school won the National Character Award 2015 and was shortlisted in the Tes School Awards 2021 for the category of Secondary School of the Year Award in November 2020.
References
External links
Kings Leadership Academy official website
Secondary schools in Warrington
Free schools in England
Educational institutions established in 2012
2012 establishments in England
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