Quality of Education

Year 11 and 13 mock exams

Year 11 students have recently completed their mock GCSE exams. Our team of invigilators were delighted with the conduct of students in the exams and there will be a lot to learn from that first exam experience. Staff are now marking the exams and they will be giving marks and grades back to students over the next couple of weeks. For students the mock exams are a critical opportunity to gain an understanding of strengths and areas for further work. Teachers will be helping students identify areas for revision over the coming weeks.

Year 7 RE ‘Ultimate Questions’

Congratulations to students in 7X2 on their recent RE assessment. Students have been exploring what Christians believe about God and produced arguments to answer some of the 'ultimate questions'. They have produced some brilliantly written and thoughtful extended arguments.

Congratulations to Marcel, Harsimran, Tariq, and Rebecca who all achieved full marks.

Homework

We hope that all of our students grow into independent and self-motivated learners and homework is an important part of that developing independence. Homework for students in year 7 to 11 is set on class charts.

Most of our parents and students have the class charts app. If you do not have access, please click here: ClassCharts Link.

Students should expect a variety of tasks across subjects, set in different formats such as paper-based, Google classroom, other online platforms, reading and research tasks.

Behaviour and attitudes/ personal development

Rewards Trip – Friday, 20 January 2023

Two students with the highest achievement points in each year group were selected for the first rewards trip from year groups 7-13. They were presented with a Golden Ticket to take part in the trip.

On the day we met students at the train station and made our way to New Street Station. We walked through Birmingham City Centre to the Mailbox where students were treated to a coffee and cake at Medicine Bakery.

From the Mailbox we walked along the canals and made a stop at the Central Library taking in the scenery from the balcony. Students absolutely loved the library and talked about the books being 'a wall of knowledge'

Next stop was the infamous Bull. We managed to beat some crowds and got some lovely photos with the Bull. We then headed to Tree Top Golf in the BullRing Shopping Centre.

Students got into teams, and we played mini golf for the afternoon. We joined in too! It was amazing to see the students compete and have fun. It was pizza and mocktails for lunch which went down well.

Students were impeccable outside of school just as much as they are inside school, displaying all aspects of our school values. We felt proud to say that they were our St Peter’s students.

Planning is underway for our next reward trip!

Mrs Bahra and Mr Walker

Achievement Points - Top 5 Students

The students below have the highest number of achievement points since September 2022:

• Simran Banger - 9MNA - 244 points

• Deea Gardy - 9OP - 212 points

• Mohammed Ali - 7RB - 209 points

• Shekwoyemi Zarmai - 9CO - 200 points

• Rayan Noori - 7RB - 196 points

Well done to all of our students!

Current Data

Staff in the school have awarded since September 2022:

• 97,470 Achievement points.

• 87% of all points awarded have been positive.

Safeguarding

Attendance

At St Peter’s we are extremely proud that we have been recognised as being in the top 10% of similar Secondary Schools in England for attendance. Excellent attendance to school is an essential element of our students making outstanding progress in their academic studies and moving onto the destinations of their choice.

Reporting absence

We have recently changed our absence reporting procedure. If you are not familiar with it, the details are provided here. If your child is ill and is unable to attend school please email attendance@stpetersacademy.org.uk before 8:30am. It is imperative that we are aware as early as possible to ensure that our registers are accurate.

If your child is struggling to attend the academy please reach out to us on attendance@stpetersacademy.org.uk and we will work together to put support in place to help your son/daughter’s attendance to improve.

United Against Bullying

St Peter’s has signed up to the United Against Bullying program in order to reduce the number of bullying incidents, and to ensure that any that do occur are dealt with in a timely manner and there is a high level of support provided to the children involved.

This program has been developed by the Anti-Bullying Alliance and is supported by the Department for Education. So far, we have completed an audit of the academy’s policies, procedures and response to bullying. We have also gathered the thoughts and feelings of the students. These are going to be used to highlight