News & Events
Year 6 Activity Morning
On Tuesday 11th October we were visited by Year 6 pupils from Swindon Village Primary School and St Thomas More Catholic Primary School for a morning of activities. The aim was to provide the pupils with some fun learning experiences in Drama, History and Languages, to begin to prepare pupils for the move to secondary school and…
Shakespeare Schools Festival
All Saints’ Academy take on the Shakespeare Schools Festival this autumn By Demi Wheeler (Work Experience) Shakespeare’s School Festival is an annual festival launched in 2000 by founder Chris Grace. The festival involves months of preparation for young people and teachers, leading up to an exhilarating performance evening in a professional theatre. The festival aims…
Students open up to Bishop about their insecurities
Thirteen of our students aged between 12 and 18 opened up to the Bishop of Gloucester this morning, about how they value themselves and how important physical appearance is to them. Bishop Rachel visited to discuss with the pupils the pressures they face to look a certain way and to ask ‘what does it mean to be…
Powerchair Football
From the 12th -18th September 2016 the Gloucestershire Football Association and Goals Beyond Grass (GBG) will be joining forces to promote the exciting sport of powerchair football. GBG is a registered charity that is dedicated to delivering powerchair football to those who want to play the game. More information on GBG can be found on page…
Students excel at GCSE
All Saints’ Academy bucks the national trend by achieving the best ever higher level GCSE grades. A quarter of students achieved 5+ A*- B grades and nearly half of all students achieved at least one A or A* grade. Mr Dermot McNiffe, Principal, said “In a climate where examinations are becoming increasingly demanding, our students…
Another year of record breaking A-Level Results
By Demi Wheeler, Work Experience Student It's another record breaking year here at All Saints' Academy with 100% of students achieved an A* to E pass. 79% of sixth form students achieved A*-E in 3 or more subjects, which is an improvement of 11% since 2015. Value added scores have much improved too when compared to last year….
GCHQ run Cyber Event at All Saints? Academy
All Saints' Academy in Cheltenham were given the opportunity to be part of and host a "Cyber Adventure Project" in collaboration with GCHQ. CyberFirst Adventurers is a local schools initative aiming to give young children an exciting introduction in the world of Cyber Security. CyberFirst is a government and industry-backed scheme to identify talented young…
17 students from All Saints’ are now published authors!
Canny Cheltenham punters avoided our country’s dismal showing against Iceland in the Euros on Monday in favour of the only show in town that night – the premiere of ‘My Voice is a Shy Tiger’, a compendium of masterpieces from writers in Years 9-12. As spirits plummeted in Nice, they soared in the academy hall…
All Saints’ presents gift boxes to ‘Open Door Charity’
As part of the Year of Mercy called for by Pope Francis, which runs from December 2015 to November 2016, here at All Saints’ Academy we are focusing on the Corporal Works of Mercy. These are kind acts by which we help our neighbours with their material and physical needs. In Term 5 our focus was ‘Shelter…
Budding chefs at All Saints’ Academy
Eleven excited students battled it out for our ASA Cooking Competition. The lucky student will receive training from our very own Phil Brett, Kitchen Manager to represent ASA on the 6th July at a National competition held in Wolverhampton. The fighting talk started the day before the competition, with students informing me they had the recipe…
