I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for their attendance and support at last weeks Year 11 AMP evening. The attendance to that event was extremely high and demonstrated just how important close collaboration with home and school is, particularly as the exam season approaches.
Please find our Lent 2025 Newsletter below.
As we start the New Year, now is an ideal time to give you a short update on how our building work is going. Other than one day for snow, work has continued on-site and is on schedule. You would be forgiven for thinking that from a distance it looks like not a lot has happened. However, in reality the preparation for the main build could not be going better and is clearly vital before the main build. The foundations were dug out and set before Christmas and now the drainage for waste and rain and channels for electricity, water and communication cables are taking shape. At the end of this month the steel framing arrives. At that point you will start to see progress above ground. Here are a few images to show what has being happening. You might see the outline of a large building from the concrete foundations. Once the frame goes up it will all become very clear.
Boost to students’ digital skills
We have been strengthening and developing our students digital skills by embedding Microsoft Teams and associated technologies to give them increased confidence, skills and processes in using computers. At year 8, we have also introduced a basic skills curriculum to address the weaknesses that some students have through a heavy increase in exposure to tablets and smartphones, rather than desktop computing. These skills will have an increased impact on their ability to use computer software across the curriculum and, later on, when they enter the workplace. The assignment below shows an excellent piece of Year 9 work, where the students have been learning how to program the microbit to learn coding skills; the assignment was submitted in Microsoft Teams, assessed and then returned to the student for revision, enabling high levels of progress in their learning.
The National Church of England Academy is thrilled to share that construction of our brand new Sixth Form Centre is off to a fantastic start. This state-of-the-art facility is on track to open in September 2025 and represents a multi-million-pound investment in the future of post-16 education at the academy.
Stay tuned for more updates as the project progresses!
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On Tuesday, 26 November The National Church of England Academy is going out to consultation on proposed changes to its 2026-2027 admission arrangements. Full details of the consultation and how to respond can be found here on the admissions page of this website.
“Learning another language is not only learning different words for the same things, but learning another way to think about things.”
Flora Lewis
Please find our Advent Newsletter 2024 below.
We are delighted to announce that applications are now open for the National Sixth Form Centre. Students should apply using the application form available on our website.We are delighted to extend an invitation to year 11 students and their parents/guardians to join us at the academy for our sixth form open evening on Thursday 10th October 2024.
Coming soon… National Sixth Form Academy Open Evening
Thursday 10th October 6pm-8pm
