Tuesday 5th November – 5pm – 7pm
Tuesday 5th November – 5pm – 7pm
Period 6 for Ks4 and KS5 started on Monday 23rd September. This is an opportunity for pupils to work in small, targeted groups with subject specialists to help prepare them for their upcoming mock exams as well as preparation for the summer. Sessions are from 3pm till 4pm as per the timetable below:
Year 10
MONDAY INTERVENTION | TUESDAY INTERVENTION | WEDNESDAY INTERVENTION | THURSDAY INTERVENTION | FRIDAY INTERVENTION |
Performing Arts Miss Nash & Miss Jones – 106 | Computer Science – Mrs Howells – 107 | Mr Parsons – Sport – 107 | ||
Art – Mrs Edwards – 112 |
Year 11
MONDAY INTERVENTION | TUESDAY INTERVENTION | WEDNESDAY INTERVENTION | THURSDAY INTERVENTION | FRIDAY INTERVENTION |
History – Miss Allsopp – 306 | Statistics – Mr Wythe – 209 | English – Mrs Bradbury & Miss Cosgrove – 311 | Chemistry – Mr Abban – 214 | Drama – Miss Batten & Miss Jones – 106 |
History – Mrs Brown/Miss Roberts – 202 | Maths – Miss Newton – 205 | English – Mrs Kelly – 312 | Biology – Ms Munir – 216 | Miss Smith – Art – 112 |
Sociology – Mrs Brown/Miss Roberts – 202 | Maths – Mr Hill – 207 | English – Mrs Dorsett – 307 | Biology – Mr Jones – 115 | |
Geography – Miss Farmer – 201 | Maths – Mrs Poynton – 206 | English – Mrs Smith/Mrs Hayward – 302 | Science – Mr Jeffs – 114 | |
History – Miss Giles – 304 | Maths – Miss Watkins/Mr Solway-Blower – 210 | English – Mrs Mason & Miss Bloxam – 313 | Physics – Mr Bansal – 113 | |
Sociology – Miss E Roberts – 202 | French – Mrs Collins-Dodd – 109 | English – Mrs Shabir & Mr Higgs – 309 | Chemistry – Mr Dale – 212 | |
French – Mrs Collins-Dodd – 109 | ||||
Business – Mr McDermott – 107 | ||||
Business – Mrs Dhinsay – 111 | ||||
Engineering- Miss Davenport- 117 | ||||
Maths – Miss Kapoor – 218 | Maths – Miss Kapoor – 218 | Maths – Miss Kapoor – 218 | Maths – Miss Kapoor – 218 |
Year 12/13
MONDAY INTERVENTION | TUESDAY INTERVENTION | WEDNESDAY INTERVENTION | THURSDAY INTERVENTION | FRIDAY INTERVENTION |
Criminology – Miss Humphries – 303 | English Literature – Mrs Hayward 301 | BTEC Sport – Mr Dunn – 103 | ||
Sociology – Mrs Brown – 305 |
Year 11 Parent Information on Wednesday 2nd October 2024: 5.30pm – 6.30pm.
This event is to provide Year 11 with exam support and offer support from the school to parents/carers as their child progresses through their Year 11 journey ahead of the summer 2024 examinations.
Doors will open at 5.20pm where you will register your attendance with a member of leadership and be guided to where the talk will take place.
If you are arriving by car, parents can park on the main school car park and enter the school via the staff entrance.
Student Leadership
At Wednesfield we aim to give our pupils the very best curriculum experience possible.
We develop these skills and values by encouraging our pupils to take part in roles around the school that provide them with responsibilities and allow them to develop leadership characteristics.
Student Leadership Opportunities
Sixth Form leadership team – This is our Sixth Form student leadership team. Each member is elected to take on a specific roles to work in partnership with the staff including:
Prefects – Senior Year 11 pupils take on multiple responsibilities and are active role models for the school upholding our values and providing support for their peers. Our prefects undergo training i.e Safeguarding training to allow them to provide advice and support to their peers. Our prefects attend events out of school hours and are advocates for the school. The pupils demonstrate the highest levels of engagement and commitment to Wednesfield Academy.
Student council – Student Councillors play a pivotal role in the everyday life of their peers at Wednesfield Academy. They provide support to pupils and share impactful ideas to improve all areas of school life for them and their fellow pupils. They work collaboratively with 6th form leadership and teachers to build a better, brighter school where we all learn in a spirit of respect, resilience and pride.
Anti-Bullying ambassadors – Wednesfield Academy actively participates in the Anti-Bullying Ambassadors program and offers support to combat bullying. Anti-Bullying ambassadors play a pivotal role in promoting respect and kindness. They also raise awareness of bullying and the impacts it can have on individuals and the academy as whole. We are committed to promoting the welfare of children and young people. As an anti-bullying ambassador, one should be able to help educate on bullying, lead on anti-bullying campaigns, promote a culture which celebrates and tolerates difference and help keep students safe both online and offline. These students are passionate and committed to stop bullying.
Charity ambassadors – Our charity ambassadors are able to voice different ideas to help raise money whilst involving both students and teachers. These students hold responsibility to plan and execute activities that would be beneficial to a particular charity, it can be local or one of their choices. This is an opportunity that can help the student be more confident to share their ideas and develop their programming skills. Whilst planning the event, students will learn the charity’s aim and how it links to our school values.
Sports ambassadors – Our sports ambassadors at Wednesfield academy play a pivotal role in the journey of their peers through Wednesfield Academy and their involvement in sporting activities. From this role they gain leadership skills, promote the positive values of sport, act as a role model and champion for Physical Education, school sport, participation opportunities and healthy lifestyles for everyone. Sports Ambassadors aim to maximise pupil learning by providing them with the opportunity to take an active interest in sports at Wednesfield.
Eco Ambassadors – Our eco ambassadors are responsible for being dedicated to looking after our planet and making our school a greener, cleaner, and more sustainable environment. Alongside the student council, their role involves sharing ideas to contribute to rebuilding an eco-friendly school. The eco ambassadors are focussed on promoting the growing understanding on litter, energy, waste, water, our environment, and healthy living. Unequivocally, an eco-ambassador is someone who oversees the ways that we can reuse and recycle in our school.
Careers ambassadors – Careers Ambassadors at Wednesfield Academy play a pivotal role in the journey of your peers through Wednesfield Academy. You will provide a vital link between pupils and the Student Council, sharing ideas to further improve our careers education. Careers ambassadors work together with student leadership and teachers work to build an extensive, effective careers curriculum so that all pupils leave Wednesfield Academy aspirational young adults, ready with all the skills they need to go into the world of work.
Schools across Matrix Academy Trust have been recognising the International Day of Democracy (15th September).
International Day of Democracy began in 1997 and it is based on the principles of equality, liberty, and justice. Democracy is essential for human rights and development.
Schools will be considering the meaning behind the international day, but also our modern British values – democracy and individual liberty.
We practise democracy in all of our schools by electing pupils to take on various roles and responsibilities on behalf of their peers including Form Captains, School Council Representatives, Personal Development Ambassadors, Anti-Bullying Ambassadors and Careers Champions.
We will be celebrating democracy in our schools across the week by voting for our peers and encouraging our pupils to take on these fulfilling roles for the academic year ahead.
On 10th October, we are wearing yellow to celebrate Mind. Mind is an organisation dedicated to supporting mental health and many of our pupils have accessed support from Mind. We will be wearing yellow and there will a bake sale wear pupils can bring money to purchase cakes. The proceed will be donated to Mind.
We are hosting our very own Macmillan coffee morning this September. We are welcoming prospective year 7 parents for the 2025-26 academic year to join us 11.30am-12.30pm on Friday 27th September. Please arrive at our main entrance if you wish to attend this event. We look forward to seeing as many parents as possible.
We have had a brilliant 3 days of summer school with many of our new Year 7 intake pupils.
They participated in a wide range of activities which included sessions in Hockey, Computer Science. History, Drama, Food Technology and Team Building. This was a great opportunity to get to know other pupils who will be in their year group, meet more of our teachers and to familiarise themselves with our school environment.
We were very impressed with the positive attitudes, exemplary behaviour and high levels of enthusiasm displayed by pupils as they participated in the sessions. Pupils left summer school feeling more confident and even more excited to become a Wednesfield Academy pupil when they start Year 7 in September!
Wednesfield Academy pupils and staff are celebrating the school’s improved GCSE results. More top grades, more progress and more children getting the qualifications they need for their next steps.
‘There’s nothing wrong with being a nerd’ – Top university success at Wednesfield Academy
Students and staff at Wednesfield Academy are celebrating amazing A level results, with one particularly high flier off to read Experimental Psychology at the University of Oxford.
Archie Wilkinson, 18, from Willenhall, said this about his Oxford success: “Some people might think they are held back by where they’re from and who they are but I kept thinking ‘How cool would it be if I did go?’. You’ve got to live your life based on what you find cool, not what’s cool to everyone else. There’s nothing wrong with being a nerd – embrace it! Be unafraid to be you and put yourself out there.”
Headteacher Joe Phillips said: “We could not be happier for Archie and all of our students who are off to the destinations of their dreams. We always say it’s vital to follow your interests and Wednesfield students have done that. Our young people are progressing to such an amazing array of degree courses, including Engineering, Pharmacy, Law, Forensic Investigation, Film-making, Fashion Marketing and Palaeontology. For students who have worked hard, the effort has really paid off. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank their families for everything they have done, including working with us to remove barriers to their children’s success.”
Archie achieved A*AB in his A levels and he wasn’t the only one to secure the highest grades. Havi Patel, 18, is progressing to the University of Manchester to study Computer Science having achieved A*AA. He said: “I’m absolutely thrilled with my results and that I’m now off to study Computer Science at Manchester. It’s the course I’ve always wanted to do.”
Wednesfield Academy’s overall A level results are, on average, more than a grade higher than last year’s. Wednesfield Academy was rated ‘Requires Improvement’ by Ofsted in November 2022. It joined Matrix Academy Trust soon afterwards. Since then, it has improved rapidly with Ofsted reporting from their June 2024 visit that “it is like a different school”.
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Lichfield Road
Wednesfield, Wolverhampton
West Midlands
WV11 3ES
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Friday: 8:00 am - 3:30 pm