Parent Evenings
2017/18
Year 7 - 18th June
Year 8 - 30th April
Year 9 - 19th March
Year 10 - 5th March
Year 11 - 22nd January
Staff Training
2017/18
Friday 1st September
Friday 20th October
Wednesday 3rd January
Thursday 4th January
Friday 5th January
Options Evening
2017/18
Monday 14th May
Open Evening
2017/18
Monday 25th June
News and Information
Ofsted Inspection - Thursday 8th March
The Academy was subject to a section 8 Ofsted inspection on Thursday 8th March. There were four possible outcomes from this particular type of inspection and the Academy achieved the highest possible outcome i.e. ‘The school remains good and there is sufficient evidence of improved performance to suggest that the school may be judged outstanding if it received a section 5 inspection now'. Click here to view the 2018 Ofsted Report
Year 11 Information Evening
On Monday 19th February, parents of Year 11 pupils attended an information evening concerning revision, examinations and the important role that they can play in supporting their child.
Click here for the Year 11 Revision Timetable and Year 11 Presentation.
DfE School Performance Tables
On 25th January, the DfE's School and College Performance Tables were published. The Academy recorded a Progress 8 score of 0.70, placing it in the top 6% of schools nationally - DfE Performance Tables. Of the 31 schools in Essex and Southend, the Academy is the highest ranked non-selective school. It is also ranked 3rd in a list of 55 similar schools nationally - Progress 8 Scores. Click here for a recent article in The Evening Echo.
Girls' Football Team
Congratulations to the U14 Girls’ Football Team who beat FitzWimarc 3-1 in the semi-final of the Essex Cup on 22nd January. This will be the 8th time a girls' team from the Academy has made the Essex Cup Final.
With an U15 National Cup quarter final and an U13 Essex Cup semi-final still to be played, the season is already turning out to be incredibly successful.
Essex Cross Country Championship
Congratulations to Megan Harris who won the Essex Cross Country Championship on Saturday 2nd December and will represent Essex at the UK Final in March.