On Friday 5th July, we celebrated Year 11 finishing by holding our prom at Himley Hall. It was such a delight to see learners dressed up and enjoying themselves after the stress of their GCSE examinations!

Lots of photos were taken on the night and we wanted to share these with you. They can be found by clicking on the following link: Prom 2024 Photos

To our Year 11 learners, we congratulate you on reaching this milestone in your academic journey. We believe in you and are so excited to witness the positive impact you will undoubtedly make in the world and wish you the best of luck!

The end of the Autumn Term and the prospect of the new year ahead means that this time
of the year is a natural time for reflection.

Dear Parents/Carers

You may be aware from media coverage that the teachers’ union, NEU, have declared a further 2 days of strike action again which will take place on Wednesday 5 July and Friday 7 July 2023. The strike is happening because of a national dispute between the unions and the government over teachers’ pay, and not because of any issues at our academy. Other teaching unions have directed their members not to cover lessons of other teachers who are on strike.

We are getting in touch to give you as much notice as possible that learning will be disrupted on those days. As with previous strike days, it is our intention to open the academy for as many year groups as possible, however based on current staffing information we will unfortunately not be able to have all year groups in.

As we are unable to staff a full timetable for all years safely, we have taken the decision to open to learners in Years 7 and 10 only on Wednesday 5 July and to learners in Year Groups 8 and 9 only on Friday 7 July 2023. The academy day for those year groups will run as normal.

We are sorry about the disruption to you and to your child’s education. We understand that this situation may be frustrating and ask that all members of our academy community continue to treat each other with respect. Our academy remains committed to providing a safe and secure environment for our learners and delivering high-quality teaching.

We are working closely with our staff union representatives to keep up to date with the situation, and we will inform you of any changes to the arrangements, based upon expected staffing levels as soon as possible via Weduc, social media and on our website. Due to the ever-changing situation this may change as late as Tuesday 4 July 2023. 

If you have any questions, please contact [email protected]

Yours faithfully

Mr AP Landers

Principal

Dear parent or carer,

We have just told your child's school that we will inspect it on 21 March 2023. The lead inspector will be Andrew Madden, HMI. We are writing to you because we would like to know what you think about the school. Please take a few minutes to read the leaflet that came with this letter. It explains why we inspect schools and what happens during an inspection.

Dear Parents/ Carers

Following the industrial action taken on February 1st by members of the NEU union, a further date of Wednesday March 1st has been scheduled. In line with the first strike, this is happening because of a national dispute between the unions and the government over teachers’ pay and school funding, and not because of any issues at our academy. Other teaching unions have again directed their members not to cover lessons of other teachers who are on strike.