Greig City Academy
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Greig City Academy is a mixed-sex secondary school in the London borough of Haringey. Children from across the borough attend this popular comprehensive school which has around 1,100 pupils on its roll.Class sizes are small - http://www.greigcityacademy.co.uk/43/introduction. The Academy has a thriving Sixth Form and many links to Russell Group and other universities as well as specialist sports and arts colleges.
Its outdoor education programme is supported by the Greig Trust. The programme enables students across the school to experience activities such as abseiling, mountain biking, canoeing, kayaking, sailing, rock climbing and much more. In particular the school has its own fleet of seven boats, one of which is moored in the Solent. The school was the first and only state school to compete in the 2017 Fashnet Race. @GCASailingClub
The school has a strong STEM offering. In 2015, 2016 and 2017, teams of pupils won the UK Robotics Championships and went forward to compete in the World Championships, which were held in Kentucky. The school is working with associated primary schools to improve STEM across Haringey. http://www.greigcityacademy.co.uk/130/stem-robotics.
In another STEM project, GCA was one of 10 schools selected to run the Falcon Initiative project (sponsored by the Royal Aeronautical Society and Boeing) - to design and build a fully functional flight training simulator for under £500. http://aerosociety.com/Careers-Education/Falcon-Initiative http://www.greigcityacademy.co.uk/139/stem-rasboeing-falcon-initiative
Both the outdoor education programme and the STEM project won Haringey Council 'Outstanding for All' Awards in December 2016.
There are more than 30 extra-curricular clubs at the school.
The Greig Trust and the Church of England sponsor the Academy. David Greig, a successful local businessman, founded the Greig Trust in memory of his mother in 1949. The school receives generous sponsorship for STEM from the Tallow Chandlers Livery Company.
