Editorial from Express & Star Thursday 2 February 2017:-

CONTINUING UPWARD TREND OF SUCCESS FOR ST EDMUND’S

Following publication of the school league tables on 19 January, St Edmund’s Catholic Academy were very pleased to see that they are continuing their upward trend of success in Wolverhampton.

As an oversubscribed secondary academy, with a steadily growing Sixth Form, they feel they are on the threshold of outstanding.

Their vibrant Sixth Form, where 100 per cent of students last year were successful and 18 per cent of grades achieved were at A* / A, currently has 110 potential students signed up for admission in September 2017 and the number is still growing.

Acting Head of Sixth, Miss Roach commented ‘Our light and airy Sixth Form area, combined with choice of courses on offer, make St Edmund’s hard to resist.  We look forward to welcoming our new students later in the year’.

In years 7-11 the Academy is oversubscribed year on year with steadily improving results following the good Ofsted inspection in March 2016.

Mrs Hughes, Principal, added ‘Our continued upward trend is due to the sheer hard work of our students, staff and stakeholders.  Since we moved to our new location on Compton Park nearly four years ago, we continue to grow as a close community based on our strong Catholic ethos.  All our students are valued and nurtured to achieve their utmost potential’.

Please pay them a visit – they are sure you’ll like what you see!

St Edmund’s, with the support of Carol Codner, Education Business Advisor, held a Careers Fair earlier this week following a school review of careers, enterprise and employability activity.

There were 24 exhibitors from both industry and education who came together to showcase the opportunities available to students after completing their studies at St Edmund’s.  Members of our Sixth Form also joined the exhibition and shared valuable information, guidance and the benefits of completing A Level’s at St Edmund’s.

All exhibitors gave practical advice, careers guidance and information to students in Years 9,10 and 12. Feedback from students and staff, following the event, was very positive. Exhibitors thoroughly enjoyed the event.  They were so impressed with our students. The commitment to the task, the quality of the questions asked and how polite and well-mannered they were.  

Nigel Moorhouse, Enterprise Adviser, commented, “I think it’s wonderful to see that St Edmund’s has embraced the Careers and Enterprise Company initiative, through working with Wolverhampton City Council and UTC to feature careers guidance within the school and preparing young people for the world of work.  In today’s event 350 students have been exposed to 24 different organisations, including local employers, colleges, universities and training providers.  The response and enthusiasm of the students has been overwhelming in their thirst to find information about careers.  This is the third event that I have been involved with and it is a big well done to Mr Katumba and his team for their efforts and organising this important event.”

Rebecca Ward from Walsall College said, ” The key thing to remember is whatever route is chosen after GCSEs, whether it’s A Levels, BTECs or an Apprenticeship, students need to work hard to achieve good pass marks in their GCSEs to unlock the doors to their future”.

Many thanks to all exhibitors for contributed to this highly successful event.

St Edmund’s Sixth Form, Army, Royal Navy, Halesowen College, City of Wolverhampton College, Dudley College, Walsall College, University of Wolverhampton, Birmingham City University, Edge Hill University, Cardiff University, Staffordshire University, NHS, GTG, Performance Through People, Access to Music, Juniper, Sixteen25,  Carillion, Babcock, Wolverhampton Homes, The Way, The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Mint and  Games Design Digital Media.