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PSHE Day 1 Bourne Academy had its first PSHE day of the academic year today. The day was a brilliant success with lots students commenting that they learnt a lot of valuable life skills.  Year 8 were practising the vital life saving skill on mannequins provided by the British Heart Read more…

UK Parliament Week UK Parliament week was celebrated here between the 2nd and 8th November. Students learnt all about the differences between The House of Commons and The House of Lords, they discussed the upcoming election, party leaders and got to voice their opinions of what is important to them Read more…

Children in Need 2019 On Friday 19th November Bourne Academy once again joined the nation in raising money for Children in Need. The school held a whole school charity day with staff and students donating money to Children in Need in order to wear non-uniform. Alongside this, each House organised Read more…

World Challenge India We will be going on an adventure based on India’s Golden Triangle over 11 days. The triangle is composed of three areas (Jaipur, Agra and Delhi). Will will be completing a project in Udaipur which will help the local community and should equip of challengers with the Read more…

Sixth Form Open Evening The Post 16 Open Evening at Bourne Academy has again been a huge success, with well over 200 visitors coming to look at what sixth form study has to offer at our school! There was an informative talk from the Head of Sixth Form and the Read more…

We will be having a special non-uniform day on Friday 15th November to raise funds for Children in Need.Students will be allowed to wear non-uniform on that day and are asked to wear items of clothing which represent their House colour. Please note the list of dress restrictions below: – No dye Read more…

Changes to Assessment Feedback The end of Key Stage 4 and Post-16 progress made by students at Bourne Academy is exceptional, with learners performing well above national average. We want to keep this success high, therefore we are making some positive new developments to our assessment and marking policy for Read more…

Remembrance Day Mrs Crooks of Bourne Academy shares her story of the war in Afghanistan to the students of Hereward House. The assembly for remembrance day this year is a real life story of one of our very own geography teachers and has made the students think more about the Read more…

Trestle Theatre Workshop On Friday 8th November our sixth form Performing Arts students were visited by the renowned Trestle Theatre Company. They spent the day working with a member of the company on devising techniques and got an insight into how a professional theatre company puts a show together.  In Read more…

Much Ado About Nothing – Key Theatre On 5th November a group of students from years 8, 9 and 10 performed ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ at the Shakespeare for Schools Festival at the Key Theatre. The show was a huge success with our cast being greeted with wondrous applause and Read more…