Gjovani Inspired By Young Professionals UK

7th October 2021Mrs D Curtis

Young Professionals is a company that helps thousands of school students to accelerate their careers in apprenticeship and work experience programs. As a Year 12 studying Maths, Economics, Physics and Further Mathematics, this program was recommended by my Head of Year.

 

Working with prestigious companies, Young Professionals offers many webinars and live events and it has been reassuring to find out that the main objective of companies is to employ people based on their qualities and personalities, not just the grades they achieve. It has been amazing to hear this from companies such as PCW and CIMA.

 

The Birmingham Banking and Finance live event was a great way for me to get an insight into this career path and how companies offer programmes, such as a degree apprenticeship, paying for you to go to uni and then providing a job with their company as soon as you qualify. It is an incredible thought to be debt-free and employed straight after finishing university.

 

The in-person event was also amazing, as we were able to network with the companies there who were interested to hear about our aspirations and help us in meeting our goal, either through their company or another they could recommend.

 

The main reason I have been so impressed with Young Professionals is that the owners are two 23-year-old friends, one of whom was a dropout at the age of 17 and the other had the “worst day of my life” after gaining 3 Cs at A-level and not being able to go to his chosen university. After having a conversation with them, I realised how genuine both Dan and Josh were and how willing they were to help undecided young people with great skills and qualities to find their career path.

To learn more about Young Professionals you can either find me during lunch or break times or go to the Young Professionals website:

https://young-professionals.uk/

Instagram: @youngprouk

Gjovani Cinari (Year 12)

 

 

St Edmund’s Year 7 students celebrate their Sacrament of Confirmation at St Michael’s

4th October 2021Mrs D Curtis

Recently five St Edmund’s students from St Michael’s parish celebrated their Confirmation led by Monsignor Mark. This is the sacrament in the Catholic faith where we are given the gift of the Holy Spirit to guide and protect us through life. We proclaim our belief in the Catholic faith as young adults and take a special extra name  (Catholics have two names they are given at Baptism and then a third name at Confirmation that you can choose yourself. The first two names are chosen for you by your parents!)

 

The children were joined by family and friends and Mrs Hazeldine was delighted to be there to join in the celebration and award each student a STAR award for their commitment to their Catholic faith.

 

Photo: Left to right – Monsignor Mark, Erin Phillips, Lyla Trubshaw, Anna Chesters, Tizzy Pugh and Mrs Hazeldine.

Virtual Open Evening – 5.30pm Thursday 7th October 2021

21st September 2021Mrs D Curtis

St Edmund’s Catholic Academy is delighted to invite prospective parents, carers and students to join us for our virtual open evening on Thursday 7 October 2021.

Mrs Hazeldine, Principal, will deliver a presentation from the Lecture Theatre at 5.30 and 7pm.
The Principal’s presentation will cover:
  • St Edmund’s unique vision, ethos and CARE values
  • excellent existing and new facilities for March 2022
  • detailed information about our curriculum offer and our excellent examination results
  • detailed information about the application process
  • a video presentation from year 7 students sharing what they love about St Edmund’s
  • a video presentation from our sixth form leadership team who will share what it means to be a St Edmunds student.

Pre register now to be in with a chance to win a ÂŁ50 Amazon voucher.

https://www.stedmundscloud.co.uk/pre-register/

 

Chartwells Fire 7 Tablet Winners

15th September 2021Mrs D Curtis

Our catering and food services are provided by Chartwells and they held a promotion to reward students who had made the most purchases, during the summer term, with a Fire 7 tablet.

Congratulation to our winners: Luke Marsland, Olivia McKay and Christopher Edobor

 

 

Photo left to right: Luke Marsland, Olivia McKay and Christopher Edobor

ECO Water Bottle Now On Sale

8th September 2021Mrs D Curtis
St Edmund’s Catholic Academy is already an ECO CLUB BRONZE SCHOOL and is aiming to become even more sustainable this year with introducing reusable bottles.
The bottle offers all the durability and style of the current trend in metal bottles without the weight and cost!  It is made from durable tritan material that is also shatter, stain and odour resistant with a stainless steel base and screw-on lid.
The bottle is on sale to students and staff at COST price of £4.50 so a real bargain.  
 
If you would like a bottle please order on PARENTPAY.
Bottles can be refilled for free from the chilled water stations around the school.

Success for all at St Edmund’s Catholic Academy 

12th August 2021Mrs D Curtis

The skies are blue and our students are smiling today as GCSE results are published. It has been a time of tremendous success for our year 11 who have worked so maturely and with such resilience after two periods of lockdown. 

 

Mrs Hazeldine said “I have this mantra I use a lot! :  all our students need to feel success at St Edmund’s”  and I am so happy to see this in action today. From our highest academic achievers to our wonderful SEND students who have made fantastic progress, I feel so proud and blessed to be working in this community. 

 

72.4% of all students have achieved a 4+ in English and Maths and 48.0% have achieved 5+ with the best progress scores for all students ever recorded for our wonderful SEND pupils who we are equally proud of at St Edmund’s.  

 

Our highest achievers were very excited to have gathered 80  grade 7+ between them: . 

 

  • Amelia Beet 9,8,9,9,8,9,9,9,9,9
  • Salma Iram 9,9,8,9,9,8,8,9,8,9
  • Kyle Luis 9,9,9,8,9,9,9,8,8,8
  • Grace Richards 9,8,8,8,8,8,8,9,8,8
  • Ashpriya Basi 8,7,8,7,8,8,9,9,8,9
  • Yusuf Bhogal 8,7,9,8,8,8,8,7,9,9
  • Navin Sonsana 8,8,8,7,9,8,8.5,7,8,9
  • Bartlomiej Radosz   8,6,8,9,7,9,8.5,7,9,8

 

In total 66 grade 9’s were awarded to our students. 323 GCSE grades of 7 or higher were achieved (25.2%)  Our vocational students were equally impressive with a total of 20 L2 Distinction* grades awarded (15.7%). Our students, their families and our community are very proud indeed.

 

 

Photo: Wadha Shadi

 

Photo: Gjovani Cinari

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photo: Grace Richards

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photo: Kyle Luis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photo L-R: Ashpriya Basi, Amelia Beet, Navin Sonana and Othnielia Chambers

Outstanding A level success and amazing careers ahead for St Edmund’s students

10th August 2021Mrs D Curtis

Once again, St Edmund’s  is delighted to present  the fantastic achievements of their year 13 students. Despite the challenges of COVID and lockdown , students have exceeded their targets with many more achieving the coveted  A*, A and B grades than ever before.

 

Amongst the many higher achievers:

  • Mbere Umoh gained A*,A, A, B and will be studying Earth Sciences at St Anne’s College, Oxford. 
  • Monique Dhillon achieved A*, A*, A and will be studying  law at Birmingham University. 
  • Joshua Lee, (A*, A*, A) plans to study Maths and French at Exeter University.
  • Harijan Sangha (A*, A*, A) will study Mathematics  at Warwick University.

 

Principal, Maggie Hazeldine said, “I am thrilled that our young people have achieved such outstanding grades this year. Their success has ensured entrance to the country’s top universities including Oxford, Exeter, Manchester and Bristol and Warwick.

 

What is also striking about this year is the amazing range of highly competitive careers that our vocational students have succeeded in accessing: 

  • Emma Esedebe  will be the first female student from St Edmunds to study Automotive and Transport Design at Coventry University
  • Dylan Khan – Cyber Security at Staffordshire University
  • Paige Gostick – Forensics at Winchester 
  • Destiny Gooden – Mental health Nursing at Birmingham University. 
  • Leah James – Adult Nursing at Liverpool John Moores Uni
  • Rahul Bhaley – Real Estate at BCU

 

They have made their school and their families very proud indeed”. 

 

Photo: Mbere Umoh and Mrs Hazeldine (Principal)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photo: Emma Esedebe and Mrs Hazeldine (Principal)

Congratulations to all of our former students who are graduating from university this year

29th July 2021Mrs D Curtis

Congratulations to all of our former students who are graduating from university this year.

 

We have already heard from a few of our #Classof2019 and #Classof2018 but we’d love to hear from more so please do get in touch with us so we can share your wonderful news with everyone at St Edmund’s.

 

Our Alumni Manager, Dawn Hogg, would love for you to contact her direct:  dhogg@stedmunds.org

 

#StEdmundsAlumni  #StayInTouch