Jesmond Park Academy is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne, England.

Government approval to build a secondary school in Heaton was given by the Board of Education in February 1924.

[3] King George V and Queen Mary then paid a ceremonial visit to the school on 10 October,[2] before opening the Tyne Bridge.

The western side of the building was Heaton Secondary School for Boys,[6] with an entrance on Jesmond Park West, whilst the eastern side of the building was Heaton Secondary School for Girls,[6] with a separate entrance on Newton Road.

[13] Originally, the sixth form (Years 12 and 13) were going to be housed on the former Manor Park site, but this was not possible due to the nature of the buildings.

After July 2004, the Benton Road site was closed and soon after was demolished, to make way for the housing development named after it, as "Manor Park".

The length of the closure was due to a complicated legal dispute over who was responsible for the repairs: PFI contractor Equans, a UK maintenance company owned Bouygues, or someone else.

Its weekly meetings involved a debate on a pre-released topic, featuring two pairs arguing for or against the motion respectively.

On 10 May 2008, two of the Society's members participated in the national finals of the International Competition for Young Debaters,[22] in Oxford.

They participated multiple times in the National Institute of Ideas Debating Matters competition, progressing to the National Finals in 2005 having won the North East regional heats,[25] as well as competing in the prestigious English-Speaking Union Schools Mace.