The funds for this initiative are coming from sugar taxes and being re-invested in healthy schemes such as this.

[4] In 2023, Haughton Academy decided to re brand after a decision from EVAT believed each school should have a different identity in the Trust.

[11] On 29 January 2024, Rishi Sunak, who was the British Prime Minister, visited the school to discuss disposable vapes.

At Haughton Academy, he announced via a speech in the schools LRC and also went into a personal development lesson to discuss with Year 9 pupils and their teacher, Aime Bell about the hazards of vaping.

Sunak and Peter Gibson also discussed the hazards of vaping with a selection of pupils from the school.