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Inspiring future careers during National Apprenticeship Week National Apprenticeship Week is a national campaign running from 7th to 13th February 2022, which provides our amazing careers team the perfect opportunity to help students explore the world of apprenticeships and the many careers available. Throughout the week, there is an engaging Read more…

Become a Junior Librarian if you love books, libraries and reading We have a fantastic opportunity for our students to become Junior Librarians at Giles Academy. If you love books, libraries and reading then we would love for you to apply for this role. Not only will you get an Read more…

Claim a FREE book with a £1 Book Token as part of World Book Day To celebrate World Book Day on 3rd March 2022, we are giving away £1 Book Tokens to every student, which can be redeemed from 17th February to 27th March 2022 for a FREE £1 book or you 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…

DEAR Time is where our Year 7 can ‘Drop Everything And Read’ Throughout the academic year, the whole of our Year 7 have timetabled sessions called ‘DEAR Time’, which stands for ‘Drop Everything And Read’. These sessions are designed to promote and encourage reading for all abilities and play a Read more…

Library launches annual Book Fair with hundreds of new books This week, the library took delivery of hundreds of new books for our annual Book Fair. Our students were just as excited to browse all of the new titles as there is something aimed for all young readers. The Book Read more…

River of Hope project is launched for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Pageant Emily Cartwright (second left) with Geography students A local artist, Emily Cartwright is working with Geography students at Giles Academy on an exciting project called ‘River of Hope’, which is part of Her Majesty The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Read more…

To say “thank you”, we treat our Prefects to a free breakfast One of the privileges of being a Year 11 Prefect at Giles Academy is being invited to our Prefect Reward Breakfasts. This is where our Prefects are treated to a free breakfast, meet socially as a group and Read more…

A reward scheme for outstanding attendance, learning and behaviour (left to right) Julie-Lou Davis, Raimonda Lestauskaite, Lily Gracey Horrey, Harvey Panton and Freya Garner We believe it is important to recognise and reward positive behaviour and set goals in which all students can achieve. Students who are in the top Read more…

Get your ‘head in a book’ at our annual Book Fair There is nothing better than getting your head in a book that you can’t put down. The school library will be holding their annual Book Fair with a wide choice of nearly 200 books. When you purchase from the Read more…