The Academy, Selsey

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| motto = Pride in Excellence

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| type = Academy

| trust = The Kemnal Academies Trust (TKAT)

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| r_head_label = Headteacher

| r_head = Jo Ford

| chair_label = Chair of Governors

| chair = Simon Foster

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| address = School Lane

| city = Selsey

| county = West Sussex

| country = England

| postcode = PO20 9EH

| local_authority = West Sussex County Council

| urn = 137096

| ofsted = yes

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| enrolment = 505

| capacity = 600

| gender = Mixed

| lower_age = 11

| upper_age = 16

| houses = 4

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{{color box|Green}} Green
{{color box|Yellow}} Yellow

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| website = {{url|www.theacademyselsey-tkat.org}}

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The Academy Selsey, formerly the Manhood Community College and the Manhood Secondary Modern School, is a small co-educational non-selective academy for 11 to 16-year-old children, in the town of Selsey, on the Manhood Peninsula, just south of Chichester, West Sussex It is part of The Kemnal Academies Trust; the multi-academy trust that oversees a number of secondary and primary schools in Kent and the south-east of England.

==History==

The school was opened by the Duke of Norfolk in September 1963,{{cite news| url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/08/21/selsey-school-fire-major-blaze-at-academy-as-explosions-are-repo/| title= Selsey school fire: Major blaze at academy as explosions are reported| work=The Daily Telegraph| date=21 August 2016| accessdate=21 August 2016}} and was once the second smallest high school in West Sussex. It caters for up to 600 pupils in Years 7 to 11.{{cite web|url=http://www.theacademyselsey-tkat.org/|title=The Academy, Selsey|accessdate=30 October 2011}} It became an academy on 1 September 2011, and a part of The Kemnal Academies Trust.{{Cite web|url=http://www.education.gov.uk/establishments/urn/137096/the-academy-selsey|title=School and statistics|publisher=Dept. of Education|accessdate=30 October 2011}}

On 21 August 2016 a fire broke out at the academy causing extensive damage.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-37148332|title=Selsey school ablaze as explosions heard|accessdate=21 August 2016|publisher=BBC}} The blaze was tackled by firefighters from Hampshire, East Sussex and Surrey. At its height 14 fire engines, 2 aerial ladder platforms and support vehicles were deployed. The roofspace blaze affected 75% of the building, particularly the central and technology areas. Selsey Library, which sits alongside the academy, was unaffected.{{cite web |title=Selsey Bill - Academy Counting Cost of Massive Blaze |url=https://www.twinfm.com/article/selsey-bill-academy-counting-cost-of-massive-blaze |website=TWinFM |accessdate=15 March 2020 |language=en}}