Year: 2021
Halloween Challenge – Open to all year groups
28 Sep 2021
Redhill 6th Form Open Evening – Thursday 7th Oct 7.00pm.
26 Sep 2021
Sign Up to Our New Parent App
14 Sep 2021
Class Charts is an online system which teachers at Park Vale Academy use to track achievement and behaviour throughout the school day. We believe in working closely with parents and one of the key benefits of using Class Charts is that we are able to securely share your child(s) achievement and behaviour report with you and so keep you up to date in real-time. As an academy we also use Class Charts to sign post student’s homework and award positive behaviour points to reward our students for their efforts.
Each child has a unique access code which they will be given at the academy, we will issue parents their own unique code in a letter.
It is vital as part of your child’s education that they have access to their Class Charts account. By regularly logging in to Class Charts students will be able to see any homework they have been set, track their behaviour and be rewarded for their achievements both in and outside of school.
Once you have been issued with a code you will need to create an account and enter the code at the link below:
https://www.classcharts.com/parent/login
https://www.classcharts.com/student/login
https://www.classcharts.com/student/loginParent GuideStudent Guide
Links to mobile phone apps are also available to parents from this page.
If you have more than one child in the school then you can enter additional codes once you have created an account.
Please do get in touch if you have any questions.
OFSTED Inspection of Park Vale Academy upgrades the school in every category.
14 Sep 2021
Statement from the Headteacher:
Following a full 2-day inspection of the academy towards the end of last term, I am pleased to announce that the school has been upgraded in all 4 sections of the OFSTED framework including judgements of “Good” for both Leadership & Management and Personal Development. This process followed on from two previous monitoring visits which had already recognised the major improvements which have taken place at the academy since the last proper visit in 2019.
Whilst acknowledging that Park Vale, like all schools, has had to deal with challenges in areas such as attendance and behaviour as a consequence of the pandemic, they commented in the report that “Leaders set high expectations for behaviour.” They also identified improvements in the quality of governance: “Governors take their responsibilities seriously” and safeguarding, “Leaders have built a strong safeguarding team.”
Going into the process, the school was extremely confident of a positive outcome due to the rising trend in GCSE results at the academy over the past few years. This has been the consequence of maintaining high expectations right across the board, a major push to raise the aspirations of our students and the strategic recruitment of high quality teaching and support staff to all areas of the school.
We are all really delighted with the findings of this report, particularly the Good judgement for Leadership and Management which sends out a strong message that the school is in safe hands and will to continue to improve. Staff at all levels have worked incredibly hard over the last few years to improve standards, so as Headteacher, I am really glad that they are finally getting the recognition that they deserve. I also hope that the students, their families and the local community as a whole can take some pride in this report given that it reflects everyone’s efforts to turn the school around and make it a place of high aspirations where all students are expected to achieve their full potential.
S Bowhay.
Dance Academy Taster Day
10 Sep 2021
Year 6 Open Evening Wednesday 22nd September – 6.30 pm
8 Sep 2021
We warmly invite Y6 students and their families to our Open Evening on Wednesday 22nd Sept at 6.30pm Our staff and students are looking forward to meeting you at the Open Evening.
Job of the Week – Career Information
4 Sep 2021
This week’s Job of The Week is the job of a ‘Journalist’. More specifically, the job of a Broadcast Journalist!
JOB OF THE WEEK – EPISODE #09 – IT TECHNICIAN
JOB OF THE WEEK – EPISODE #08 – HOTEL PORTER
JOB OF THE WEEK – EPISODE #07 – GAMES TESTER
JOB OF THE WEEK – EPISODE #06 – FIREFIGHTER
JOB OF THE WEEK – EPISODE #05 – EMPLOYMENT ADVISOR
JOB OF THE WEEK – EPISODE #04 – DISASTER MANAGER
JOB OF THE WEEK – EPISODE #03 – CARDIOLOGIST
JOB OF THE WEEK – EPISODE #02 – BARBER
JOB OF THE WEEK – EPISODE #01 – ACTUARY
5 VERY Unusual Jobs (you’ve probably never heard of)
Exam Results Day
12 Aug 2021
Congratulations to all of the Park Vale Academy Students on their results and good luck in the future.
Stuff to do this Summer
23 Jul 2021
