King's Oak Academy

King's Oak Academy, formerly known as Kingsfield School and Kingswood Grammar School, is a Mathematics and Computing College located in Kingswood, Bristol, England. Ofsted rated it a "Good" school in 2013.AdmissionsIt is located just within the unitary authority of South Gloucestershire which borders Bristol. The school is a mixed comprehensive providing education for 712 students, predominantly from a catchment area of around.It is situated at the roundabout of the A420 and the A4174 (Bristol ring road), between Warmley Hill and Warmley.HistoryGrammar schoolThe school was founded in 1921 as Kingswood Grammar School, a co-educational grammar school when administered by the Gloucestershire Education Committee.On 15 October 1946, 13-year-old Robert Hayes of Kingswood died at Cossham Memorial Hospital after being injured at the school when playing with blank cartridges he had found at an ammunition dump. His right hand was blown off and he had other injuries to his body.In the 1960s it had around 850 boys and girls, with 250 in the sixth form.ComprehensiveBy 1970 it was a comprehensive school, and was renamed "Kingsfield School". The school was rebuilt after burning to the ground in 1976.