For the first time in 20 years, Ashwood Spencer Academy rated as “Good” in every Ofsted category.
In its first Ofsted inspection since joining Spencer Academies Trust in 2018, Ashwood Spencer Academy was rated “Good” in all categories.
Children from seven primary schools within the Trust performed in a large choir at Albert Hall for the community.
Through partnership with Music for Everyone and Inspire Nottinghamshire Music Hub, children from Chetwynd Spencer Academy, Fairfield Spencer Academy, Portland Spencer Academy, Sunnyside Spencer Academy, Glenbrook Spencer Academy, Rosecliffe Spencer Academy, and Millside Spencer Academy came together on Friday, 17 March to perform a selection of music at Nottingham’s historical Albert Hall.
Hundreds of trees were donated by Tree Appeal to Glenbrook Spencer Academy, where the first of them were planted in the area that will grow into a forest school.
Inspired by David Attenborough’s message of conservation, pupils at Glenbrook Spencer Academy planted the first of the trees that will grow into a forest school.
Spencer Academies Trust’s newest school, Millside Spencer Academy, celebrated the completion of its Phase 1 construction with a Topping Out Ceremony.
Construction at Millside Spencer Academy hit the milestone of ‘topping out’ with the addition of its roof. The primary school, which will have a capacity of 315 plus 26 nursery children, will be open for the 2023-24 school year.
Children and young people across the Trust went all out in observation of World Book Day, an international endeavour to celebrate and promote literacy.
Throughout the Trust’s academies, children and young people participated in activities and celebrations of World Book Day.
Eleven Year 12 students from Arnold Hill Spencer Academy recently returned from an exciting day at University of Cambridge, where they participated in tours, lectures, and conversations with active Cambridge students. This trip was part of HE+, a programme designed to motivate and encourage young people to apply to competitive universities.
Overall the day was a success. One of the participants said, ‘The trip to Cambridge was a very fulfilling experience, allowing me to learn the key skills to create a competitive application for a world-renowned university. It also allowed me to explore my ambition of studying at such a high-level university as well as living and learning in the establishment with so much history and so many incredibly successful alumni.’
Director of Post 16 Education Susan Sharp said of the opportunity, ‘I am really proud of the success of the HE+ programme which is run in partnership with Cambridge. Since I set up the North Nottinghamshire consortium, we have seen more successful Oxbridge applications than ever. The Arnold Hill students were brilliant, asking great questions and enjoying lectures from Cambridge academics on Maths, Science and English. A really interesting lecture was also delivered on Archaeology by Professor John Rob on the use of art to represent animals in prehistoric Europe. The students got the chance to speak to current students and got a real sense of what studying at Cambridge would be like.’
These aren’t the first young people from Arnold Hill to enjoy the benefits of the HE+ programme. A previous participant credits her successful application to Oxford University to the support she received from HE+:
‘The HE+ Programme really helped me, especially the visit to Peterhouse and the opportunity to have in-depth conversations with current students and get tips on how to structure my personal statement. I was immediately attracted to the medicine section of the online portal and was able to discover resources on neuro-degradation, a field of study I find intriguing. This helped me expand my knowledge.
HE+ was a tremendous help throughout the process and even provided interview sessions. We went through how Oxford usually structure their interviews and what subject-specific questions may even look like. During my Oxford interview, I tried to implement as many of the tips and hints that they suggested, which lead to a positive outcome for me.’
Arnold Hill, like all Spencer schools, works hard every day to motivate young people to do and be their best. Through programmes like HE+, we are helping them to gain the knowledge, confidence and excitement to aspire to and achieve greatness.
