I am immensely proud of our students’ achievements this term. Thank you to our staff who have made all of this possible, and to you as parents and carers for all of your wonderful support.
Karen Key – Headteacher
On 10th May we said goodbye to our Year 13 students, who began their study leave. On 24th May we said goodbye to our Year 11 students, who have now finished their GCSE and Level 2 exams. We look forward to welcoming many students back in September as Sixth Formers. They have since celebrated in considerable style, at their Year 11 Prom and Sixth Form Valedictory Ball!
Good luck to all leavers and we wish you all the very best for your next steps.
Our Star of the Week rewards initiative has run throughout the year and this term’s prizes will be presented to one lucky winner from each year group in the last week of term. Students with the most rewards points are entered into a ‘draw’ and the winning name is picked during the end of year assemblies. We’d like to extend a huge thank you to this year’s generous sponsors for providing such fantastic prizes:
Congratulations to our Year 12 students for gaining their Language Leader Award. Isobel Ormerod-Jordan, Aurora Lee-Kilgraff and Kizzy Nyman gained the award for Spanish, and Suzannah Staples, Poppy Selby and Amy Rice were awarded for French.
This year has seen DofE return to normal numbers following the pandemic. The award starts at the beginning of the academic year when students apply for places. This year we had 74 students undertake Bronze, 25 at Silver and 9 at Gold. The highlight of each award is always the expeditions, which get tougher as they progress and really push the students to their limits of fitness, navigation and self-sufficiency. Well done to all involved!
Students taking part in the Duke of Edinburgh programme have contributed an incredible 633 hours of volunteered-time to businesses and organisations in the local community. Well done to all those involved for this amazing achievement.
Dr Hughes and Mrs Riley took the Year 12 Biologists to the Blencthra Field Studies Centre in The Lake District to complete their A Level fieldwork. They were blessed with glorious sunshine!
A group of Year 10 boys took part in the final stage of the ‘Positive Masculinity’ course with a trip to the “Nowhere to Hyde” Gym for a boxing session. They had a great time and even Mr Cole had a go!
Year 8 students attended a study skills workshop, focussing on revision techniques to help prepare them for their end of year exams. The trainer then also ran an evening webinar for parents. Thank you to the 60+ parents who attended online.
A group of Year 9 students competed in the STEM Olympics at The Grange School focusing on physics, biology, chemistry, computer science, engineering and maths.
Well done to Imogen, Charlotte, Lucas and Diya, Tilly, Charlotte and Alice who took part.
A group of students competed in the Macclesfield and District Athletics on 4th May. Patrick Turner won the inter boys discus, Tara Hulme came second in the inter girls 100m, and Sam Pearce won the inter boys 400m. All competitors did very well.
On 30th June a group of students attended a ‘Good2Great’ seminar at the Manchester Institute of Health. They looked at different aspects of fitness testing, sport psychology and nutrition. Well done to Jacob Martin, Alfie Webb, Ben Stainsby, Jonah Reynolds, Hermione Jackson and Arthur Fordyce who took part.
This year’s Cheshire Studio School Football Academy team has reigned across all competitions, completing their trio of tournaments and winning every one! This marks the most successful season ever for The Cheshire Studio School Football Academy, winning The Northwest Colleges Sports League, The Cheshire County Cup and The International John Tally Showcase, in Memphis USA. Thank you to Luke from our sponsors ‘McHale and Co Solicitors’, for presenting them with their league winners medals. He also presented the ‘Players Player of the Year Award’ to Matty Waters and ‘Managers Player of the Year Award’ to Jack Higginbottom. What a fantastic season! Well done to the students!
Year 9s attended an England touch rugby tournament and were unbeaten throughout the afternoon!
Here they are with Love Island winner Kai Fagan who kindly posed for a photo!
The Year 9 and Year 10 Football and Rugby Tour took place in Paris during May half term, with 47 students supported by six members of staff. The girls and boys football teams and boys’ rugby team attended tournaments and several fixtures against local sides including Villeneuve Academie FC, Pontault at Stade Pontellois, Evry FC, Viking Club Paris and Red Star Champigny. They also enjoyed sightseeing with a tour of PSG stadium, a daytrip to Disneyland and a visit to the Eiffel Tower.
All three teams received compliments throughout the tour on how well they conducted themselves so thank you to all players for being such a credit to the school.
The Food Department has been paired with the Clayton Hotel at Manchester Airport through the Schools and Hotels Manchester programme. Our Year 10 and 11 Hospitality and Catering students were lucky enough to be visited by the Head Chef and Sous Chef from the restaurant for a masterclass. They then paid a return visit to the hotel, had a Q&A with managers across the business, took part in team building activities and tried their hands at being baristas and mocktail makers!
A group of Year 9 and Year 10 students attended the Housing Jobs Fair in Manchester Central last month. It was a great experience for the students who networked with a number of potential employers. Those involved were: Oliver Ward, Harry Arthern, Alfie Lockwood, James Rogers, Kian Barnes and Ryan Davies.
“Cheshire Studio School continues to be a ‘Good’ school.”
“Pupils enjoy learning how their subject applies to the world of work.”
“Staff carefully consider pupils’ needs and interests across the range of opportunities they provide.”
Ofsted
Mr Barber’s form group has raised over £50 for the Lullaby Trust and Children’s Adventure Farm Trust. The welly-wanging competition was won by Corey Rose with an impressive 21.6m and the bean bag accuracy competition was won by Tariq Ban-Ali.
“Just Drop-In” are a charitable organisation who have been offering free counselling in school for the last 18 months. The opening of their shop last month in Knutsford was attended by our Student Support Team, who are looking to further develop links between school and the support available through Just Drop In.
After 27 years at the school, we say farewell to Mrs Kirkham, Head of Knutsford Academy Sixth Form. Thank you for your wonderful service and we wish you well for your future plans. Miss Hawkins will be taking over as Head of Sixth Form for both Knutsford Academy and Cheshire Studio School from September.
We’re delighted to announce that, from September, Mr Jon Lawes will be our new Senior Deputy Headteacher. He joins us from a large, ‘Outstanding’ school in Newbury. Mrs Thatcher, currently Assistant Headteacher, will take on the role of Deputy Headteacher.
This summer, students from Year 7 to Year 10 have been channelling their inner cool, rehearsing for a production of FROZEN Junior. We have all had a wonderful time in rehearsal and played to sold out audiences every night. Well done to all cast members and staff.
December will see many of these talented students returning to the stage in the spectacular CHICAGO!
Year 12 A Level Dance students were treated to a creative dance workshop by Lincoln University’s educational programme, comprising an exploratory warm up, contact techniques and creative investigation.
All students involved worked exceptionally hard, producing choreographic responses of a fantastic standard.
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