Rob Marris, MP for Wolverhampton South West came to visit St Edmund’s on Friday 13 May.  His visit was as a result of a letter he had received from IFS University College informing him of outstanding work at St Edmund’s.

Mr Marris met with Mrs Hughes and Mr Auger, who gave him a lot of information about how our students are prepared for employment. Mr Marris took a great deal of interest in our new academy.  It was his first visit.  Mr Marris said, following a tour of the academy, that we have good facilities and purposeful spaces.

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Parents and visitors will have noticed the improvements that have recently been made to the road through Compton Park.

As part of these improvements the City of Wolverhampton Council has installed a new “Tiger Crossing”. This combines a pedestrian Zebra with a crossing for people on bikes. They are called “Tiger” because early versions had yellow stripes on black tarmac. The Tiger Crossing works in the same way as a Zebra Crossing. Drivers should pay particular attention to cyclists or pedestrians approaching and give way to if they wish to cross.

As part of the ongoing works yellow lines have been installed along parts of the road. Double yellow lines indicate a prohibition of waiting at any time. You MUST NOT wait or park, or stop to set down and pick up passengers on yellow lines.

These restrictions will be strictly enforced by City of Wolverhampton Council Parking Wardens and West Midlands Police.

This term, fourteen students from St Edmund’s went to Highfields School to compete in the first City Trampolining Competition. There were three sections and the prescribed routines reflected this in terms of difficulty. All performers only had one chance to perform their routine so it had to be correct, performed at height and with good body shape. Mrs Cartlidge was proud of all participants for their efforts in training beforehand and their performances on the day. Well done!

Participants

Beginner category – Grace Roberts, Kaitlyn Hemmings, Serena Kamtchom Mayoudom, Jessica Divincenzo.

Intermediate category – Josh Dodd-Matthews, Jasdeep Kulair, Lysia Bayley, Amber Nicholls, & Dylan Harvey.

Advanced category – Rosie Murphy, Finn Mullen, Chiara Montana, Christina Clifton & Lisa Spratt.

Results

Grace Roberts – Bronze medal winner

Lysia Bayley – Bronze medal winner

Amber Nicholls – Silver medal winner

Lisa Spratt – GOLD medal winner   CITY CHAMPION!

On Wednesday 20^th April Mr Bard and Mrs Curtis accompanied St Edmund’s Music students on a wonderful trip to the Symphony Hall in Birmingham.

Conductor Michael Seal, presenter Rachel Leach and the CBSO presented a lively hour-long guide to the orchestra, from the classical era to the sounds of today – with music drawn from the BBC Ten Pieces.

Music included Wagner, Bizet Carmem, Clyne and also the very upbeat West Bernstein West Side Story Symphonic Dances – Mambo.

Students thoroughly enjoyed the concert in the spectacular surroundings of the Symphony Hall and in particular DJ Switch was very entertaining!

Anthony said: “It was one of my favourite trips, it was amazing.”

Alex said: “It was good, very cool to see the BBC concert orchestra perform their ten pieces, fantastic experience.”

The year 8 girls netball team celebrated both league and cup success this season.

In the league competition, St Edmund’s came joint second and went through to the semi final on goal difference. They met a very strong Wolverhampton Grammar School team and were 3-1 down at half time, Wolverhampton Grammar School pulled away in the second half, eventually winning 12-4.

In the city tournament, St Edmund’s amassed an incredible 25 goals to come second in their group and qualify for the semi finals.

Their opponents in the semi finals were Smestow. However, despite a great effort, unfortunately St Edmund’s were unable to progress to the final.

Congratulations to the following players who have contributed to the success of the year 8 team – Sophie Abbott, Chaya Coleman, Monique Dhillon, Emma Esedebe, Kye-Leana Green, Cassidy Henshel, Shanice McGrowther, Esther Mey, Nyasha Mudzamiri and Sofiyah Sharrocks.

The Year 11 Easter Revision Timetable can be found by clicking the link ‘Year 11 Easter Revision Timetable’ below.

Year 11 Easter Revision Timetable (2)

Staff and pupils have been celebrating in style after Ofsted rated St Edmund’s Catholic Academy as “Good”.

Catering assistant Sam Hamilton and teacher Angela Jeer baked a cake to mark their success following the publication of the report this week.

Inspectors found the students to be “well behaved and a credit to St Edmund’s Catholic Community”, and said the leadership team had maintained a good quality of education at the academy.

They praised Principal Maggie Hughes’ “clear-sighted and organised” leadership and said that under her direction, senior leaders work with “rigour and clarity of purpose”.

They said the academy has a culture of “high expectations for achievement, exemplary behaviour and a strong community spirit”, with pupils who are well turned out and show pride in themselves and St Edmund’s.

And they found rates of progress in English and mathematics increased sharply in 2015 from those recorded a year before.

Mrs Hughes, who was appointed in September 2014, said: “I am delighted to say that the inspection was a great success and we have retained our Good judgement.

“The feedback from the inspectors is extremely positive, highlighting the progress we have made since our previous inspection and pointing out next steps towards an outstanding judgement.

“Our strength lies in working together to ensure our young people make the best use of their skills and talents giving them the outstanding results.”

Julien Kramer, the City of Wolverhampton Council’s Director of Education said: “I would like to congratulate the staff, pupils and parents at St Edmund’s on a superb outcome which reflects well on this great school and our city.

“I’m delighted that the hard work of the principal, her leadership team, the pupils and everyone else associated with the Academy has been recognised, and I am sure parents will join me in congratulating them as they continue their journey towards hopefully receiving an Outstanding judgement from Ofsted in the future.”