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Would you like to be a Parent Governor at Giles Academy? Parent Governors play an important role in representing the views of parents and helping to support school improvement. We have vacancies for two Parent Governors at Giles Academy and we are inviting all parents/carers with children currently at the Read more…

Harry Potter studio trip gives English students a unique insight The English department at Giles Academy arranged a fantastic trip for a lucky group of Year 8 students to visit ‘The Making of Harry Potter’ at the Warner Bros Studio Tour in London. This enrichment opportunity was organised with the Read more…

Young authors have their poems published in ‘I Have a Dream’ book Throughout the academic year, the Trust promotes a variety of different literacy competitions designed to promote creativity, confidence and a love of writing. We proudly partnered with ‘Young Writers’, who are a national organisation celebrating poetry and creative Read more…

Girls U14 football team reach semi-finals of the County Cup Our Girls U14 football team are having an amazing season so far with a fantastic run in the County Cup as they have reached the semi-finals of the competition. They had drawn a difficult fixture in the quarter finals where Read more…

Year 8 netball team win SLAT Games with impressive goal difference After the recent success of the Year 9 Girls Netball Team winning the SLAT Sports Games, it was the turn of the Year 8 Girls Netball Team to compete against the other schools in the Trust and we were Read more…

Free books for Years 7 and 8 in our Great BIG BOOK Giveaway Earlier this month, we celebrated World Book Day and we are continuing to promote a love of reading at Giles Academy by launching ‘The Great BIG BOOK Giveaway’ this week where we are giving away over 500 books across Read more…

You helped raise over £4,000 for Comic Relief / Red Nose Day Thank you very much to all the students and staff who generously donated their monies to Comic Relief / Red Nose Day for our non-uniform day. Across the Trust, you helped raise over £4,000 for this worthwhile cause. Read more…

Scientists are ‘blown away’ as they make wind turbines for green energy One of the amazing local companies who regularly supports Giles Academy at their Careers Fairs is Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind. They are a leading green energy company who have developed renewable electricity technology through the use of offshore Read more…

Year 9 students get to choose the subjects they want to study The choices that Year 9 students make over the next few weeks can play an important part in shaping their future careers paths as they get to choose the Key Stage 4 options for the GCSE/BTEC subjects they Read more…

Teacher Training and Teaching Assistant events attract new staff This week, we held two events at Bourne Academy to meet the growing need for new Teachers and Teaching Assistants across the Trust, due to all schools being extremely popular as we continue to be oversubscribed and have an increase in Read more…