Royal Docks Academy


Royal Docks Academy is a coeducational secondary school in Custom House within the London Borough of Newham. It does not have a sixth form.

History

In September 1999 students, and most staff, from woodside Community School, of Plaistow, E13 8RX, were relocated to The Royal docks Community School.
The students from Woodside run a competition to name the new school and design the logo which was won by a student named Joey.
The school was seen to be state of the art at the time with nearly every classroom having digital interactive whiteboards, PCs with internet connections and Wi-Fi across the building - enabling teachers to use registers that would update attendance records immediately. This was at a time when other schools in the borough were still trialing a small number of interactive whiteboards.
The sports hall / gym on the first floor had sprung floorboards.
It had lifts and a spiral ramp instead of stairs.
On 1 January 2018 the school was relaunched as Royal Docks Academy, part of the BMAT multi academy trust.