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Top marks for providing the best possible careers education Our dedicated careers team with Mrs Lucy Conley, Chief Executive Officer at one of our popular Careers Fairs www.gilesacademy.co.uk/careers It should be reassuring for students and parents/carers to know that all schools in our Trust are officially recognised as providing the BEST Read more…

Discover our extra-curricular and subject revision sessions Every term we always ensure that we provide a diverse enrichment and extra-curricular programme of activities that is inclusive for all students. There are activities and sessions that take place during lunchtime and after-school that include subject interventions, revision and homework sessions plus Read more…

Book online appointments for the Year 11 Parents Evening Our Year 11 Parents Evening will be taking place online on Thursday 25th January 2024 from 4.30pm to 7.30pm and parents are required to book their online appointments in advance. Year 11 is a crucial year with GCSE exams and coursework to be Read more…

Christmas hampers donated to local care home to spread festive cheer All of the students at Giles Academy have joined together to give their season’s greetings by creating Christmas hampers for elderly people and residents at a local care home. This week, Miss Pearson (Head of Newton House) and Mr Read more…

GCSE & BTEC Level 2 certificates are now ready to be collected The 2023 examination certificates are in school and ready to be collected from 9am to 3.30pm. The last date GCSE and BTEC Level 2 certificates can be collected in person is Monday 15th January 2024. If someone is collecting on Read more…

Get the best meal of the year TWICE before Christmas Day What is the best meal of the year? You will be hard to find anything more popular than a Christmas lunch! Not only do our students get to enjoy tucking into a traditional Christmas lunch, but they can have Read more…

Helping the community by donating Christmas Hampers to local care home One of the amazing festive activities we have at Giles Academy is to give something back to the local community by creating ‘Christmas Hampers’ for residents at The Minstrels Care Home in Wrangle. Last year we donated 35 hampers Read more…

Giles Academy crowned Secondary School of the Year in national cricket awards left to right: Katie Faulkner (Women & Girls Development Officer), Mark Ramprakash, Luciella Crowfoot (Student), Mr Dodd (Teacher of PE), Abbie Murray (Student) and Mrs Cooper (Teacher of PE) Giles Academy were crowned ‘Secondary School of the Year’ Read more…

Book online appointments for the Year 9 Parents Evening Our Year 9 Parents Evening will be taking place online on Thursday 7th December 2023 from 4.30pm to 7.30pm and parents are required to book their online appointments in advance. We encourage all parents to participate so they can speak to teachers about student progress, Read more…

Promoting and rewarding positive behaviour is a winning combination To promote positive behaviour, we have a reward scheme where every term, all of the students who achieve a perfect record with no strikes on their Strike Card are entered into a prize draw. Every student has to carry a Strike Read more…