King's Oak Academy


King's Oak Academy, formerly known as Kingsfield School and Kingswood Grammar School, is a Mathematics and Computing College located in Kingswood, Bristol, England. Ofsted rated it a "Good" school in 2018.

Admissions

It is located just within the unitary authority of South Gloucestershire which borders Bristol. The school is a mixed comprehensive providing education for 712 students, predominantly from a catchment area of around.
It is situated at the roundabout of the A420 and the A4174, between Warmley Hill and Warmley.

History

Grammar school

The school was founded in 1921 as Kingswood Grammar School, a co-educational grammar school when administered by the Gloucestershire Education Committee.
On 15 October 1946, 13-year-old Robert Hayes of Kingswood died at Cossham Memorial Hospital after being injured at the school when playing with blank cartridges he had found at an ammunition dump. His right hand was blown off and he had other injuries to his body.
In the 1960s it had around 850 boys and girls, with 250 in the sixth form.

Comprehensive

By 1970 it was a comprehensive school, and was renamed "Kingsfield School". The school was rebuilt after burning to the ground in 1976.

Academy

Kingsfield School was officially rebranded as King's Oak Academy in September 2011.
Its motto is now "work hard be kind".
Blue jumpers and red ties are worn, with coloured stripes according to house colour.
Olympus --> Yellow
Orpheus --> Blue
Pegasus --> Red
Hercules --> Green

Kingswood Rugby Club

Kingswood RFC Old Boys was founded in 1954/55 by a group of former students of Kingswood Grammar School. To this day, the club still play in Blue & Brown colours.

Notable alumni