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Celebrating Safer Internet Day 2020
Safer Internet Day 2020 is on Tuesday 11 February and will be celebrated globally with the theme: Together for a better internet. From cyberbullying to social networking, each year Safer…
We Will Rock You! Record ticket sales for our epic production.
Record audiences helped us save live rock music during our epic school production of We Will Rock You, which ran for four performances between 6-8 February 2020. The musical, written…
Teaming up with Football Beyond Borders
A lucky group of our Year 8 students recently started a new long-term programme that we are running with Football Beyond Borders – a charity which uses the power of…
Down to business: enterprise students win not one, but two trophies in competition
Year 10 Enterprise students brought home the silver from a business challenge against other schools. The two trophies, now proudly displayed for all to see, represent the achievements of two…
Bake-off mania reaches the academy
The finals of our Great CAM Bake-Off were held live during assemblies in December. The challenge, set by the Technology department, invited students to represent their academy Family across a…
Continuous improvement: minutes from our December Parent Forum
A round-up of discussions from Parent Forum (December 2019) including the minutes
Spreading festive cheer across the generations
Around 100 senior citizens were welcomed by our students to our annual Senior Citizens Christmas Party on Wednesday 4 December, 2019. Our visitors were waited on by students from Years…
BBC visits to find out how we’re helping to build a stronger North Manchester community
Did you hear our students, parents and Principal on the radio on the morning of Friday 22 November? BBC Radio Manchester came along to find out some positive news stories…
World class ballet comes to Blackley
In November, we were delighted to host staff and students from the London Russian Ballet School for two very special performances of Ballets Russes and Beyond which featured music from…
Students published in our Writers’ Studio Anthology
In October our beautiful anthologies arrived of writing from our 2018-20 Writers’ Studio. The Studio is made up of Year 7 students who excel in their writing skills, and who…