as a specialist performing arts college by the DCSF in 2007 and they were successfully re-designated by the DfE in 2010. They were also awarded ArtsMark Gold by the Arts Council for England and the Prince's Teaching Institute Award for English by Prince of Wales in 2009, 2010 and 2011. On 28 November 2012, students from the Manor School performed in front of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge in an event organised by the Body Gossip education programme. The school became an academy sponsored by the Meridian Trust (known prior as Cambridge Meridian Academies Trust) in September 2013, and was renamed North Cambridge Academy. In 2020, Martin Campbell became executive head for schools in the Meridian Trust and Samuel Fox became the principal of North Cambridge Academy. References External links North Cambridge Academy official website Secondary schools in Cambridgeshire Schools in Cambridge Educational institutions established in 1959 1959 establishments in England Academies in Cambridgeshire