Academy News

Kindness Week 5th to 9th December   Next week is Kindness week at Orchard Mead Academy, and we will be donating food items for the local food bank, the Peace Centre. Students should bring in specific items for each day and hand them to their tutors in the morning and Kindness club will come and collect every morning.  

Background Orchard Mead Academy participates in full with the Local Authority’s Fair Access protocol in order that the most vulnerable children are offered a place at a suitable school as quickly as possible. In exceptional circumstances, this may include admitting children above the School’s published PAN. Orchard Mead Academy has a Designated Specialist Provision (DSP) unit which has 12 places to cater for pupils with an Education, Health and Care Plan detailing a primary need of Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) needs. Therefore, the School already has a number of pupils with significant SEMH. The School is proposing to limit the number of children in the main school with identified SEMH to ensure effective provision for children with SEMH needs across the school and DSP. Proposed change The proposed change to the School’s Admissions Policy is to reserve the right to refuse to admit more than 2.5% of children…

All children eligible for Free School Meals can register for one of the activities listed below. If you are not sure if you are eligible for Free School Meals, then you can check the rough guide below: Who is eligible for benefits-related free school meals? Income support Income-based jobseeker’s allowance Income-related employment and support allowance Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 Child tax credit (provided you’re not also entitled to working tax credit and have an annual gross income of no more than £16,190) The guarantee element of state pension credit Working tax credit run-on – paid for four weeks after you stop qualifying for working tax credit. Universal credit with annual net earned income of less than £7,400 It is very easy to apply, and worth checking if your child would qualify. You can apply using the simple two-page online form here: https://freeschoolmeals.leicester.gov.uk/

If you are interested in booking a stall for £15, then please complete the Orchard Mead Christmas Fair Stall Booking and email it [email protected]

2021-2022 Leavers Update Last years’ year 11 leavers will be able to collect their GCSE certificates on Thursday 1st December, 3.15 – 4pm. If you are not able to come into the school on this date, certificates can be collected from the main office, Monday – Thursday 9am – 3.30pm and on a Friday 9am – 3pm. Art Work  Art work will also be available to collect from the 1st December 2022, however, please be aware that if you want to collect any Art work you must do so by the 15th December 2022, material that is not collected will be disposed of in January 2023.

  Should Orchard Mead be greener? Join Eco-School club Thursday, After School in E8 with Mr Glover, and Ms Abel

We know a team of legends raising much-needed funds for mens mental health this Movember. They are doing it for all the dads, brothers, sons and friends in our lives. Will you chip in? Movember – Team