Welcome from Stour Vale
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September Reopening 2021
Dear Parents/Carers, We hope that you have had a good start to the school summer break and recognise that for many families planning childcare and working arrangements has to be done in good time for the return to school. With this in mind we wanted to provide you with additional information about our return in…
GCSE Results 2021
Staff and students at Oldbury Academy are celebrating an excellent set of GCSE and Vocational results. Philip Shackleton, Headteacher of Oldbury Academy: ”Students have achieved fantastic results this academic year which is a culmination of all their hard work, determination and resilience. It was fantastic to see students delighted with their outcomes this morning. As…
Teacher Assessed Grades – FAQ
What happens to the assessments the students have completed? The assessments students have completed during the assessment window will form an evidence portfolio which demonstrates their current performance. All the individual assessments completed throughout this assessment window will have been moderated and standardised. The resulting evidence portfolio will be kept securely in school as a…
MAT Consultation
The Governing Body of Oldbury Academy would welcome your views through a consultation on our proposal to move from being a Single Academy Trust to joining one of several schools in an existing Multi-Academy Trust (MAT). A MAT is a charitable organisation with several schools working closely together as one legal entity. For some months…
Ofsted Monitoring Report Letter
OFSTED: “Leaders and those responsible for governance are taking effective action to provide education in the current circumstances.” On March 2nd 2021, Ofsted conducted a section 8 monitoring inspection of our school and we are extremely proud of the public recognition of the fantastic work we are doing. “Staff are determined that pupils should…
Free Online Books
BBC & National Literacy Trust We urge everyone to take advantage of the opportunity to access books online, for FREE! The BBC and the National Literacy Trust have a library and will provide a book a week from its author of the week. The aim is to increase young readers access to e-books and audiobooks. Click HERE to…
Year 11 Parents Evening 2021
Year 11 parents evening week Wednesday 24th February – Tuesday 2nd March. Parents should expect a phone call from their child’s form tutor where they will discuss attendance and punctuality, general conduct, progress, areas of strength, areas for development, live lesson engagement, and coping with lockdown. If parents have any specific subject related questions they can…
Screen Free Well-Being Day
We are all learning in new ways and a lot of this involves a screen. Add in time spent on phones, social media, computers or games consoles and that is a whole lot of screen time!!!!! So on Thursday 4th February we are going to look after our wellbeing by embracing a day where we…