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...
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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...
Kingsbury Green Academy pupils put to the test by the REME Museum
Kingsbury Green Academy pupils have been put to the test by the REME Museum to design and build a model vehicle, strong enough to tow an egg, but smooth enough not to break it. 60 Year 8 pupils took part in a special workshop held by staff from the REME Museum in Lyneham near Chippenham...
Kingsbury Green Academy pupils take to the stage at Bristol Old Vic
Kingbury Green Academy pupils will soon be treading the boards in the footsteps of actors such as Olivia Coleman CBE, Gene Wilder and Sir Daniel Day-Lewis when they take to the stage at the Bristol Old Vic to perform their latest play, Wind / Rush Generation(s). The production is part of the National Theatre’s Connections...
Kingsbury Green Academy pupils become the voice of Wiltshire’s youth
Three Kingsbury Green Academy pupils have been elected to coveted positions on Wiltshire Youth Council to represent the views and interests of young people in the county. Year 8 pupil Dan and Year 7 pupil George have won positions as Youth Councillors, with fellow Year 7 Alicja sitting as Deputy Representative. Wiltshire Youth Council gives young...
Kingsbury Green Academy workshops prepare sixth form for university
Year 12 pupils at Kingsbury Green Academy have received specialist workshops from the Wessex Inspiration Network in order to develop their skills, confidence and independence in readiness for university and their following careers. The programme, Four Steps to Higher Education, helps pupils understand what life is like at university through introducing them to a variety...
Kingsbury Green Academy pupil Isabella’s career plans take to the sky
Kingsbury Green Academy Year 11 pupil Isabella, known as Izzie, has already achieved a lift-off on her future career plans by securing a coveted place on the Fantasy Wings programme. Fantasy Wings is a programme of career development for those looking to pursue a career as an airline pilot or elsewhere within the aviation industry. With...
Kingsbury Green Academy pupils explore degrees without the financial burden
This week, National Apprenticeship Week, pupils from Kingsbury Green Academy in Calne, Wiltshire, have been exploring degree apprenticeships as an alternative option for their career paths after they leave school. Degree apprenticeships combine paid employment with higher level study and so offer young people the best of both worlds when it comes to pursuing their...