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Aspiring actors are winners at the Peterborough Drama Festival A group of 14 talented performing arts students from Spalding Academy took to the stage at the Peterborough Drama Festival last term to compete against students from other schools including Bourne Academy and Cowley Academy. The festival is a fantastic showcase Read more…

Yoga exercises stretch students understanding of Hinduism In one of the Religious Studies lessons, our Year 7 students swapped the classroom for the gym as they experienced yoga to understand how strenuous and beneficial this practice can be (as well as being harder than they thought!). In the classroom, students Read more…

Science Fair feature stands and experiments run by student scientists To develop a passion for Science, we run an amazing after-school Science Club for Year 7 and Year 8 where they have been creating and practicing experiments using everyday items you could find in the home. To showcase what our Read more…

You helped raise over £4,000 for Comic Relief / Red Nose Day Thank you very much to all the students and staff who generously donated their monies to Comic Relief / Red Nose Day for our non-uniform day. Across the Trust, you helped raise an amazing £4,131.41. This money will Read more…

Free books for Years 7 and 8 in our Great BIG BOOK Giveaway Earlier this month, we celebrated World Book Day and we are continuing to promote a love of reading at Spalding Academy by launching ‘The Great BIG BOOK Giveaway’ this week where we are giving away over 500 books across Read more…

Year 9 students get to choose the subjects they want to study The choices that Year 9 students make over the next few weeks can play an important part in shaping their future careers paths as they get to choose the Key Stage 4 options for the GCSE/BTEC subjects they Read more…

Poetry Competition spreads the message of hope, joy and love! To develop creative writing skills and spread the message of hope, joy and love across the generations, this term we launched a Spring Term Poetry Competition, which is open to all students in Years 7 to 11. The theme for Read more…

Teacher Training and Teaching Assistant events attract new staff Last week, we held two recruitment events at Spalding Academy to meet the growing need for new Teachers and Teaching Assistants across the Trust, due to all schools being extremely popular as we continue to be oversubscribed and have an increase Read more…

Get your head in a ‘classic’ with our Ambition Reading Challenge Reading has significant benefits, both academically and for mental health. To give every student the opportunity to read more widely and at a higher level of complexity, we have launched the ‘Ambition Reading Challenge’. As we are a reading Read more…

Get RED-DY for non-uniform day in aid of Comic Relief / Red Nose Day On Friday 21st March 2025, it is Comic Relief / Red Nose Day and we traditionally hold a non-uniform day at the school so everyone can join in together and raise money for this worthwhile cause. Read more…