We had the privilege of hosting Christie Spurling MBE at Manchester Academy.
His motivational talk on careers, choices, and self-belief resonated deeply with our students.
Thank you, Christie, for empowering our young people with knowledge, honesty, and hope for the future.
I was pleased to be able to deliver training on complaints handling and resolution to our @unitedlearning.bsky.social governors this week. The engagement from our volunteers makes me extremely proud.
Today we welcomed @MicrosoftUK CEO Darren Hardman to Manchester Academy ๐
Darren - who has family roots in Moss Side - toured our school, met students to talk AI, and answered questions on tech, careers & wellbeing.
He also spoke with staff about how AI can empower teaching.
#MakeManchesterMagic
Our school has worked hard to make this year MAGIC ๐ฃ Congratulations to all our brilliant students and staff who've shown an outstanding positivity and determination ๐
We can't wait to see how you #MakeManchesterMagic in September ๐ซ
We're sad to say goodbye to our magic Y11 students ๐ Your attitude towards learning has been outstanding and we can't wait to see how you #MakeManchesterMagic beyond school ๐ #examsuccess
Celebrating our magic community of alumni ๐ซ
Panagis left Manchester Academy in 2024 ๐ Now he's studying at Xaverian College with dreams of becoming a mechanical engineer ๐ญ #WhereWinnersAreMade
Get in touch today and show us how you continue to #MakeManchesterMagic ๐ฃ
Ofstedโs impact
on Heads. From @financialtimes.com
I still canโt get my head around this. My chats with Lynda were a favourite part of my visits to MA. I am devastated for the whole community. ๐
Fabulous!
Welcome back ๐ฃ We want to congratulate everyone for a successful first day of the summer term! โ๏ธ How are you going to #MakeManchesterMagic this term?
Adenike can't wait for her daughter to start Year 7 in September!
She believes her daughter will flourish and achieve her true potential ๐ We can't wait to meet our new student cohort and #MakeManchesterMagic together! ๐ซ
In a glorious antidote to any doom, the famous MA Culture Day where we celebrate our global community. Wonderful energy and vibrant outfits everywhere. Fantastic send off to the Easter term. Thanks to everyone for making such a special day.
Well done to our outstanding members of the Debate Club!
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They competed against 51 United Learning schools from across the country ๐ and achieved 3rd place nationally in the Urban Debate League ๐ #MakeManchesterMagic
So proud that Manchester Academy came third in the national Debatemate Urban school competition. Really sharp team - wouldnโt want to debate them! Thanks to English team for coaching this success. Now to London for the final!
Our Year 7 students aren't afraid to dream BIG!
Are you joining us in September 2025? ๐ We can't wait to welcome our next cohort of Year 7 students and see how they #MakeManchesterMagic
Email transition@manchester-academy.org to sign up for our Year 6 Welcome Day ๐ฃ Thursday 10th April from 10am!
We've had a really busy few weeks at the Academy ๐ฃ From exams and option evenings, to welcoming our new Y7 families, the excitement never ends ๐ #MakeMancesterMagic
Looking forward to our Trust conference with @teachlikeachamp.bsky.social this week!
Really proud to share @manchesteracademy.bsky.social story at the Department for Education Senior Civil Servants Conference in Manchester. Was liberating to talk about complexity so openly, clearly a lot of energy in the room to keep improving education. Sorry if the seagull story scarred you!
Happy Burns Night! ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
"A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit." - Arnold H. Glasow
Fantastic return to the Academy today - great to see everyone and the students made a strong start. Received this letter to say thank you to our Community Hub team for our Senior Citizens Christmas party and it wasnโt the wind chill which brought a tear to my eye! Magic.
We had a Trust visit today, reviewing and supporting our offer. I am always fiercely protective of my school, perhaps in an over-feisty fashion - as the HMI inspector told me off for in our last inspection! I am then so proud of our school and our studentsโ loyalty that I beam! Our staff are superb.
So proud!
So proud of @manchesteracademy.bsky.social performance in the school league tables. Our community, students and school were dismissed and patronised for a long time, now weโre one of the most improved schools in the city.
To our staff - huge thank you from me and everyone locally. True Manc Magic!
๐ข New report alert!
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THAT ONE'S FOR GRAN!!
Talking podcasts with colleagues & reminded that they're a great way to disseminate research. Here's the first of a series for BELMAS chatting Governance & Governing Research, topic 'Listening to student voice' with @tjwprice.bsky.social Another planned for Jan 2025 #UKEdGovs #PhDSky #EduSky #UKEd
I joined a few weeks ago .. but decided this weekend to make an effort to engage! ๐
Brilliant! Thanks so much - hoping to investigate over the next few days!
