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During the first week of the Easter holidays, Countesthorpe Academy staff will be running an Easter Holiday Club!   📅 Monday 3rd – Thursday 6th April 2023 ⏰ 10am – 2pm 📍 Countesthorpe Academy 🧍🏻‍♂️ Children aged 7-12   Attendees will be able to take part in a multitude of activities, including sports, baking and…

Following my letter sent to you last week, I am writing to update you on the progress of our plans and arrangements for the forthcoming strike action in schools. We have had confirmation from NEU that members of the union intend to take formal industrial action by participating in a strike which will take place…

Dominic, one of our Year 13 Media students, won the Into Festival Film Review Prize earlier this month for his review of the film Nope. His review, which was insightful, informative and excellently written, resulted in him winning a £100 voucher. He spent his winnings on Lego that our GCSE and A Level Media students…

You may be aware that a number of national Teacher Unions have been balloting their members with regards to taking strike action and that the NEU announced this week that they had met the legal thresholds set for industrial action and as such would be striking. The formal trade dispute is about ‘the Secretary of…