Meet This Week’s Students of the Week
Out of a year group of around 300, our year teams choose a handful who’ve done something brilliant, made a real turnaround, or been a genuine credit to the academy. This week, one from each year group.
Academy Update, 18 September 2026
Year 7
Oriana W
Year 7’s very first Student of the Week this year. She’s settled into secondary school brilliantly, joined in with clubs straight away, and started one to one piano lessons. Outside school she’s just been cast as Annie in Mad Fish’s production of the same name.
Year 8
Evie B
Nominated for the initiative she’s shown around conservation: researching environmental issues, producing posters, and preparing to write to her local MP about what more can be done. She’s torn between two future ambitions, law or marine biology, both rooted in the same instinct to protect and to help.
Year 9
Harry S
Has made the most of a fresh start this year. A change of classes gave him the chance to move away from some negative influences, and he’s grabbed that opportunity with both hands, engaging brilliantly in lessons and getting involved in Elev8, our new opportunities programme. Sport is where his future lies: football, rugby or basketball.
Year 10
Logan M
His start to Year 10 has been described as phenomenal. He’s chosen his options, History and Hospitality and Catering, with a clear goal of doing well in his GCSEs, and has already racked up a string of positive points this term. His ambition is to work in physiotherapy, ideally in football.
Year 11
Emily L
One of the best turnaround stories we have. Years 7 and 8 weren’t easy, but by Year 9 things had clicked, and she’s never looked back. This summer she represented the academy at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, stepping in at the last minute and taking on real responsibility along the way. Her sights are set on musical theatre, with a gap year planned before university in London.
