Old Hudson Academy

The Old Hudson Academy was a secondray school in Palm City, it was built in 1799 and demolished in 2012. The old school provided great education from 1802 and by 1806, the school reached 6,000 pupils. The founder of the school was called William Hudson (1749 - 1802).

Building and grounds
The old school had 3 playgrounds, 1 large and 2 small, the school then was expanded in 1876 by a Music Department and a new Science Department. Hudson was then awarded "Best School of the Year Award 1899" and then the school was giving £3,000,000, they then built a brand new Art Department. By then the nmber of pupils raised to 100,000

New building developement
By 1966, the Hudson Academy Group planned for a new school building altogether, but was cancelled because of the money.

Then in 1999, a brand new development funded by the PremierGroup planned for a new school building with a 7,000 space multi story car park. The school then got demolished on the evening of the 11th September 2012, after a final school show saying goodbye to Hudson. The new building will be finished by 2013.