Due to the unprecedented temperatures expected this week, St Edmund’s Catholic Academy will be closed to students on Monday 18th and Tuesday 19th July, reopening on Wednesday 20th July for their end of term liturgy and Edfest celebrations.

Our priority is the health, safety and well-being of all students and staff, particularly regarding travel across Wolverhampton.

All students with a personal computer or device will be expected to participate in remote learning for the next two days.

God Bless and stay well,

Mrs Hazeldine
Principal

As part of the Duke of Edinburgh Award students need to take up a volunteering activity.  This activity is of their own choosing, some students have done football coaching to younger children, others have worked in charity shops, others have done fundraising events for various charities and others have helped with animal welfare.

All of this hardwork  has a social cost of £180.18 and has made a massive difference to the local community and charities.

Well done to all students involved.

Richard Morris, Assistant Principal: Director of Mathematics, is a long-standing member of staff here at St Edmund’s.

He is an enthusiastic cyclist who enjoys fairly long regular weekend rides with friends, however, he is about to embark on his biggest challenge so far by taking part in the Annual Aberdovey Bike Ride on 17th June.

Richard hopes, with your generous and kind support, to raise funds for Compton Care, The Good Shepherd, Cancer Research and CAFOD.

Visit Richard’s JustGiving page: https://justgiving.com/fundraising/richard-morris52

Follow his journey here: https://www.stedmundscloud.co.uk/charity-bike-ride/

This year St Edmund’s Catholic Academy and the Compton Park community have been blessed with beautiful Christmas lights on our 27m tree.

It is with gratitude and thanks to our wonderful neighbours Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club (@Wolves) who so kindly donated the lights and appointed CKW Contracts Ltd (@CkwLtd) to provide the crane and resources to decorate the tree. We look forward to lighting the sky each Christmas bringing cheer to our Compton Park family.

Christmas Tree Blessing – By Laura Kazlas

Holy Creator of Trees, Bless with your abundant grace this our Christmas tree as a symbol of joy. May its evergreen branches be a sign of your never-fading promises. May its colourful lights and ornaments call us to decorate with love our home and our world. May the gifts that surround this tree be symbols of the gifts that we have received from the Tree of Christ’s Cross. Holy Christmas tree within our home, may Joy and Peace come and nest in your branches and in our hearts. Amen

Photo: Maggie Hazeldine (Principal) with Edie, our wellbeing dog.

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.

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 AMELIA BEET who has been elected as the new Youth Commissioner for the West Midlands Police on behalf of the Wolverhampton constituency.

Amelia said,” I just wanted to say thank you to every who kindly voted for me, shared my campaign further afield, and expressed such confidence in my capabilities. I am excited by the prospect of the next 2 years and I very much look forward to working alongside yourselves and the young people in our community and across the West Midlands. I wouldn’t have been granted this opportunity to make a genuine and constructive difference to our city if it wasn’t for your votes, so a huge thank you once again”.

Photo: Amelia Beet