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A Big Business Breakfast

We hosted a range of business leaders including; Barclays, Stagecoach and The Ministry of Justice to name but a few, who joined us for a ‘Business Breakfast’ to forge links with the staff members who are our Careers Champions and encourage links between local businesses and the...
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Year 11 Shoot for Newcastle

To inspire ideas for the upcoming art and photography exams, our GCSE students explored the exciting graffiti areas around the Newcastle/Gateshead Quayside. Year 11s are working very hard on their final projects and it is an amazing experience to what their ideas grow in the...
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Bag Packing Back Packers

Our World Challenge team recently gave up their weekend for a sponsored ‘bag pack’ to raise some much-needed funds for World Challenge – Thailand 2020.  We raised £291.00 in total, over the two days. The girls did a marvellous job and worked very hard to ensure...
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Top Form

Well done to the pupils who have been recognised for their top attendance and Praise Points this term. Students who maintained either excellent attendance or a fantastic attitude to learning were rewarded with a certificate and a chocolate treat just in time for Easter!
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Brilliant Baltic Visit for Art Students

Year 11 art and photography students were lucky enough to spend time in the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead’s Archive to learn how to effectively research and analyse artwork from a range of contemporary sources. This has led to a range of starting points for their...
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Peer Support Prodigies

Sunderland legend Kevin Ball visited the Academy to present students who have been taking part in our Peer Support Project with certificates to acknowledge their participation in weekly training delivered by Sunderland Mind. Pupils are now prepared to...
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Poisson d’Avril!

Year 7 students were celebrating April Fools’ day, French style in their lessons. They were celebrating French Culture through craft by creating ‘Les Poissons d’avril’ The French tradition is to draw and colour in a fish on a piece of paper or card and then to stick it onto...
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