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Bristol Brunel Academy is a school located in the Speedwell

Speedwell, Bristol

Speedwell is an area of east Bristol, Part of the ward. It has a mixture of residential and industrial land.The shows a population of 1,515....

area of Bristol

Bristol

Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone with an estimated 1,070,000 residents in 2007...

and named after Isambard Kingdom Brunel

Isambard Kingdom Brunel

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, FRS , was a British civil engineer who built bridges and dockyards including the construction of the first major British railway, the Great Western Railway; a series of steamships, including the first propeller-driven transatlantic steamship; and numerous important bridges...

. It specialises in Communication.

History

Rebuilding was undertaken in early 2006 by the construction company Skanska

Skanska

Skanska AB, is a multinational construction and development company based in Sweden, where it also is the largest construction company. The company's head office is in Solna, north of Stockholm.-History:...

, and the academy was officially opened in September 2007 by the Prime Minister Gordon Brown

Gordon Brown

James Gordon Brown is a British Labour Party politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 until 2010. He previously served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Labour Government from 1997 to 2007...

and Mr Ed Balls. Brigid Allen is the Principal of the Academy. Guy Keith-Miller is the Chair of the Council. The Academy is part of the Cabot Learning Federation which is sponsored by the University of the West of England and Rolls Royce. David Carter

David Carter

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is executive Principal of the CLF.

The main school building was designed by Wilkinson Eyre Architects. It has an open, innovative design centred around a spacious mall which allows staff to more easily supervise the pupils.

ICT is provided by Northgate Education including N-able, Northgate's Managed Learning Environment

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