Campion School was formed in 1977 when it moved to the present site on Sydenham Drive in

Leamington Spa Royal Leamington Spa, commonly known as Leamington Spa or simply LeamingtonEven more colloquially, also referred to as Lem or Leam (). (), is a spa town and civil parish in Warwickshire, England. Originally a small village called Leamington Pri ...

Warwickshire Warwickshire (; abbreviated Warks) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the West Midlands (region), West Midlands of England. It is bordered by Staffordshire and Leicestershire to the north, Northamptonshire to the east, Ox ...

, England. In 2006, Campion was awarded dual specialisms of Business and Enterprise, and

Visual Arts The visual arts are art forms such as painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics (art), ceramics, photography, video, image, filmmaking, design, crafts, and architecture. Many artistic disciplines such as performing arts, conceptual a ...

. The school became an

academy An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of tertiary education. The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 386 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the go ...

on 1 January 2012. Campion School is a mixed 11 to 18 secondary school. Although the school mainly serves South Leamington, it also take pupils from

Whitnash Whitnash is a town and civil parish located southeast of, and contiguous with Leamington Spa and Warwick in Warwickshire, England. In 2001, it had a population of 7,760 which increased to 9,129 in the 2011 census, increasing again to 10,489 in ...

Radford Semele Radford Semele is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in Warwickshire, England, situated close to the Regency spa town of Leamington Spa. According to the United Kingdom Census 2001, 2001 Census, Radford Semele parish has a pop ...

and

Bishop's Tachbrook Bishop's Tachbrook is a village and civil parish in the Warwick District of Warwickshire, England. The village is about south of Warwick and Leamington Spa. A church at Bishop's Tachbrook is mentioned in the ''Domesday Book''. The village cont ...

, other areas of Leamington, and the Heathcote area of

Warwick Warwick ( ) is a market town, civil parish and the county town of Warwickshire in the Warwick District in England, adjacent to the River Avon, Warwickshire, River Avon. It is south of Coventry, and south-east of Birmingham. It is adjoined wit ...

. The maximum number of pupils admitted in any one year is 155.

Facilities

Campion School has facilities that include: sports hall, youth centre, adult education centre, sixth form centre, playing fields, community rooms, conference/assembly hall, floodlit activity area, provision for the disabled, and a new technology block. Sydenham Sports Centre is a dual use facility opened in the late 1970s that is situated in the school grounds.

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* {{authority control Academies in Warwickshire Schools in Leamington Spa Educational institutions established in 1973 Secondary schools in Warwickshire 1973 establishments in England Whitnash