News and Events

With the ongoing cost of living crisis, it is important we are more supportive of one another than ever before. As an Academy, we have begun to put measures in place to support our students and families at this time and we would like to foster the wider community spirit by creating a preloved Business Dress and Sports Kit store of items you may no longer need which can then be shared and redistributed within our community.

A local sporting company, ELP Sports, are offering a Football Camp for Year 7 and 8 students over the October half-term. This will run at the Academy from Monday 24th to Thursday 27th October 2022, 10am – 2pm. The cost is £25 for the week/£10 per day. For any information, questions, and/or to book, please email them here or call 07342 883919.

Yesterday we reflected on World Mental Health Day in the Academy. In light of this, and the upcoming National Stress Awareness Day on 2nd November, we are sharing a free Parents’ Guide to Teenage Anxiety and Stress provided generously through the organisation ‘The Parents’ Guide to’. You can download your copy of this helpful resource here.

Studio School and Sixth Form, as part of our Trust family, would like to warmly extend an invitation for their upcoming Open Evening to our Academy community.

We encourage parents and carers to consider how they can support RSE at home, and proudly promote online sessions through Brook to support. These sessions aim to provide parents/carers with the confidence and skills to discuss healthy relationships with their children, and to support the mandatory RSE curriculum that students will be learning in their Wellbeing Inspire lessons. In addition, some sessions will focus on supporting young people with emotional wellbeing.

We have been notified by Ofsted that the Academy will receive its routine inspection on 21st and 22nd September. The lead inspector will be Chris Stevens, HMI.

We join the nation in mourning and express our deepest sympathies following the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Her dedication to our country, her other realms and territories, and the Commonwealth is unparalleled and we thank her for her service.

We are deeply saddened by the news that Queen Elizabeth II has passed away. Tomorrow, we will recognise this sombre, significant moment for our country with the dignity that it deserves, and give our students an opportunity to reflect and pay tribute to a truly extraordinary monarch.

As we draw the academic year to an end I want to first thank, on behalf of staff and governors, all students, parents, and carers for their hard-work and support.

It is anticipated that the temperature will drop substantially overnight. Therefore, students must attend the Academy in normal Business Dress on Wednesday 20th July and for the remainder of this week, but are permitted to leave their blazer at home (this also applies to Sixth Form students). We encourage students to continue to bring a bottle of water to remain hydrated, and to wear sunscreen. CCF Cadets should attend the Academy in their CCF Uniform on Wednesday as normal, but may remove their overshirt.