Dear Families I hope this update finds you and those closest to you in good health. We’ve had a week of somewhat colder weather, and it does feel like Winter has arrived. Despite the cold, there have been a number of heart-warming moments throughout the week, one of my favourites

Dear Families   I hope this update finds you and those closest to you in good health. We’ve had a week of somewhat unsettled weather recently with some wet and windy conditions disrupting travel and our usual routines around break and lunch. Our students, true to form, have adapted and

Dear Families  I hope this update finds you and those closest to you in good health. It has been great to welcome our community back to the academy after a week-long break. For most, we reconnected through an assembly with Mr Malik, looking at how we do things at Derby

Dear Families   I hope this update finds you and those closest to you in the very best of health. I write to you at the end of half term one following what has been a tremendously positive start to the academic year. There are a number of updates below including

Dear Families I hope this update finds you and those closest to you in the very best of health. I have a packed update for you this week following another eventful week at the Academy. On Monday this week I had the pleasure of meeting a group of students for

Dear Families  I hope this update finds you and those closest to you in the very best of health. What a week! It’s been positivity week at Derby Moor this week and it’s been an absolute joy. Students have really enjoyed the activities at lunchtime and the positivity postcards and,

Dear Families  I hope this update finds you and those closest to you in the very best of health. This week may have been a four day week for students but it has been eventful. We have welcomed 27 trainee teachers into the Academy to look at our routines and

Dear Families  I hope this update finds you and those closest to you in the very best of health. There are a number of updates below, following another really positive week at the academy. Now that students have completed a full cycle of their two week timetable, things should begin to

Dear Families  I hope this update finds you and those closest to you in the very best of health. Having seen our two week timetable cycle through, we are feeling back into the swing of things as this week draws to a close. Our new Year 7s have found their feet,

Dear Families  I hope this update finds you and those closest to you in the very best of health. We've enjoyed a really positive start to the academic year this week. After two days of staff training, it was great to welcome students back through the doors on Monday and

  Dear Families,  I hope this update finds you and those closest to you in the very best of health and looking forward to the start of a new academic year. I thought I would write you a brief update just to signpost a few items ahead of the new

Dear Families  I hope this update finds you and those closest to you in the best of health. This will be the final update of the academic year and I’ve waited until school has ended to share it with you rather than sending on the final Friday.   As is always

Dear Families  I hope this update finds you and those closest to you in the best of health. It’s been another hot, and action-packed week at the academy with a variety of activities and visitors including City Sports and Inclusion Quality Mark Centre of Excellence reaccreditation visit. We welcomed the

Dear Families  I hope this update finds you and those closest to you in good health. We have enjoyed a week like no other at the Academy this week with some great news from a national competition, visits from the newest members of our community and the culmination of the

Dear Families  I hope this update finds you and those closest to you in the best of health. We have enjoyed some time to reflect and to say farewell this week with the Year 13 Leavers Assembly and the Year 11 Graduation taking place.  We wish them all the very

Dear Families, I hope this update finds you and those closest to you in the best of health. The external exams have drawn to a close this week, we’ve begun said farewell to Year 11 with the annual shirt signing event and we look forward to the Year 11 and Year

Dear Families,  I hope this update finds you and those closest to you in the best of health.  This week began with our Eid Fayre on Monday to welcome students back to the academy after celebrating with their families last weekend. The examinations have, of course, continued with Year 10 completing

Dear Families,  I hope this update finds you and those closest to you in the best of health. We have now begun the final half term of the academic year. This is always a significant point in the calendar as it marks the end of a chapter for students in

Dear Families,  I hope this update finds you and those closest to you in good health. I write to you as Half Term 5 draws to and end and we look forward to the final stage of the academic year. For our students in examination years this coming period may

  Dear Families,  I hope this update finds you and those closest to you in good health. As we enter the final week of Half Term 5, I wonder where the time has gone. Perhaps this is because the half term in particular is punctuated with bank holidays and there

  Dear Families,  I hope this update finds you well and having enjoyed a warm spring extended weekend.  During a shorter but no less productive week at the Academy, we welcomed students and families for the Year 7 Parents Evening and saw the start of the BTEC examinations for our Year

Dear Families,  I hope this update finds you and those closest to you in the very best of health and looking forward to the bank holiday weekend.   We’ve enjoyed another busy week at the academy with a number of additional activities taking place alongside the usual curriculum. Exam season is

Dear Families,  I hope this update finds you and those closest to you in the very best of health.  This week may have been a 4 day week but it’s been a busy start to the new term with exam season almost upon us, a number of students now having

Dear Families,  I hope this update finds you and those closest to you in the very best of health.  Half Term 4 has drawn to a close today following another eventful week at the academy. We have celebrated Eid with our families and hosted our Eid fayre during lunchtime with

Dear Families,  I hope this update finds you and those closest to you in the very best of health.  A slightly less busy week at the Academy with no eternal visitors but instead a chance to focus on the teaching and learning in our classrooms. It’s been a typically busy week

Dear Families,  I hope this update finds you and those closest to you in the very best of health. We have enjoyed another busy and interesting week at the Academy this week. Having hosted more colleagues from across our Trust on Wednesday who visited lessons and spoke to our students,

Dear Families,  I hope this update finds you and those closest to you in the best of health. We’ve had a typically busy few days at the Academy again this week. It was nice to connect with so many families at the Year 9 Parents and Pathways Evening on Wednesday,

Dear Families,  I hope this update finds you and those closest to you in the best of health. Year 11 students have continued with their mock exams this week, showing maturity and diligence throughout the course of the two weeks. We celebrated World Book Day in school on Thursday, thank

Dear Families,  I hope this update finds you and those closest to you in the best of health. Half Term Four has started well with our Year 11 settling back into their mock examination period well. I have had the chance to meet Years 7-10 with individual year group assemblies

Dear Families,  I hope this update finds you and those closest to you in the best of health. As we reach the end of half term three, I’m sure our staff and students are looking forward to a short break, to recharge, although a number of them will be in