On Friday 3rd March, we are opening our community wardrobe to our families and community. This is an opportunity to come along and have a chat with members of the safeguarding team, and check out the community wardrobe too, which currently has coats and warm clothing amongst other items available.

Our Year 7 team and Mr Oldman are holding a Year 7 family catch up on Tuesday 24th January between 3 and 4 pm. If you have any queries, and want to get to know the team better then please save the date and come along.

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.  

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.