Watling Academy is a

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located in the

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area of

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, in the

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History

Construction of the school began in 2019, in anticipation of the planned demand for secondary school places from the large new developments on the western side of the city; the £40 million project to construct the school is on a site. The school formally opened on a temporary site in September 2020, and occupation of the new buildings began in June 2021.

The school today

Watling Academy is a free school, and is part of the Denbigh Alliance Multi Academy Trust, which also operates

Denbigh School Denbigh School is a Secondary school, secondary Academy (English school), academy school in Shenley Church End, Milton Keynes in south central England. History The original Denbigh School opened September 1964 where half of Walton High's stud ...

Shenley Church End Shenley Church End is a village, district and wider civil parish in Milton Keynes England. Together with its neighbouring districts of Shenley Brook End, Shenley Wood and Shenley Lodge, the districts are collectively known as "The Shenleys". Hi ...

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* {{authority control Free schools in England Secondary schools in Milton Keynes Educational institutions established in 2020 2020 establishments in England