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...
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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...
Kingsbury Green Academy pupils receive a lesson on careers
Skills and experience are crucial when it comes to securing your ideal job and your future, and Kingsbury Green Academy pupils will be a step ahead of their competition thanks to the school’s in-depth careers programme. In preparation for Year 10’s work experience week next July, pupils from across the year have been given an...
Utopia comes within reach for Kingsbury Green Academy pupils in Wiltshire
Year 8 pupils at Kingbury Green Academy have been working together to create an ideal world for the future. The year group at the Calne school was taken out of their normal lessons for a day and teams were challenged to create a utopian community. Teams were given free rein on how they would structure and...
Kingbury Green Academy pupils secure their first art sales
Pupils from Kingsbury Green Academy are celebrating officially becoming sold artists, having achieved this milestone in their burgeoning careers thanks to exhibiting in the recent Calne Music and Arts Festival. Five pupils exhibited at the festival, which was open to artists of all ages and stages of their careers. The work was produced as part of...
Kingbury Green Academy tap dancer brings home World Champion title
13-year-old Kingsbury Green Academy pupil Poppy has again danced her way to the top, bringing home a coveted gold medal from the IDO World Tap Dance Championships in Germany, a week-long event with over 1,400 competitors from 20 different countries. Poppy competed in two dances and was awarded medals for both; she won the silver...
Kingsbury Green Academy celebrates success at GCSEs
Pupils and staff at Kingsbury Green Academy in Calne, Wiltshire, are celebrating a successful year for their GCSE results. Jason Tudor, Principal at Kingsbury Green Academy, said, “It is humbling to see how well so many of our pupils have done this year at a time where the stories in the national press, on television...
Kingsbury Green Academy celebrates excellent A-Level results
Kingsbury Green Academy in Calne, part of the Ascend Learning Trust, is celebrating another excellent set of A-Level results. In a challenging year, which has seen a massive drop nationally in top A* and A grades, Kingsbury Green Academy students have done themselves proud and can look forward to studying at some of the best universities...
Kingsbury Green Academy delight audiences with The Addams Family
Kingsbury Green Academy is celebrating what could be their most successful performance yet, with the curtain closing on the school’s end of year production of The Addams Family. The show, which was a sell-out on all four performances, not only wowed the audience but also showcased the collaborative talents of pupils at the school. Taking...
Kingsbury Green Academy’s Rowan steps up for county innings
Year 12 Kingsbury Green Academy pupil Rowan has been picked for the Wiltshire County Under 18s cricket team. Having now reached the highest level of domestic cricket, Rowan started playing 10 years ago in the garden with her dad and progressed to playing with the Calne youth team before moving onto the Devizes women’s team...