National Highways will be hosting webinars aimed at aspiring Apprentices, their parents, and carers, on:
Monday 9th February – 16:00 – 17:00
Tuesday 10th February – 17:00 – 18:00
Friday 13th February – 12:00 – 13:00
Please share the below link with your students:
JLR will be hosting an online Apprenticeship Information Webinar during National Apprenticeship Week. See further information below and on the flyer attached.
Webinar details:
The evening timing allows students to attend alongside parents, carers, or anyone supporting them with their apprenticeship applications.
Skillsfest from Lloyds Banking Group returns this Spring in time for National Apprenticeship Week. For the first time and to ensure everyone gets a chance to join Skillsfest,
Lloyds Banking Group will be running virtual Skillsfest throughout the day of Saturday 7th February.
Students need to be 14 on the day of the event and under 16s must be accompanied by an adult.
Tickets can be secured through Eventbrite using the link below.
Our “Inside Out” LIFE Group have been working on their self-portraits. Pupils have been looking at representing their interests, hobbies and personalities through their art. Each piece celebrates individuality, encouraging pupils to explore their own style and express who they are beyond appearances. The finished pieces reflect a lovely mix of personalities, passions, and creativity, showing that there is no single way to represent ourselves.
On Wednesday 28 January, Workload and Wellbeing Leads from across the Trust came together for the first People Strategy Conference, focusing on driving professional growth and staff wellbeing.
The conference reinforced our commitment to creating environments where staff feel valued, supported, and able to thrive.
The event centred on embedding the Trust’s People Strategy: Attract & Retain, Develop, Empower, Thrive, with practical discussions on supporting colleagues at every stage of their career, prioritising manageable workloads and wellbeing, and sharing ideas to build a positive, collaborative culture across all schools.
Our strategy is designed to attract, develop, and retain talented staff who share our Trust’s vision and values. We aim to empower colleagues to grow, lead, and innovate, ensure consistently high-quality teaching and support across all schools, foster a positive, collaborative culture where teams can thrive, and drive long-term success for every pupil and community we serve.
By investing in our people and putting wellbeing at the heart of everything we do, the Trust ensures a strong, resilient workforce ready to deliver education without exception.
Year 12 students were interviewed today by an engineer and a magistrate to help them develop their interview techniques and professional skills. Employers were extremely impressed by the students’ confidence, their fluent responses, and their ability to articulate their ideas clearly.
Well done to all of Year 12 for such an excellent performance, and congratulations to our winners — Sukhman, Zoe and Emmanuella — who were nominated by the employers as the candidates they would choose to employ.
We recently took 14 pupils from Years 10 and 11 to see SIX the Musical, and it was an unforgettable experience.
Pupils were fantastic ambassadors for the school and thoroughly enjoyed the performance. The trip gave them the opportunity to experience professional live theatre, deepen their understanding of musical theatre and gain inspiration for their own creative work in Performing Arts. We are incredibly proud of how they represented the school and look forward to seeing how this experience influences their future performances and studies.
Wednesfield Academy is open as normal tomorrow (Tuesday 13th January 2026) and we apologise for the inconvenience caused today by the school closure due to a burst water pipe resulting in no running water. This issue has been resolved, and we look forward to seeing all pupils back in school. Thank you parents/carers for your understanding and patience.
We are extremely proud of Arjun in Year 8 who has just completed an intensive and exciting period performing in the Christmas pantomime Sleeping Beauty at the Wolverhampton Grand Theatre. Following rehearsals and a full run of performances from December 2025 to January 2026, he took part in around 15 performances over approximately six weeks, gaining valuable experience of the commitment and discipline required in a professional, large-scale production. Amazing achievement!
IMPORTANT MESSAGE
As the pupils arrived at school this morning a water pipe has burst resulting in the school not having running water. We have had mechanical engineers onsite within 20 minutes who have confirmed that the issue cannot be resolved in less than 2-3 hours, but possibly longer.
This means that with regret we have to shut the school for the rest of today, as we cannot have the pupils in school for hygiene, hydration and catering reasons without running water. I am very sorry for the inconvenience this has caused, and we will update you if the issue cannot be resolved today.
Pupils will be dismissed at 9.30am, but we are instructing all pupils that if they cannot make their own way home they are to stay onsite.
If pupils want to complete any work while at home, we recommend they use our online platforms such as GCSE Pod and MathsWatch.
Apologises for the situation, this is certainly not what as a school we would ever want to do.
Wednesfield Academy
Lichfield Road
Wednesfield, Wolverhampton
West Midlands
WV11 3ES
T: 01902 558 222
postbox@wednesfieldacademy.co.uk
Monday - Thursday: 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
Friday: 8:00 am - 3:30 pm
