Great Wyrley Academy Staffordshire

Great Wyrley Academy is an 11 to 18 comprehensive school and sixth form in South Staffordshire. We endeavour to ensure that each and every student in our care fulfils their potential - both academically and personally. Students leave our school with fantastic qualifications but also having had opportunities and life experiences that great schools should afford them.

Going for Gold!

We were incredibly proud to be awarded the Gold for Excellence award for our music provision. The award recognised our continued good results at GCSE, excellent curriculum and curriculum delivery and our ongoing links with local primary schools, such as our Samba and Djembe

Our 2022 Highlights

• We had a change in leadership in September when Kelly Moore, deputy headteacher, took over the reins as headteacher at the school, having worked at Great Wyrley Academy for over a decade (pic 1)

• School show ‘13 the Musical’ was a huge success and showcased our students’ musical and acting talent to best effect! (pic 2)

• Our Year 12 engineering students took part in the prestigious Manufacturing Group Design and Make Challenge 2022. Great Wyrley were judged winners of the innovation and design category and were presented with the prize of a 3D Printer for our school (pics 3 & 4)

• Two Year 11 students were accepted to the prestigious General Electric Academy Programme to support and mentor them in their career goal of becoming an engineer. This programme was offered to all schools in the Staffordshire area and received hundreds of applications to be part of this opportunity with only 40 spaces available drumming workshops. The assessment also took into account our extra curricular provision – including our yearly European tour with our resident soul band - and uptake on instrumental lessons across the school.

Headteacher, Kelly Moore, commented: “Our aim is to engage, enthuse and inspire students in every lesson, every day. We have a culture of high aspirations, and our brilliant teachers challenge and support each student to develop and achieve their potential. Our music provision is an example of this in action - providing the opportunity for our students to thrive both academically and personally - and we’re hugely proud to have this recognised with a Gold for Excellence award.”

• Great Wyrley Academy was proudly asked by the Great Wyrley Parish Council to design and create a fitting tribute to the NHS to be situated in the Memorial Gardens in the village. Our ASPIRE Sixth Form Engineering students along with Mr Rob Baker gladly took on this honour and were invited along to unveil it during a dedicated service with Churches Together and local dignitaries (pics 5 & 6)

• Year 9 and 10 relished the opportunity to have a lesson from the team at the Warner Bros Harry Potter Studio Tour on Graphics in Movies. They learned how graphic design, from the smallest coins at Gringotts to the newspapers and book covers in Flourish and Botts, all have an important role in building the Wizarding World of Harry Potter (pic 7)

• The Great Wyrley Gallery is now up and running and we had our first exhibition as part of our Open Evening. This brilliant space will be used to showcase our students’ wonderful work throughout the year (pic 8) www.greatwyrleyacademy.org.uk