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IQM Centre of Excellence Award 4 July 2019 Posted by: Rob Hulley Category: Latest News , No Comments The Fermain Academy are pleased to have retained our Inclusion Quality Mark Centre of Excellence status after our recent inspection. Around 200 UK schools have been awarded IQM Centre of Excellence status. This award recognises those IQM Inclusive [...]

TES Awards 2019 24 June 2019 Posted by: Rob Hulley Category: Latest News , No Comments On Friday 21st June, our Senior Leadership Team travelled down to London for the annual TES Schools Awards. Held at the Grosvenor House Hotel, the awards celebrate the best and most innovative people and teams in education today. Hosted [...]

Under Construction: A New Classroom 6 June 2019 Posted by: Rob Hulley Category: Latest News , No Comments As The Fermain continues to develop and expand, a new classroom is under construction. Located on the first floor, the new classroom has transformed the previous balcony space into a light and spacious learning area. Although the [...]

AcSEED Mental Health Accreditation 22 May 2019 Posted by: Rob Hulley Category: Latest News , No Comments The Fermain Academy are delighted to have been granted the AcSEED Award for our work involving young people’s mental health. The AcSEED Initiative is a concept founded by young people with direct personal experience of mental illness at [...]

The Fermain Academy Shortlisted for Alternative Provision of the Year 2019 10 May 2019 Posted by: Rob Hulley Category: Latest News , No Comments The Fermain Academy are extremely proud to have been shortlisted for Alternative Provision of the Year, in the TES Schools Awards 2019. The annual awards celebrate the extraordinary commitment, quality and [...]

Giving Back: Charities and Fundraising at the Fermain Academy 25 April 2018 Posted by: Rob Hulley Category: Latest News , No Comments We have held numerous charity events at our school and raised money for great causes. We held a cake sale for Macmillan Cancer Support's World's Biggest Coffee Morning where we raised £76.31. Thank you [...]

Fermain Academy awarded Basic Skills Quality Mark 25 April 2018 Posted by: Rob Hulley Category: Latest News , No Comments The Fermain Academy is delighted to announce that we have been made the recipients of the Basic Skills Quality Mark. We achieved accreditation for the Basic Skills Quality Mark in December 2017, in recognition of [...]

The Fermain Academy Partners With Tesco’s Community Food Connection Programme 25 April 2018 Posted by: Rob Hulley Category: Latest News , No Comments The Fermain Academy continues to be part of Tesco’s Community Food Connection programme. The school receives food that is reduced-to-clear, close to its expiry date or food that cannot be sold but [...]

Game On! Friendly Competition at The Fermain Academy 25 April 2018 Posted by: Rob Hulley Category: Latest News , No Comments Miss Hansell has organised sport tournaments in enrichment time where students and staff have competed against each other. Both table football tournaments proved extremely tense and exciting, with the win coming down to the [...]

Climbing The Walls! 25 April 2018 Posted by: Rob Hulley Category: Latest News , No Comments Our school promotes and encourages living an active life style and we believe that sport and exercise improves physical and mental health. In lessons and social times students have the opportunity to play various sports which help them engage, [...]