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Dear parents and carers
If your child is currently in receipt of Free School Meals, a £30 voucher per student covering W/C 4/1/21 and W/C 11/1/21 has been issued on 05/01/2021 using the same method as the Winter voucher ( the Government Edenred scheme).
Please access this voucher from the Edenred system in the same way you did for the Christmas break.
If you are experiencing any difficulties, please email: [email protected]

The government has issued vouchers for parents and carers of students who receive free school meals to cover the Christmas break.
A host of information is available for Parents/carers and can be found at https://www.edenred.co.uk/reward-recipients/Free-School-Meal-Vouchers/ and https://www.edenred.co.uk/Documents/Select/clients/SelectGrocery_FSM_ParentCarerFAQs.pdf

Or for email queries: [email protected]

There will be a dedicated SCHOOL email address for enquiries regarding the Edenred Christmas voucher issue. The dedicated email address is: [email protected]

This will be monitored at regular intervals throughout the school holiday to try to resolve any concerns as quickly as possible. If concerns cannot be resolved they will be logged to be picked up by the school on re-opening on the 4th January 2021.
Wishing you all a safe and Merry Christmas

The First Student Fundraising Event – Thursday 17th December
Wear A Sports Shirt/Sporty Top Day

Students may choose to come to school in a Sports shirt, Sporty top or Sports Club hoody on this day and will be asked to contribute a minimum of £1 towards our goal.

This is not a non-school uniform day and so students would be expected to wear their school uniform with the only exception being they can wear a sporty top rather than their shirt/blouse and tie and jumper or blazer.

Existing rules on shoes, jewellery, and clothing suitable for school must be followed and school lanyards must be worn.

This event has £4£ matching up to the first £1,000 raised. This means that for every £1 that you donate; £2 is raised for the pitch.

How to donate to this event

Payments can be made via your child’s sQuid account.

• Click Here to log into your sQuid account
• Click on the Offers available in the Trips and Offers purse
• Add the Kick off the Fundraising and Pitch In to your basket
• Click on Change Amount and enter your donation amount (minimum £1) and then save and checkout.

Thank you

Friends of Bosworth Academy

Due to Covid 19 restrictions we cannot allow students to collect their certificates in the way they normally would.
All collections are to be made from the canteen doors where staff will be waiting to hand certificates out.
Please queue remembering to socially distance yourself and you must use a mask when arriving at the school.

We therefore request that they are collected as follows;

Surnames beginning with A through to M collect on this day:

Tuesday December 15th.

• Surname beginning with A to D collect at 9:15am
• Surname beginning with E to I collect at 9.45am
• Surname beginning with J to M collect at 10:15am

 
Surnames beginning with N through to Z collect on this day:

Wednesday December 16th

• Surname beginning N to Q collect at 9:15am
• Surname beginning R to U collect at 9.45am
• Surname beginning V to Z collect at 10:15am

Many thanks

Alison Brewster
Exams Officer

The Bosworth Academy Open Evening will be taking place on Wednesday 14th October at 6PM on YouTube Live @ youtube.com/BosworthAcademy During the event we would like prospective parents to ask questions about Bosworth Academy and we will attempt to answer them as best as we can. If you have any questions that you would like us to answer, then please fill out the form using the link below:

Bosworth Academy Virtual Open Evening Questions Form

 
Click the link below to download the NCS Newsletter:
NCS Autumn Parent & Guardian Newsletter [pdf]

This morning our Bosworth Academy Year 11 students and staff celebrated GCSE success at the end of what has been an unprecedented academic year.

Simon Brown, Headteacher
“Today it was so delightful to see our Year 11 students once again since having to close our doors to most students on 20th March.The ‘Year 11 of 2020’ have had to overcome so many mental challenges having their most important GCSE year cut short so dramatically. Yet all of our teachers and staff are so proud of how they have faced the many barriers, disruptions and dramatic announcements throughout the last few months. Our students have made great progress throughout their twelve years of education and five years with us that they quite rightly deserve to celebrate. The many brilliant grades received today are testament to their hard work and studies, something they should feel really proud of.
Our teachers and subject leaders applied careful assessment methodologies, using evidence from each student’s work during their GCSE, with professionalism and integrity to ensure all students were assessed fairly. All Bosworth staff dearly missed being able to see our students through to the end of their studies. With the ongoing challenges the World is now facing we are all confident that our Year 11 students have the skills, enthusiasm and creativity to make real change to our communities and beyond. Good luck in whatever your next path, I know we’ll see many of you in our Sixth Form.”

Rebecca Harbour, Assistant Head of School Key Stage 4
“What a rollercoaster journey these students have been on! Over the last 5 years they have been at Bosworth Academy we have seen them all grow and mature into wonderful young adults. Our heart broke for them when they were given 2 days’ notice to come to terms with the fact that they were not going to be sitting their exams and were to say goodbye to classmates and teachers much earlier than they ever thought would happen. Throughout this whole journey they have conducted themselves impeccably and dealt with the upheaval and turbulence with real courage, character and resilience. Today is a day that celebrates not only their GCSE grades, but their character and they should all be very proud of themselves.”

Some individual successes included:
Harry achieved 9 grade 9s, 2 grade 8s and a grade 6. He will continue his studies with us next year in our sixth form.
Jago achieved 9 grade 9s and 2 grade 8s. He will also stay on in Bosworth Academy sixth form to study Further Maths, Maths, Physics, Chemistry and Computer Science.
Shirin achieved 4 grade 9s and 7 grades 8s. She is studying A Level Maths, Biology,Chemistry and Psychology at Bosworth Academy sixth form next year.

Student Quotes
Harry said ‘I really enjoyed my time at Bosworth Academy. The staff are so supportive and friendly’
Shiv said ‘Bosworth Academy was the most marvellous experience I have ever had. The staff and students are delightful.’

Once again our Bosworth Academy Sixth Form students and staff are celebrating many excellent A level and AS level results. After a year and a half of hard work and study, followed by the final months of disruption caused by a pandemic, with huge uncertainty around the grade calculation methodology, our students remained resilient.

Simon Brown, Headteacher

“Our ‘A level Class of 2020’ have had to overcome so many obstacles to achieve the many great results achieved today. Our A Level headline measures, often quoted by the press, are very positive and once again higher than national including at A*, A*/A and A*-B. What really matters though, is our students and their individual achievements. Unfortunately a number of exam boards awarded results today that have left us feeling exasperated at the process they used to allocate A and AS level grades. The concerns our leadership team raised with Ofqual during their consultation process were sadly confirmed today. Basing our students’ outcomes on the grade distribution in subjects over the last three years is wrong as it must be about the individual student, their learning, progress, and their performance. Our staff approached the unprecedented task of determining centre-assessed grades with the utmost professionalism and integrity to ensure all students were assessed fairly on a range of evidence, not trial exam results alone, though many students’ calculated exam grades now differ because of an immoral statistical model. We will be reviewing our results in detail over the next few days and strongly contending with exam boards and Ofqual with an aim to reinstate centre-assessed grades for those students affected.
It is important that we celebrate our student’s incredible tenacity, proactive stance towards learning and their dedication to study throughout their A/AS levels. I am confident they have acquired the skills to navigate ambiguity and change, so important in our current times.Their achievements are a testimony to the commitment and expertise of Bosworth staff who have remained committed to seeing them succeed.”

Louise Holdback, Assistant Head of School – Sixth Form

“Students will have the choice of either using grades awarded by exam boards, their mock exam grades or may choose to sit exams as part of the Autumn series to proceed to University or the workplace. Some may feel that they have been unfairly treated by the system, which does not reflect the grades they deserved and worked so hard for over the last two years. For those students we will ensure that they feel supported by Bosworth Academy and we will liaise with university providers where necessary. When year 13 students this year have already made so many sacrifices it seems unjust that they should be further disadvantaged by an unfair system which does not recognise the challenges they have worked so hard to overcome.”

Some individual successes included:

Ellie, going to Cambridge University to Study Natural Sciences. She is thrilled that she got the results she hoped for, especially after such a strange year. She is now able to progress on to her next step. She got A*s in Biology and Chemistry and A for History.

Hannah and Elizabeth – were both pleased with their results, and are excited about pursuing their chosen subjects at University.

Sam – He was absolutely over the moon with his results and can’t wait to begin at University. He got 3 A*s which has enabled him to get his first choice place at Imperial College, London where he will be studying Mechanical Engineering.

David – He was glad that his anxious wait for the results was over, and he was pleased to get a 2 As and a B so that he can progress on to Loughborough University where he will be studying Sport and Exercise Science.

Mya and James – were glad that their grades reflected the hard work they had put in prior to lockdown. James was happy to be able to get the results needed to study Civil Engineering at Loughborough University.