More children and young people with SEND will be able to access specialist support closer to home following the opening of new resource bases at schools across Wiltshire this September. Among the new provisions are bases at Kingsbury Green Academy in Calne and Noremarsh Junior School in Royal Wootton Bassett, part of Wiltshire Council’s continuing...
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Kingsbury Green Academy students celebrate improving GCSE results
Students and staff at Kingsbury Green Academy (KGA) in Calne are celebrating further improvements in GCSE results, with the school continuing its upward trajectory across key performance measures. This year saw a 3% increase in the proportion of students achieving a strong pass, Grade 5 or above, in both English and Mathematics, alongside a similar...
Kingsbury Green Academy celebrates improved A-Level and vocational results
Students at Kingsbury Green Academy are celebrating another year of improved Post-16 results, with progress across both academic and vocational qualifications. The Calne school reported increases in both its average points scores and value-added scores, while students taking General Applied qualifications achieved an average grade of Distinction. There were also a number of impressive individual...
Kingsbury Green Academy pupils gain real-world career experience
Year 9 pupils at Kingsbury Green Academy have developed their employability skills by taking part in an innovative Work Experience Day at the school. The Calne academy, which is part of Ascend Learning Trust, welcomed employers and education providers from a wide range of sectors to give pupils practical experience of the workplace without leaving...
Kingsbury Green Academy pupils gain real-world workplace experience
Around 50 Year 8 pupils from Kingsbury Green Academy have gained valuable workplace experience after taking part in placements at Calne Community Campus as part of the school’s growing Modern Work Experience Programme. Delivered across four separate days, the placements gave pupils the opportunity to experience the world of work first-hand while exploring careers within...
Kingsbury Green Academy celebrates positive Ofsted report
Kingsbury Green Academy in Calne is celebrating after a recent Ofsted inspection recognised the school’s improvement journey and highlighted a number of strengths across its community. Inspectors found that the school is moving in a clear and positive direction, with leaders taking effective action to drive improvement and strengthen provision for pupils. The report noted...
Sell-out Kingsbury Green Academy dance show brings local schools together
Kingsbury Green Academy hosted a sell-out multi-school dance show, bringing together pupils from across the Ascend Learning Trust and local primary schools for an evening of music, movement and fundraising. The two-hour show took place in the main hall at the Calne school, with dance students performing to songs and tunes they had chosen and...
Shakespeare’s Macbeth brought to life at Kingsbury Green Academy
Students at Kingsbury Green Academy in Calne were given a powerful insight into one of literature’s most famous plays as a touring theatre company brought a live performance of Macbeth into school. Actors from Box Clever Theatre Company visited the Academy on 16 April to perform a specially adapted version of the play for Year...
Two Kingsbury Green Academy students celebrate offers from Cambridge University
Two Sixth Form students at Kingsbury Green Academy, a secondary school in Calne with a thriving Sixth Form, are celebrating after receiving offers from the University of Cambridge. Susannah has been offered a place to study architecture. Her interest in heritage and conservation made Cambridge her first choice. “I was offered a place to read...
Kingsbury Green Academy pupils spread festive cheer across the Calne community
Pupils at Kingsbury Green Academy have been spreading festive cheer this term by collecting gifts to support local charities and community initiatives. Students, their families and members of the wider Calne community worked together to donate presents for some very worthy causes, helping to ensure vulnerable residents feel supported this Christmas. Earlier this month, Calne...
Kingsbury Green Academy celebrates record-breaking GCSE success
Kingsbury Green Academy (KGA) is proud to announce a landmark achievement in its academic history: the highest GCSE progress scores ever recorded at the school. These results reflect a great year for the academy, showing the unwavering commitment, resilience, and ambition of its students and staff. This year’s success is especially poignant for the current Year...
Kingsbury Green Academy continues exam success with best GCSE results since 2019
Kingsbury Green Academy is celebrating a fine set of GCSE results to continue its summer of success on the back of last week’s A-Level results. In a year where GCSE standards have returned to pre-pandemic levels nationally, it is fantastic to celebrate such positive levels of achievement. These are the best set of results since...
Kingbury Green Academy celebrates best ever A-Level results
Kingsbury Green Academy, part of the Ascend Learning Trust, is celebrating its best ever A-Level results, with over 25% of grades being at the highest possible grades of A*, A and Distinction. With this year’s results being the best the school has ever achieved, students will now be leaving Calne to study at some of the...
Kingsbury Green Academy Careers Fair opens doors (and windows) for Calne student
A Calne student has secured the start of a career that will prove to open many doors – and windows – in the future, all thanks to a meeting at Kingsbury Green Academy’s annual Careers Fair. 18-year-old Georgie Winton has secured a role as Marketing Coordinator with Deceuninck, a global top three independent manufacturer of...
Attendance boost at Kingsbury Green Academy to above South West average
A drive on improving the relationship between parents and the school has seen an increase in pupil attendance that takes Kingsbury Green Academy in Calne to well above average for the South West region. Overall attendance has increased to 90.3% from 88.8% last year, which translates to approximately 94 additional school days, a figure that...
Election fever comes to Kingsbury Green Academy
Chippenham’s candidates for the upcoming General Election have faced Sixth Form pupils at Kingsbury Green Academy to explore the issues our young people see as key for the future. The 2024 General Election will be the first time that the 18-year-old pupils of the Sixth Form are able to vote and have a real say...
Kingsbury Green Academy initiative to support Calne’s parents and carers
An innovative partnership between Kingsbury Green Academy and Wiltshire Council’s Family and Community Learning service, as well as other local partners, is aiming to provide Calne’s young people with the best future by providing a special range of dedicated workshops and courses. After talking to local families about the issues that they face, what support...
Kingsbury Green Academy pupils receive special lessons in resilience
Building resilience has been high on the agenda at Kingsbury Green Academy with educational therapists, Building Resilience in Young Minds, holding special workshops for pupils in Years 9 and 10. The workshops taught pupils, who are at a crucial stage in their education, about teamwork, handling stress and how to protect your mental health. In total,...
Kingsbury Green Academy pupils delve into the world of forensic science
A-Level Biology Kingsbury Green Academy pupils have turned into amateur sleuths, attending a special forensic science workshop at Baylab in Reading, the specialist educational laboratories of international pharmaceutical company Bayer. 22 Year 12 and 13 pupils spent a day using specialist equipment to decode DNA and identify the theoretical remains found as a result of...
Kingsbury Green Careers Ambassadors recognised for their commitment to learning
Pupils from Calne’s Kingsbury Green Academy have been some of the first in the country to receive a qualification in recognition of their commitment and time spent as the school’s Careers Ambassadors. 14 Careers Ambassadors aged between 12 and 14 have been awarded their Bronze Achievement in their Careers Ambassadors programme and are now working...
The British Army Band helps Kingsbury Green Academy hit the right notes
Music has been brought to life at Kingsbury Green Academy thanks to a special visit and workshop held by the British Army Band Tidworth, part of the Royal Corp of Army Music. Year 7 pupils were given the opportunity to listen to and quiz the band, as well as find out about life as a...