Academies are all-ability schools established with sponsorship from business, faith or voluntary groups.

Sponsorship of £1.5 million was provided by the chairman of a venture capital company, Peter Shalson.

On 18 May 2006, pupil Kiyan Prince was stabbed and killed outside of the school gates following an altercation with a fellow student.

[3] The process of finalising a new school building with full occupancy was completed on schedule in September 2006.

London Academy was graded as good in the latest Ofsted report published in 6 June 2018.