Author: Mary Gardner

Please wrap up warm and drive safely. We open to students at the normal time of 8:40am today. Year 11 exams are Physics this morning

Again, we are sorry for the inconvenience this may cause but for the safety of staff and students, we have had to make the difficult

We announced via text and email earlier this morning that unfortunately due to the poor weather conditions, we have had to close the Academy today.

Please read our first main newsletter of the half term. It is packed with lots of updates and events that are just around the corner.

GCSE Results DAY – Thursday, 22nd August, 9am – 12pm This Thursday brings our very first GCSE Results Day! A reminder that our ex-Year 11

Welcome to Year 6 Students! We are looking forward to welcoming our new intake of Year 6 students on Wednesday 3 and Thursday 4 July.Children

Revision and Exam Timetables Year 11 Students have been given a timetable for the next three weeks, up until half term. For the vast majority

Year 11 Attendance competition – your chance to win a £10 lifestyle voucher! Excellent attendance in school is important as it increases your chances of

Poetry by Heart Workshop On Friday 2nd February, a group of students from Year 8 to 11 who have shown interest in taking part in

Exciting Writing Opportunity for WBCA Students To explore how people with different beliefs and values can deal with disagreement and come to a decision or

Year 7 Visit Holy Trinity Church On Tuesday 23rd January, Year 7 visited Holy Trinity Church to learn more about Places of Worship. Year 7

Year 11 Mock Results Day 2023 Today we held a Mock Results Day for Year 11 Students – so they had a taster of what

In our Theatre School, students have been working hard on Wednesdays after school with our Performing Arts department and our partners at Birmingham Hippodrome to

There is an INSET Day on Friday 17th November, meaning that the Academy will be closed to students.  We have also been informed that there

Exam Invigilator recruitment We are currently recruiting some new Exam Invigilators  – please see a letter explaining some details about the post here: https://wbca.school/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/WBCA-Invigilators-Recruitment-Letter.pdf  

Please see this link to a letter containing some updates for this term. https://wbca.school/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/October-2023-Letter.pdf  

End of Half Term 5 Letter – updates for families Here you can access our most recent updates for families and students, including successes from

Getting ready for exam success Here are links to the examination timetables for all year groups for the summer examinations. Exams for Years 7, 8

Year 9 Options Evening – Thursday 9th March 2023 Please remember to attend at your appointment time to discuss the career aspirations and subject choices

February 2023 Dear Families, I recently wrote to you explaining that there was national strike action by the National Education Union on Wednesday 1st March

Here are a few of the events on offer as we celebrate a week of reading for World Book Day 2023.

Here you can find a copy of the letter sent out to families with a review of the half term and some updates for after

Here are the instructions for Home Learning for Wednesday 1st February. Year 7 Year 7 have some L4L Flipped Learning Tasks to complete related to

January 2023 Dear Family Academy Closure Wednesday, 1 February 20223 Industrial Action (Strike) I recently wrote to you explaining that there was national strike action

Free careers event for Year 9 & 10 students and families Go to http://www.connexionssandwell.co.uk to book your ticket – places going fast.