Music Mark Recognition

13th October 2025Mrs D Curtis
Good news! We’ve been recognised again as a Music Mark school for 2025-26. This is thanks to a nomination from Wolverhampton Music Service, and means that we have pledged to:
  • Advocate for the importance of music education in the curriculum and creative life of our school
  • Provide an equitable, diverse and inclusive music education for every young person
  • Welcome opportunities to broaden our musical horizons by working with providers in our community and beyond

 

Record Breaking Open Evening Attendance

3rd October 2025Mrs D Curtis

Our Open Evening yesterday was a resounding success, proving more popular than ever with a record-breaking attendance of over 950 visitors from surrounding towns and villages.

We want to thank every parent, carer, and student who attended for creating such a vibrant and lively atmosphere. It was fantastic for our staff and students to see the enthusiasm and excitement of the Year 5 and 6 students.

With a capacity audience, Principal Mrs. Hazeldine provided a genuine insight into the school, and the feedback afterward was overwhelmingly positive.

We must also commend our own students who were truly amazing! They were enthusiastic and passionate representatives, eager to showcase their subject areas and guide families around our beautiful academy.

We are receiving compliments from parents/carers who attended yesterday.  One parent said, “The students who guided us were exceptionally polite and well-informed; the interactive sessions were unlike anything we had experienced on other school visits; the teachers were welcoming, and it was evident that they were deeply committed to their students. The catering staff were also delightful. Our overall impression upon leaving was of a school where everyone felt a sense of personal investment and pride. My daughter mentioned, this is the place for me.”

St Edmund’s looks forward to welcoming the new year 7 students in September 2026.

For more information about our admissions policy, please click here:

Mrs Alsop – Our Black Country Hero

3rd October 2025Mrs D Curtis
We are delighted to announce that Mrs Alsop was nominated as a Black Country Hero in the Environmental Champion category last week.  She was invited to attend the finalists’ ceremony at the Molineux Stadium.
Mrs Alsop didn’t win but that didn’t matter as it was an incredible night and she had the pleasure of meeting some truly wonderful and inspirational people doing amazing things in our area.
Congratulaions to Mrs Alsop who said, “I feel I was there on behalf of Eco Club and St Edmund’s, as well as all the wider community and organisations that have supported us, so this was one for all of us.”

Helping the People of Gaza – with a haircut!

2nd October 2025Michael Mckearney

Sadly, we all see too many pictures like the one on this post coming out of the awful situation in Gaza.

CAFOD, our global charity this year, is working alongside other aid agencies to attempt to relieve the suffering of the people of Gaza who are the worst affected by the ongoing war.

To help with this, on Friday 3 October, Rev will be doing a “Brave the Shave” to raise money for this appeal. He will lose all the hair on his head – with a bit of the beard remaining.

You are always fantastically generous in our charity appeals so please, if you are able, sponsor Rev by sending in £1 per student, cash is fine. We’ll all then be able to help someone who is going through this awful situation.

Thank you and God bless you all!

Rev

Open Evening – Thursday 2nd October

30th September 2025Mrs D Curtis

The St Edmund’s family would like to extend a warm welcome to prospective students and families to our Open Evening on Thursday 2nd October. This is a wonderful opportunity to explore our facilities and meet the vibrant, caring St Edmund’s family.

Meet our passionate teachers and students to get a real taste of the academic and extended learning curriculum we offer.

Staff and students will share what makes the St Edmund’s family so special, from academic and pastoral support, to student life and beyond.

The Principal will be giving presentations in the Arena at 6.15, 6.45 and 7.15pm.

Checkout the engaging taster sessions in some of our classrooms. Look out for the medieval experience, Wizard of Oz themed drama, writing in flavour and so much more!

We have plenty of car park spaces behind St Edmund’s and even more parking spaces are located further up the Compton Park Road on St Peter’s College staff car park.

 

 

Celebration Launch Mass at St Austin’s Catholic Church

29th September 2025Mrs D Curtis

Today we celebrated the launch of our new Catholic Multi-Academy Trust, St Gabriel the Archangel, with all 64 school coming together through a live-streamed Mass to welcome in the new Trust.

St Edmund’s students and staff  joined our wider family in the prayer of St Gabriel as we celebrated the archangels, who are considered chief angels of the highest order.

Our family of schools were united together. ‘Forming pilgrims of hope with kind hearts, questioning minds, a thirst for knowledge, and a hunger for justice.’

 

This was a unique day in the life of the archdiocese, the wider parishes and in Catholic Education who work for our children, sharing the good news of Jesus.

Our new Catholic Multi-Academy Trust is dedicated to Gabriel the Archangel and is a special part of God’s family with 22,000+ pupils, 3,130 dedicated staff and hundreds of governors and partners.

“Listen with love and walk forward together, one community of faith, learning, and  messengers of hope. We are forming pilgrims of hope with kind hearts, questioning minds, a thirst for knowledge and a hunger for justice.”

 

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St Ed’s Makes Further Pledges to Care for Creation This Year

29th September 2025Mrs D Curtis

Catholic Social Teaching has always been a part of the Church’s teaching and mission, right from the very beginning of the Church. It was formally written down at the end of the 19th century by Pope Leo XIII in his letter, or encyclical, “Rerum Novarum” (“On New Things”). Today, there are seven key principles or themes to this teaching. Building on the reception of our “Live Simply” award, this year at St Ed’s we will be focusing on the principle of “Care for our Common Home”.

 

Our three charities this year all work in some way to “Care for our Common Home.” They are:

 

Father Hudson’s Caritas – Local Charity

Operation Noah – National Charity

CAFOD – International Charity

 

We encourage all of our extended St Ed’s family to support our students in the endeavours to raise as much money as they can for the vital work undertaken by these charities.

 

For more information on CST and our charities, please click on the link below:

 

Catholic Social Teaching and our Charities – 2025-26

 

 

Macmillan Cake Sale Success

26th September 2025Mrs D Curtis

As part of our European Day of Languages celebrations, parents and carers were invited to join us for a ‘European Day of Languages’ themed Macmillan Coffee Morning today. 

All funds raised from the sale will go to Macmillan Cancer Support who help raise vital funds to support over 3 million people living with cancer in the UK. 

Students also had the opportunity to get involved in the cake sale at specific times throughout the day and were encouraged to come to the academy wearing clothes to represent a country from Europe.

Thank you to all parents and carers who came along to support the cake sale and help us to continue building the strength of our parent partnership and thank you to Miss Blanchette, Curriculum Leader for Modern Foreign Languages for organising the event.

 

Admission Guide

25th September 2025Mrs D Curtis

We look forward to seeing you next week for our open evening to meet the staff and pupils, tour the academy, and listen to the Principal’s presentation.

Pre-booking is not required and there will be 3 chances to hear the Principal’s presentation telling you all about life at St Edmund’s and the admission process.

To assist further, we’ve produced this guide to help parents and carers navigate the admissions process.

Further information is also available on the academy website.

“Treat Every Day as a New Creation”

19th September 2025Mrs D Curtis

Year 7 Welcome Mass – Friday 19th September

This morning our new Year 7 students, along with stheir family members, gathered in the arena to celebrate their “Welcome Mass.” The Mass was celebrated by our new Academy Priest Chaplain, Fr Gerry, who is also the assistant priest at St Carlo Acutis parish here in Wolverhampton. 

The readings and prayers of the Mass were taken from the Mass for the Care of Creation, which was very appropriate given that we are currently in the “Season of Creation.” Reflecting on the gospel reading, the Calming of the Storm, and his own school days, Fr Gerry encouraged year 7 to make the most of the opportunities that were given them, and to pray often, asking especially for the help of the Holy Spirit in their lives. He acknowledged that sometimes being in a new, and much bigger school, can be a bit scary – rather like how the apostles would have felt on the boat – but that this was ok as there were always lots of people there to help.

Thank you to all our servers (Sam, Sophia, Chukwudi, Melanie and Subeni), our readers (Xavier and Carter), those who led our bidding prayers (Lily, Lordina, Tamera and Peyton), and those who brought up the gifts for the offertory (Timur, Shanaya and Nolan). All of our students, whether exercising a ministry, or being part of the congregation, did themselves and their families proud! Welcome to St Edmund’s Year 7!

 

Photograph left to right: Melanie, Sam, Subeni, Fr Gerry, Sophia, Chukwudi, Nolan and Reverend McKearney