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The newly built academy will provide 1,450 places for young people aged between 11-16 and 200 post-16 learning places. Co-located on the same site will be Ganton Special School and the Education Service for Hearing and Vision (ESHV) for young people aged 11-18 years old.
The £48.5 million academy includes a hydrotherapy pool, three multi-use sports pitches and activity spaces, all of which will be available to the local community.
Pauline Davis, Corporate Director for Regeneration, said: "I am delighted to see the first BSF scheme being handed over to the local authority today, on time and within budget. It is fantastic to see the completed building and I know that when the first pupils arrive in September they will be as impressed with their new school as I am. It is our aim that the Hull BSF programme will provide state-of-the-art facilities that will help drive up attainment levels across the city and also raise the aspirations of our young people and their communities.
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"Across the city we are now seeing these iconic new buildings rising from the ground that will be accessible to the whole community and represent a huge amount of investment that will benefit us all.
"I wish all the pupils and staff every success in their wonderful new building"
Allan Grantham, Balfour Beatty Project Director said: "We are extremely proud to be handing over the first academy in the Hull BSF scheme on programme and within budget. The project has allowed Balfour Beatty to deliver a state of the art educational facility for the young people and local community of West Hull.
"In doing so we have also made a positive contribution to the ongoing regeneration of the city by employing local contractors, suppliers, a local workforce and providing apprentices and Prince's Trust placements."
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