Dear Families, I hope this update finds you and those closest to you in the best of health. Apologies for the delayed release of this update – with school closing down on the Thursday last week I took advantage of the long bank holiday weekend to spend some much-needed quality

Dear Families I hope this update finds you and those closest to you in the very best of health. It’s been another busy week at the academy with a number of visitors on site again. On Thursday and Friday, I was involved in recruiting a new Assistant Principal to our

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. It’s been another action packed week at the academy but this week has been anything but typical as you’ll see form the information below. Our Year 11 mocks have drawn to a

Dear Families I hope this update finds you and those closest to you in good health. It’s been a busy start to half term four this week with a number of visitors and activities taking place across the academy. I’ve been off site on a number of occasions too visiting

Dear Families I hope this update finds you and those closest to you in the best of health. We have reached the end of half term three and the academy will enter a busy phase for students preparing for external examinations in Years 11 and 13, whilst those in Years

Dear Families I hope this update finds you and those closest to you in the best of health. This half term has flown by and it’s hard to believe that we are about the enter the final week before the break. There are a number of updates this week on

Dear Families I hope this update finds you and those closest to you in good health. Its been another positive week at the academy with our rewards assemblies taking place to round off the month of January. Next week is National Apprenticeship Week and we have activities taking place to

Dear Families I hope this update finds you and those closest to you in the best of health. We have had a week which started and ended in unusual circumstances this week but, sandwiched between these two events, we have seen the usual positivity and energy that I have become

Dear Families I hope this update finds you and those closest to you in the best of health. I write to you following our second Drop Down Day of the year where students have taken part in a huge variety of different activities and have interacted with a range of

Dear Families, Happy New Year. I hope the first update of 2024 finds you and those closest to you in the best of health. Its been great to welcome our community back to the academy for a typically busy start to term two. Sparx Reader Launch We are excited to

Dear Families, I hope this update finds you and those closest to you in the best of health. I write this at the end of a long and eventful autumn term at Derby Moor. We have had much cause for celebration since September and have also had to pull together

Dear Families, I hope this update finds you and those closest to you in the best of health. We have had a week of celebration at the academy this week having learned about some additional accolades that we have received and sharing the success of our students with our community

Dear Families, I hope this week’s update finds you and your family in the best of health. It has been lovely to connect with families of our Year 11 students this week at the first parents’ evening of the year, we’ve welcomed local councillors to the academy and the PE

Dear Families, I hope this update finds you and those closest to you in the best of health. You will see from the update below that it has been an eventful week this week and we have more to look forward to as we enter December and the final three

Dear Families, I hope this update finds you and those closest to you in good health. We have enjoyed a week of dry autumnal weather this week and its been nice to spend some time outdoors in the sunshine with students at break and lunch throughout. We have a slightly

Dear Families, I hope this update finds you and those closest to you in good health. We’ve had another week of positivity at the academy this week with a number of our community celebrating Diwali over the weekend, the Rewards Assemblies and Principal’s lunches rounding off the week. More on

Dear Families, I hope this update finds you and those closest to you in good health. Happy Diwali to those from our community who are celebrating this weekend. You will be aware that our Diwali Fayre took place today with music, samosa sales, mehndi, light trails and Rangoli patterns. Its

Dear Families, I hope this update finds you and those closest to you in good health. There would not normally be an update during the half term break but there is some important information to share with you below from the last week of term. The decision to delay last

Dear Families, I write to you tonight with the saddest of news. You may have heard from your children that we have lost a member of our community today. Ibrahim Ali in Year 8 passed away in the early hours of this morning following a period of treatment in hospital.

Dear Families I hope this email finds you and those closest to you in the best of health. We have had another busy week at the academy with our first Drop Down Day of the year and our Post 16 Open Evening both taking place this week. Year 7 Settling

Dear Families I hope this update finds you and those closest to you in the very best of health. I have a number of updates this week in addition to those you have seen on our social channels. If you haven’t been on our twitter page this week do take

Dear Families I hope this update finds you and those closest to you in the very best of health. We have a slightly shorter update following a slightly shorter week at the academy. Thursday evening saw our doors open to prospective students and families with our student leaders and staff

Dear Families I hope this update finds you and those closest to you in the best of health. I write to you at the end of another positive week at the academy. Our students have been a joy to be around this week and seem to be full of enthusiasm

Dear Families,   I hope this update finds you and those closest to you in good health. This week’s update is slightly delayed. For those of you who follow our social channels you may have seen that I was at out Trust Leadership Day on Friday, hence, I was not

Dear Families,   I hope this update finds you and those closest to you in the best of health. Students have enjoyed their first full week at the academy and you can see our newer members of the community getting to grips with the rhythm and routine of a busy

Dear Families,   I hope that the start to term has been as positive for you and your child as it has been across the academy. Following two days of focussed training for staff, our students have returned to school in good spirits, have embraced the changes we have made

Dear Families I hope this brief update finds you and those closest to you in the best of health. I write to you on our last training day ahead of the start of a new academic year with just some brief pointers about the next few days to help alleviate

Dear Families I hope this update finds you and those closest to you in the best of health. Our students and staff have now begun their summer break and will take some time to recharge and reconnect with friends and family. Term time can be intense, so, whilst we know

Dear Families I hope this update finds you and your family in the best of health. We have had a hugely eventful week at the academy this week, not just with the highly unpredictable weather but the variety of visitors and activities that have been taking place throughout the week.