Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "Dixons Kings Academy is a co-educational free school for pupils aged 11 to 18 located in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. The school opened as the Kings Science Academy in September 2011 and was one of the first free schools to open in England. The school was founded by Sajid H. Raza, who was also the school's first principal, and aimed to change the lives of the very poorest pupils. London's The Independent said the school "comes closest to David Cameron's vision of what a free school should be." Kings Science Academy has a longer school day (8.00am–3.30pm) than most other schools, and the library remains open until 9.30pm "for those with no quiet space at home." Raza anticipated that eventually 80% of pupils would progress into the sixth form and higher education, and that "most of them" would go to the top 20 research-led universities known as the Russell Group. On 11 June 2015 a male teacher was stabbed in his classroom by a 14 year old male pupil who had racially abused the teacher. There was a manhunt for the student afterwards and he was later convicted of attempted murder and given an eleven year sentence.One of the school's key supporters is Alan Lewis, vice-chairman of the Conservative Party and owner of the land on which the school stands. The school leases the land from Lewis at an annual cost of £296,000 for 20 years. The school is operated by trustees Kifsa Ltd. and wholly financed by central government through the Education Funding Agency. The current premises were completed in 2012 at a cost of £10.5 million."@en }
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- Dixons_Kings_Academy abstract "Dixons Kings Academy is a co-educational free school for pupils aged 11 to 18 located in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. The school opened as the Kings Science Academy in September 2011 and was one of the first free schools to open in England. The school was founded by Sajid H. Raza, who was also the school's first principal, and aimed to change the lives of the very poorest pupils. London's The Independent said the school "comes closest to David Cameron's vision of what a free school should be." Kings Science Academy has a longer school day (8.00am–3.30pm) than most other schools, and the library remains open until 9.30pm "for those with no quiet space at home." Raza anticipated that eventually 80% of pupils would progress into the sixth form and higher education, and that "most of them" would go to the top 20 research-led universities known as the Russell Group. On 11 June 2015 a male teacher was stabbed in his classroom by a 14 year old male pupil who had racially abused the teacher. There was a manhunt for the student afterwards and he was later convicted of attempted murder and given an eleven year sentence.One of the school's key supporters is Alan Lewis, vice-chairman of the Conservative Party and owner of the land on which the school stands. The school leases the land from Lewis at an annual cost of £296,000 for 20 years. The school is operated by trustees Kifsa Ltd. and wholly financed by central government through the Education Funding Agency. The current premises were completed in 2012 at a cost of £10.5 million.".