Freebrough Gives a Helping Hand to Homestart

Last year, our Academy Council chose Home-Start Teesside to be our nominated charity.  We held a number of fundraising activities to support the charity, including a non-uniform day and a collection of clothes and household items. To say thank you Home-Start Teesside kindly invited our Academy Head Boy and Head Girl to their AGM lunch […]

Proud to Play Host to the Coastal View Awards

Over the years we have been working with Coastal View to produce this publication we have developed some strong friendships and we were honoured to be asked to host the Coastal View Awards at Freebrough Academy at the end of October. The night was a huge success and our Academy showed itself to be a […]

Freebrough Awarded TEEP Ambassador Status

On our journey to outstanding, one of our main focuses has been to ensure that all of our teachers have the tools to deliver outstanding lessons for all our students. To support staff, we introduced TEEP (Teacher Effectiveness Enhancement Programme) in October 2012. TEEP is rooted in evidence-based research on effective teaching and learning. It […]

Community Remembrance Project

Students from Freebrough Academy and eight local primary schools have now completed a project to commemorate the start of World War 1.  Students from year nine visited the primary schools on a joint project with Skelton History Group to work with pupils using real artefacts from the Great War and also to get an understanding […]

Subjects Join Together to Celebrate ‘Day of the Dead’

In light of welcoming Spanish to the school’s curriculum, the week before the October half term, staff and students carried out a school-wide Day of the Dead cross-curricular project.  The Day of the Dead is a joyful Mexican festival following Halloween on the 1st and 2nd of November and is a celebration in which the souls […]

One scary event!

The Freebrough Prosthetics Club put on a creepy and scary family Halloween Event last night. The students planned and ran the entire evening, they provided family and friends with face paints, fake wounds, refreshments and Halloween games. The evening was a great success and there was plenty of walking zombies, skeletons and witches. Well done to all […]

Freebrough Stars in Their Eyes

Freebrough staff have been at it again! Strutting their stuff on stage as their musical idols (or trying to anyway). It was a fierce competition but unfortunately there could be only one winner. Stealing the crown this year was ‘The Village People’ with their medley and what can only be described as outrageous costumes! However, […]

A Scary Trip for Year 11 Drama Students!

Year 11 GCSE Drama students were treated to a terrifying experience as they went to see a production of Woman in Black at Billingham Forum Theatre as part of their studies. There was screaming, hiding behind coats and a restless night sleep for most and that was just the boys! The group thoroughly enjoyed the […]

Freebrough Gives a Helping Hand to Home-Start

Last year, our Academy Council chose Home-Start Teesside to be our nominated charity.  We held a number of fundraising activities to support the charity, including a non-uniform day and a collection of clothes and household items. Home-Start Teesside kindly invited our Academy Head Boy and Head Girl to their AGM lunch at Trinity House in […]

Try Our Fantastic New Phone/Tablet App

We are proud to announce that we are one of the first schools in the area to launch their own Smartphone App. It is free of charge to parents on iPhone and Android Phones and Tablets.  The App enables parents to stay in touch with the school, giving term dates, news, events and general information.  No longer […]