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Y12 Employability Workshop
Y12 students took part in an Employability Workshop as part of our Raising Aspirations Programme. The sessions included a range of volunteer professionals who came to talk jobs, careers, interviews and first impressions. The session then developed into an individual mock interview and was designed to ensure every student is […]
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Year 7 Dedication Service
Our annual Year 7 Dedication Service took place this week with the whole year group, accompanied by tutors, staff and families, dropped into Lichfield Cathedral to formally celebrate their step up to secondary school. The service was led by the Reverend Canon Andrew Stead and included hymns, prayers, readings and […]
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Lessons & Beyond… Boosters Go Whole-School
This year sees our plan to get Year 7, 8 and 9 students into the habit of engaging in after-school boosters to push up their grades and there were sessions in Maths and Science running this week. The Y9 Maths Masterclass saw the high-flying mathematicians working on Y11 work already […]
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Training High Quality Teachers Amidst Trying Times for Recruitment
Any school will report that it is very tough to recruit teachers when vacancies come up so we are making sure we play a big role in training up new teachers who – if we cannot give a post – can go elsewhere and help other children succeed in their […]
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European Week of Languages
This annual event is celebrated across Europe on 26th September and flags up the importance of learning a foreign language and communicating effectively across national boundaries. Our Focus Week saw a fantastic range of events take place throughout the week – with assemblies, quizzes, European flag face-painting and competitions taking […]
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U14 Girls Defeated by Denstone College
As a warm up in preparation for their tournament next week the U14 girls team pencilled in a friendly against their local rivals Denstone College. Initially the girls had an established and strong team but unfortunately a number of last minute drop outs saw the team depleted. Denstone, who turned […]
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Mercia Juniors Football Club
We are pleased to announce that we are working with Mercia Juniors Football Club to provide a firm bases for their club but also to improve school facilities as we work in partnership over (at least) the next year. The football club are now based in our pavilion, have helped […]
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CSE Awareness – ‘The Warning Signs Were There’
The next phase of the regional child sexual exploitation (CSE) awareness campaign ‘See Me, Hear Me’ has been launched and contains the hard-hitting messages that teenagers and parents need to be all too aware of. The full scheme can be looked at via the website: www.seeme-hearme.org.uk The campaign includes the […]
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Y11 Debating Competition – Gender Equality
As part of our Equality Week, Year 11 students took on the topic of ‘Gender Equality’ – a very hot topic in the #MeToo climate – in the most recent House Debating Competition and excelled with what was a difficult but extremely relevant competition. A range of points were made […]
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Equalities Week
Our Equality week took place last week and was an important celebration of our own diversity. Everyone explored the many great and important contributions to the world made by all of its countries. We learnt about the fascinating history of our family names and the great people who have given […]