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Additional Funding for students adopted from care

Mr Manning — Tue, 07 Jan 2014 08:32:16 +0000

Students are now entitled to additional funding if they have been adopted from care. Please advise us if your son or daughter is adopted, so that we can ensure that the Pupil Premium funding is accessed. Please contact Mrs Kelly Lowe at the Academy.

Freebrough Academy Awards

Mr Manning — Thu, 28 Nov 2013 10:21:29 +0000

Freebrough Academy staff would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone that attended the awards evening on November 27th. We’re very proud to share the winners of the awards below -

Special Awards

Heads of School Awards

Aspiration Winner:
Jodie Paul

Inspiration Winner:
Becky Anderson

Motivation Winner:
Kai Fishlock

Innovation Winner:
Adelle Oglesby

Enterprise@Freebrough Award Winner:

Emily Curnow

Teesside University Award Winner:

Hannah Clayton

Principal’s Award Winner:

Richard Walker

David Nixon Award Winner:

Kieran Brundle

Science Awards

Outstanding Attainment KS3 Winner:
Sam Taberner

Outstanding Progress KS3 Winner:
Gemma Jackson Thompson

Outstanding Attainment KS4 Winner:
Greta Timar

Outstanding Progress KS4 Winner:
Keren Gullon

Humanities Awards

Outstanding Attainment KS3 Winner:
Billy Scott

Outstanding Progress KS3 Winner:
Anna Kennedy

Outstanding Attainment KS4 Winner:
Molly Broughton

Outstanding Progress KS4 Winner:
Aaron Mann

Sport and Health Awards

Outstanding Attainment KS3 Winner:
Becky Kidd

Outstanding Progress KS3 Winner:
Callum Garbutt

Outstanding Attainment KS4 Winner:
Jamie Everington

Outstanding Progress KS4 Winner:
Chloe McNaught

Performing and Creative Arts Awards

Outstanding Attainment KS3 Winner:
James Welford

Outstanding Progress KS3 Winner:
Katie Greenwood

Outstanding Attainment KS4 Winner:
Natalie Butler

Outstanding Progress KS4 Winner:
Ben Ashbridge

Technology and ICT Awards

Outstanding Attainment KS3 Winner:
Beth Smith

Outstanding Progress KS3 Winner:
Tyrone Bint

Outstanding Attainment KS4 Winner:
Georgia Bint

Outstanding Progress KS4 Winner:
Aaron Taylor

Business and Enterprise Awards

Outstanding Attainment KS3 Winner:
Lucy Hoggarth

Outstanding Progress KS3 Winner:
Thomas Ayton

Outstanding Attainment KS4 Winner:
Emma Lukaschek

Outstanding Progress KS4 Winner:
Brad Dobson

English Awards

Outstanding Attainment KS3 Winner:
Kate Husband

Outstanding Progress KS3 Winner:
Lewis Pennock

Outstanding Attainment KS4 Winner:
Tamarah Hegarty

Outstanding Progress KS4 Winner:
Tyler Stringer

Maths Awards

Outstanding Attainment KS3 Winner:
Abbie Ross Carter

Outstanding Progress KS3 Winner:
Meg Green

Outstanding Attainment KS4 Winner:
Hannah Clayton

Outstanding Progress KS4 Winner:
Catherine Reed

Pirates dock at Freebrough Academy Restaurant

Mr Manning — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 08:28:07 +0000

Ahoy me hearties….

Wednesday 9th October saw Pirates come ashore and take over the Freebrough Academy Restaurant. New Catering Manager, Francios hosted the first ever Caribbean Pirates themed day at Freebrough Restaurant.

The menu was taken over and revamped completely to include dishes such as Davy Jones’ Locker (BBQ Chicken with Salad in a Johnny Cakes) and Bootstrap Bill’s Seagull Wings (Chicken Wings of Fire with Potato Wedges).

Pirates dock at Freebrough Academy Restaurant

Mr Manning — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 08:28:07 +0000

Ahoy me hearties….

Planters at Brotton Cemetary

Mr Manning — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 07:26:36 +0000

Fully equiped with new wellies and waterproofs, students from the Freebrough Academy Hub have been busy in the village of Brotton planting winter pansies in the flower boxes at the graveyard. The planters were originally designed and made by students who attended the Friday@Freebrough youth club and donated to the Brotton Improvement Group. Our students now regularly plant seasonal flowers in them and they continue to be maintained by both members of BIG and the students of Freebrough Academy.

Councillor James Carrolle unveiled new engineering suite

Mr Manning — Thu, 19 Sep 2013 14:05:27 +0000

Freebrough Academy’s Post 16 ‘Enterprise @ Freebrough’ welcomed visitors today as Principal Linda Halbert and Councillor James Carrolle unveiled the Charles Robinson Sykes: Engineering Suite. The specialist engineering suite can be found in recently-built £2.3m Enterprise building.

The Evening Gazette & Coastal View were amongst some of the attendees. The afternoon was made complete when Principal Linda Halbert gave a guided tour around the new facilities which include state-of-the-art engineering tools and industry standard recording rooms.

“The Charles Robinson Sykes suit will prove a great addition to Freebrough Academy’s Post 16. Freebrough Academy students are the business people and engineers of the future” said Councillor James Carrolle.

If you’re interested in enrolling please visit our ‘Enterprise @ Freebrough’ page for more information.

Students & Staff celebrate their best ever results!

Mr Manning — Thu, 19 Sep 2013 09:14:55 +0000

In 2013 Staff and Students at Freebrough Academy celebrated their best ever exam result for the third year in a row.

91% of students gained 5A*-C grades, an improvement of 40% since the Academy opened in 2010.

The percentage of students gaining 5A*-C with English and Maths rose by 5%, despite a national decrease. This has now improved by 16% since 2010.

The Academy is also celebrating a significant increase in the number of students gaining A/A* grades. The percentage gaining 3A/A* grades rose by 100% which meant that a quarter of all students were successful in this measure.

Freebrough Academy Students Steeled for Success

Mr Manning — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 12:51:47 +0000

On Thursday 28 February 2013 nine students educated at the newly opened Enterprise@Freebrough post 16 centre pitched for real life investment from UK steel Enterprise.

The students are all currently studying for a Peter Jones Enterprise Academy Level 3 qualification in Enterprise and Entrepreneurship, alongside another course of their choice. As part of this qualification the students have to set up and run a real business.

All of the students delivered a pitch to Peter Taylor and Simon Hamilton from UK Steel Enterprise to try to secure a grant to help them with the start-up costs of their business. They were able to seek investment funds to help them to buy stock, access training courses or produce marketing materials.

The event was held in the board room at the brand new Enterprise@Freebrough centre and was arranged during a meeting between Enterprise@Freebrough staff and UK Steel Enterprise to discuss employer engagement.

Simon Hamilton, Regional Manager, UK Steel Enterprise said “Peter and I were very impressed at the calibre of the students’ presentations and we are delighted to be able to provide funding to help these businesses start on their road to success.”

Amid fierce competition the successful bids came from:

Codie Henderson (Beauty Princess) £851
David Anderson (Shop n Stop) £145
Siobhan Brown and Jessica Stevens (Nothing but Baskets) £350
Emily Curnow, Stacey Caley and Caitlin Flannigan (Enterprise 4 U) £450

Kelly Britton, Freebrough Business and Enterprise Manager, was rightly proud of their achievements: “The support from UK Steel Enterprise is invaluable as it allows our students the real life experience of pitching for actual business investment, to people who support business start-up and help individuals become self-employed. This is just the beginning of our students’ journey to setting up their own enterprises and I am delighted with the support they are receiving.”

School Travel Plan Silver Award

Mr Manning — Tue, 17 May 2011 13:24:23 +0000

A School Travel Plan is a document produced by the Local Authority with support of the whole school community and any other interested parties. It looks at how students, staff and visitors travel to and from school, and should contain measures intended to:

- improve safety
- encourage students, parents, guardians and staff to walk and cycle- encourage children, parents, carers and staff to use bus and train services
- encourage educational programmes relating to child travel and how this links to their environment, safety and health

The School Travel Plan is awarded on a yearly basis and, depending on the criteria met, can be awarded Bronze, Silver or Gold.

Freebrough Academy was awarded the Silver School Travel Plan Award by Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council in September 2010.