The community spirit in Bolton is incredible. A huge thank you to Rashid Patel (former test cricketer) and his family for providing complimentary tea, coffee and snacks for our community and the NHS staff outside our vaccination site
@EssaAcademy
today. Wow.
We are delighted that Essa Academy has been graded by Ofsted as a Good school! 'Without exception, every pupil who spoke to an inspector said that they are proud to attend Essa Academy.' We are also incredibly proud. Click here to read our report:
We are so pleased to share the news that Mr Knowles has been shortlisted for Pearson’s National Headteacher of the Year Award! ⭐️ Read the full article here
@VickyBeer1
Our catering staff have been outside providing our vaccination bus staff with free lunches 🥪 We'd like to say a massive thank you to everyone for your hard work this week! ⭐
@boltongpfed
@BoltonCCG
Great to see more and more of our community queuing for their vaccine in the sunshine today
@EssaAcademy
. A fantastic experience for our students to see this taking place on our car park too. Still here for the rest of the week!
@BoltonCCG
@boltongpfed
@stjohnambulance
Pupils and staff at Essa Academy in Bolton have found a permanent way to remember the year of the pandemic. Students have created a huge wall mural representing a pair of wings, made up of feathers which have been individually designed by students and staff members at the Academy
Wow, 42 vaccinators on site today! If you live, work or study in BL3 or BL4 and meet the criteria, get to
@EssaAcademy
for your Covid Vaccine this weekend. Let’s protect eachother.
@BoltonCCG
#InThisTogether
'I have had unwavering support since my appointment four years ago from my governing body, our sponsor, families,
@BoltonCouncil
and many others. A huge team effort.' Mr Knowles receiving his Headteacher of the Year award today from
@TheBoltonNews
. We're very proud.
Attendance up by 3% on last year. PA down by 10%. Staff absence down by 90%. Why? Introducing 20% PPA for all teachers. More time means better lessons means students attend. More time = greater work life balance means less stress means less absence!
@lisafathersAFL
@SchoolsWeek
Did you spot our Principal, Mr Knowles on BBC World News this morning talking about our vaccination bus? We're also so pleased to announce the vaccine bus has been extended until the 30th May due to popular demand!
@boltongpfed
@BoltonCCG
@BBCWorld
@BBCNews
We are absolutely delighted that our Principal Martin Knowles has been shortlisted for
@TheBoltonNews
Education Awards Secondary Headteacher of the Year! Watch the awards ceremony live at 7pm on Wednesday 17th Nov here! Good luck Mr Knowles
@boltoncouncil
Mr Knowles experienced a very proud moment on Friday as students congratulated him on exit duty following the release of our incredible Ofsted report. Thank you students, parents, staff and friends for your amazing support and response!
#GoodProvider
Our
@ManUtd
ball boy Yusuf had the incredible experience of being in the background of this iconic photograph featuring
@Cristiano
! Thank you
@MU_Foundation
, the opportunities you give our students are priceless.
Today we said farewell to our Year 11 Class of 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣1️⃣! We would like to wish everyone the best of luck in their future endeavours, you will be truly missed. We are so so so proud of you. All will Succeed!! 🎓⭐👏
Today we say goodbye to James Walsh from the
@MU_Foundation
, we would like to wish you all the best in your future endeavours! You will be truly missed 💛
There's no better way to start a new term other than with an exciting installation by our amazing design team! Effort, standards, spirit and achievement are our core values at Essa and our students are reminded of this every morning as they enter the Academy!
#AllWillSucceed
One of our very passionate drum students has been kindly donated a drum kit by Dave Thommason. A 1960's drum legend, Dave can no longer play due to his arthritis. Saleh was chosen as he practices every day before school, during breaks and after school. He is overjoyed 😁🥰
Earlier today
@MU_Foundation
delivered 30 meal packages for our students. Each year group will receive 6 packages for selected students and their families to assist them and give them healthy, nutritious meals for over the Christmas break. What an amazing thing to do, thank you!
Year 11 received their revision bags that are jam packed with everything they could possibly need to revise for their mock exams. From revision cards to highlighters they've got it all! The personal messages of support on postcards from the teachers are such a lovely touch🥰
All who know our Principal Mr Knowles know of his love for
@LEGO_Group
! Well, you can imagine his amazement when a Year 7 student appeared at his office last week with this superb piece of work. Wow! Well done Karim! A great example of
#effort
#standards
#spirit
&
#achievement
Christmas Dinner day 2019 has been a success! Thank you to our amazing catering team and all the staff who helped out... it was delicious! We are all well and truly in the Christmas spirit now! 🎅
Live teaching online and in person (to key students) whilst juggling visualisers, mini whiteboards, PowerPoints, Teams, registers and even different coloured pens!! Who can relate?! Well done to all teachers out there, every single one of you.
#TeachersAreHeroes
It's getting rather chilly outside so whilst highly ventilated areas are essential during these difficult times we have provided a free jumper to every single one of our students to make sure they stay nice and toastie! 🥶❄️
Congratulations to our wonderful Year 11 Class of 2020 on your GCSE results! You deserve every ounce of success, today and in the future. We are so proud of you.
Last Thursday a group of our GCSE Graphics students visited Old Trafford to tour and photograph the grounds for a very exciting project coming soon! Watch this space...
@MU_Foundation
We would like to say a massive thank you to
@Chethams
for your amazing performances today! It was very inspiring to watch and like
@redmond_tom
said "if you want music to be part of your life - let it!".
@BoltonMusicCent
Mr Mulla’s year 8 PSHE class showing how physical wellbeing is just as important as mental and emotional wellbeing. By running on the spot for 6 seconds, you can boost your concentration and productivity.
We would like to say a huge congratulations to all of our Year 11 students who collected their GCSE results this morning. We are so proud of everything you've achieved. It was lovely to catch up with you all and we wish you well in all your future endeavours! 🌟
The Essa Academy building is all set for the new academic year with some brand new fantastic displays created by our reprographics team! We look forward to welcoming our students back on Wednesday 4th September!
#inspiringenvironments
#allwillsucceed
This week we are delighted to welcome back our Year 10 students for a one-to-one catch up and to collect their study packs. It's great to see you all we've missed you very much!
Just a few of the highlights from our 2019 Open Evening. Thank you to all who attended and to our superb staff and students for showcasing the heart and soul of our academy. To see us in action again during a typical day at Essa, visit the website and get in touch!
#spirit
Today our Year 11 students were awarded with their special Essa signature ties to mark the start of a very important year. A fantastic year group; we can't wait to see what they will achieve in 11 months time!
#allwillsucceed
#standards
Christmas has come early for Mr Knowles!
How amazing do our brand new minibuses look!!
Thank you to our wonderful design team who have made sure we've got the brightest minibuses you'll ever see on the road. You're definitely not going to miss us!
As part of
#WorldBookDay
we are delighted to be joined by
@GulwaliP
for the day. Gulwali Passarlay is talking to our pupils about his book 'The Lightless Sky', his experiences as a young refugee fleeing Afghanistan and his success as an author after he left Essa Academy!
This week we introduced some new wellbeing services for staff 💛 Every Wednesday, staff will be able to access Beauty On Wheels on site after work, bringing staff beauty and health services directly to them without the need to travel!
#wellbeing
#wellbeingineducation
Happy 21st birthday,
@DalotDiogo
🥳
Here's a look back at when he took part in an employability and skills workshop with students from
@EssaAcademy
👷🏻♂️👀
🎥
Happy Friday! It's
#FridayTreatTime
for our staff today after a long but fantastic week with open evening, languages week and national fitness day all boxed off! Treats delivered to classroom doors makes for a fab Friday afternoon!
#spirit
#teacherwellbeing
A huge well done to everyone for making our first week of online learning a success! We can’t wait to see this improve even more as we move to live lessons for all students from Monday. Have a great, well-deserved break this weekend everyone and keep safe.
#remotelearning
We’ve had such a brilliant day away from our screens today! Here are just some examples of the No Screen Day work our students produced. We can’t wait to welcome them all back next week
#noscreenday
#screenbreak
Martin Knowles, headteacher of the Essa Academy in Bolton, has long been a proponent of the arts. At the end of his first year as headteacher, he made art lessons compulsory.👏
Find out more about spreading the arts in schools👉
Our Year 7s had an amazing time at Winter Wonderland on Tuesday with
@MU_Foundation
! Not sure who had more fun though, the students or Mr Curran… ✨
#spirit
Very proud that one of our ex-students
@GulwaliP
has been featured as one of ‘50 children who shook the world’ in this new book by Tom Adams. He has also published his own book, A Lightless Sky. A huge inspiration.
#essareads
A great first inset day for all staff today - high spirits, brilliant CPD, time with faculties and the best brunch ever cooked by our amazing catering team! One more inset day to go tomorrow before we welcome our students on Wednesday 📚
#newschoolyear
#allwillsucceed
Over the past two days the students have been part of a secret mission! They have been busy writing to let our teachers know how much of a fantastic job they are doing. Thank you to all our teachers for your incredible support always, but especially during this time!
In preparation for home learning our team have put together a Home Study Pack alongside other academic learning material with advice around structuring a working day, keeping healthy and seeking support:
#pleaseshare
#bettertogether
📚