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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…

Giles up for Secondary School of the Year in national cricket awards The outstanding contribution that Giles Academy makes to promoting sport in school has been recognised as we have been shortlisted for ‘Secondary School of the Year’ in a national cricket awards event. The prestigious ‘Chance to Shine’ awards Read more…

National campaign to make a noise and stop bullying For our PSHE programme last week, we held an Anti-Bullying Week across all schools in the Trust. This is a national campaign organised by the Anti-Bullying Alliance and reaches millions of young people every year. The theme for this year was Read more…

Thank you for supporting the Children in Need non-uniform day Today, all of the schools in our Trust joined together for a Children in Need non-uniform day and collectively we have raised over £4,000 for this worthwhile cause. This is one of the many House charity events our students are involved with Read more…

Discover our extra-curricular and subject revision sessions At Giles Academy there is 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 clubs and performances Read more…

Remembrance observed at school and in the local community On Remembrance Sunday, students from Giles Academy represented the school at the Boston Town Remembrance Parade. Head Students Charlotte Donnelly and Ruby Morley laid a wreath on behalf of the school and younger students Darci Smith (Year 7), Messi Sulitanu (Year Read more…

Stand Against Violence assembly focuses on reducing knife crime The main age group involved in violent crime are 16 to 24 year olds and nationally there were over 80,000 cases of ‘reported’ knife crimes in the last 12 months. None of us would ever want one of our students to Read more…

Careers Fair inspires students to prepare for their future Giles Academy welcomed over 30 exhibitors to our annual Careers Fair this week. This is always a really important event in our school calendar, which is available for students in all years and their parents/carers. This event was held during the Read more…

Prime Minister visits Giles Academy for Science and PSHE lessons The Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak returned back to school when he visited Giles Academy today as he plans for a smoke-free generation. The visit to Giles Academy followed on from the King’s Speech on Tuesday 7th November 2023, where King Read more…

Staff wear pink for Breast Cancer Now to raise over £1,200 for charity While the school was closed to students during the half term break, all staff were back at work for a teacher training day on Monday 30th October 2023 to focus on training, planning and preparing for the Read more…