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Inspiring future change-makers with UK Parliament Week Throughout the year, Giles Academy delivers a PSHE (Personal, Social, Health and Economic) programme covering a diverse range of educational themes and activities. Last week it was the turn of UK Parliament Week, which is a national event designed to empower young people Read more…

Ellie and Kara achieve Distinctions after Music Theatre singing lessons left to right: Ellie English (Year 10) and Kara Rose (Year 11) Ellie English (Year 10) and Kara Rose (Year 11) have been excelling in their extra-curricular one-to-one singing lessons with Mrs Beeson, where they have been practising Music Theatre. 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…

GCSE & BTEC Level 2 certificates are in school ready for collection The 2022 examination certificates are now in school and ready to be collected by Friday 16th December 2022.  If not collected we will send these to you via recorded delivery w/c 9th January 2023. It is important that you keep Read more…

Thank you for supporting the Children in Need non-uniform day (left to right) Year 7 students – Alex Brown, Olivia Hilton and Amber Sanderson Today, all of the schools in our Trust joined together for a Children in Need non-uniform day and collectively we have raised over £3,500 for this Read more…

Double gold medal winner Brooke to skate for Great Britain We know how talented our students are and it is always satisfying when their hard work and dedication gets rewarded. Brooke Hudson in Year 10 fits her GCSE studies around a demanding training schedule out of school as she competes Read more…

Remembrance Day observed throughout the school Remembrance Day on 11th November is always one of the most important dates of the year for the school as we remember the people who have died in wars around the world. At 11am, the whole school stopped during morning break for a one-minute Read more…

Remembrance poppy display and artwork created by students and families The Art department, students and families at Giles Academy have worked together to honour Remembrance by creating a special installation of poppies, which has its pride of place outside the school hall / reception so everyone can admire. Last term, Read more…

Children in Need set to benefit from school non-uniform day On Friday 18th November 2022, the whole school will be helping raise monies for Children in Need by participating in a non-uniform day. This is one of the many House charity events our students are involved with throughout the academic Read more…

Free cookie and drink rewards for perfect attendance Every term, we reward all students in years 7 to 11 with an attendance of 100% with a free cookie and drink during the morning break. Pictured above are some of our year 8 students with Miss Venn (Attendance Officer) enjoying their Read more…