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Sep 07
Welcome back to our new Year 13 who, having received their As Level results over the summer, will now be working hard towards their full a levels. Also a very warm welcome to our new Year 12. This is perhaps our biggest year group so far and we’re very much looking forward to getting to …
Jul 17
In Sixth Form last week we’ve been relaxing – if you can call it that! Mr Wright came close to a heart attack on the inflatable obstacle course and Dr Stewart insisted on competing against herself on total wipeout. We finished off our activities day with a barbecue, cooked in Cordon Bleu fashion by head …
Jul 17
Our Year 13 students have given themselves a send-off in style by providing us with more wonderful pictures of their own formal at the Hilton in Gateshead. We look forward to seeing them again for their results day in August. Good luck!
Jul 11
Transition Days took place recently for new Year 12 students coming from Southmoor, Sandhill View and many other schools. Students attended two days of taster lessons, quizzes, advice from Year 13 and, of course, the all-important annual Sixth Form Sports Day Extravaganza. If there was an Olympic medal for carrying a balloon with your face, …
Jul 11
We welcomed our newest appointment – soon-to-be-Dr Katarzyna Kosior. After completing her viva next week and (we hope) gaining her doctorate in History, Katarzyna will be spearheading the OxNet initiative, whereby Southmoor will become the North East hub for Oxford University’s new outreach program.
Jul 11
Congratulations to James Maynard of Year 12 who was nominated as Southmoor Academy’s ‘Physicist of the Year’. James attended Durham University where he was presented with this prestigious award along with students nominated from other schools in the area. As well as the presentations, the evening involved viewing exhibits by university undergraduates and a talk …
