ðə skˈuːl bɪkˌeɪm ɐn ɐkˈædəmi ɪn tˈuː θˈaʊzənd sˈɛvəntˌiːn, spˈɑːnsɚd baɪ ðə sˌiːdˌʌbəljˌuːˈeɪ ɐkˈædəmi tɹˈʌst fˈaʊndᵻd baɪ ðə kˈɑːlɪdʒ ʌv wˈɛst ˈæŋɡliə ɪn tˈuː θˈaʊzənd tˈɛn, wˌɪtʃ wʌz ɹᵻnˈeɪmd ðɪ ˈiːstɚn mˈʌltaɪɐkˈædəmi tɹˈʌst ˈiːˌɛmˌeɪtˈiː.
The school became an academy in 2017, sponsored by the CWA Academy Trust founded by the College of West Anglia in 2010, which was renamed the Eastern Multi-academy Trust (E-MAT].