John Cabot Academy

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John Cabot Academy
Address
Woodside Road Kingswood , South Gloucestershire , BS15 8BD England
Coordinates	51°27′27″N 2°30′54″W / 51.4574°N 2.5151°W / 51.4574; -2.5151
Information
Type	Academy
Motto	Learners Inspiring Learning
Established	1993
Trust	Cabot Learning Federation
Department for Education URN	135295 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Principal	Kate Willis
Executive mPrincipal	Sir David Carter
Gender	Mixed
Age	11 to 19
Enrolment	998
Capacity	875
Houses	Banksy, Naz and Aardman
Colour(s)	Yellow, Blue and green
Website	http://www.cabot.ac.uk/

John Cabot Academy (formerly John Cabot CTC) is one of 15 City Technology Colleges that first opened for students in the 1993/1994 academic year. It has since converted to Academy status on 1 September 2007. It is located in east Greater Bristol, England in the Kingswood area of South Gloucestershire and is named after John Cabot, an explorer who set out from Bristol and reached the Americas in 1497. The academy has 1,078 students, about 220 of whom are in the sixth form.