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‘We were blown away by the students we interviewed’

All of our Year 10 students had formal interviews on Thursday 2 May as part of our Work Related Learning Programme. Local employers were invited into school to play the [...]

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Year 7 & 8 Summer Fair and Picnic

Families of Year 7 & 8 students are invited to our Summer Fair and picnic being held in the grounds of ‘C’ Block starting at 1.00p.m on Friday 21 June. [...]

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Churchill Special Free School

With planning permission approved, work has begun in earnest on Churchill Special Free School. Located within the grounds of Samuel Ward Academy the School will eventually cater for high functioning [...]

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Innovation Competition

After three months of work, the innovation competition has a winner. The purpose of the competition was to encourage innovation using SAM-E (our Virtual Learning Environment) and digital mediums. All [...]

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Lunch Menus

Details of our lunch menus are available to download below. These are current until 14 October 2013.

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Newsletters

Our newsletters and our Sports newsletters are available for download below.

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Staff Vacancies

Samuel Ward Academy currently has the following vacancies: Head of Drama Teacher of German or French or Spanish (MFL) Application forms and job descriptions are available to download below. Please [...]

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Raising the Participation Age

What is RPA? The Government is increasing the age at which all young people are required to continue in education or training. If your son or daughter is in Year [...]

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Visit from a Baroness

We hosted a talk from a member of the House of Lords on Friday 19 April to encourage students to engage more with the political and parliamentary process. Baroness Scott [...]

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Exam Timetables

Exam timetables for GCSE and GCE are available to download below.

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Duke of Edinburgh Award

Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Award practice: Friday, 19 April, 16 of our Year 10 students accompanied by three members of Samuel Ward staff went on their practice run for their [...]

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Host Families for European Students

Samuel Ward is again delighted to be able to welcome students from all over Europe to join us in September. In order for them to gain the most from their [...]

About Samuel Ward Academy

Samuel Ward Academy is a school at the heart of the community and the inspiration for the people within it. We are at the cutting edge of education, use innovative technologies and teaching methods and challenge the barriers that prevent people from excelling. We value the success of every individual, their honesty and integrity, celebrate creativity and foster resilience and independence. We expect each person to respect others and the community in which they live.