academy



First announced in the House of Commons in March 2000, the Labour government proposed to close existing inner city comprehensives with a chronic history of low attainment and poor performance, replacing them with newly built ‘City Academies’.



Identified as one such school, Withywood Community School in Bristol was scheduled for demolition in September 2008.



Intending to record the shifting changes in the identity of the school and its students, the academy project documents the transition of the students during their last term at the community school and into their new academy environment, exploring part of the new landscape of education in England.