New Building
The RSA Academy moved into a new building on the original school's site in September 2010. The old Willingsworth buildings were damaged by fire shortly afterwards and demolished in early 2011.
The new building, by architectural practice John McAslan Partnership, is the first one of its kind being designed specifically for the Opening Minds curriculum.
The RSA Academy was officially opened on 22 November 2010 by HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and a large number of dignitaries, donors and RSA Fellows attended. Prince Philip has made a number of official visits to Tipton; these include the opening of Summerhill Primary School on Upper Church Lane on 4 November 2008, and on 4 June 1971 he also opened Tipton Sports Union Trust's headquarters on Gospel Oak Road, within a few hundred yards of the RSA Academy (or Willingsworth High as it was at the time).
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