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The following letter has been sent to parents and carers regarding the return to school in January:
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These are tough times for all schools and the world. Our Year 11s & staff wanted to allievate the high anxiety. We have to keep people’s spirits high in a crisis. This is what they did; all so incredibly organically. We ❤️
@TheOngarAcademy
. Keep safe; keep fighting the good fight
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That’s a wrap!
Well done to our amazing testing team who have administered thousands of tests in the last two weeks.
They are a mixture of staff & parent volunteers and make for an amazing team. We can’t thank them enough ♥️
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Getting our school ready for Monday! We can't wait to welcome you all back.
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800 people
@TheOngarAcademy
pay their respects to those that have fallen in the name of peace and those that continue to serve for freedom; equity and justice.
#WeWillRememberThem
. Absolute SILENCE showing absolute RESPECT.
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Meet Mr Abrey - our new Second Deputy Headteacher, dealing with Curriculum & Standards of Teaching.
#Welcome
#NurtureEnrichInspire
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We are delighted to announce that we were nominated for
@teachwellall
. We received the GOLD Award for taking care of the mental and physical welbeing of staff.
#Proud
#WeJustDidOurBest
. Thank you for the recognition and national award
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We are delighted to announce that
@TOAScience_PCO
has been promoted to Assistant Headteacher
@TheOngarAcademy
. He has been an outstanding ambassador for our school and we wish him well in his new role with us. Congratulations from the Ongar community! 👏👏👏
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And HK - who did incredibly well in his exams & made the most progress of any student and is off to an apprenticeship in London in a famous restaurant. You, young man, are an example to us all. Mr O will miss you & TK & OF making him howl with laughter at lunchtimes
#GCsE2020
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Delighted that students love our mixed diet of ‘Real Time’ lessons; LOOMS & paper based work. 100% agreed that they DO NOT WANT 5 hours on a screen constantly. Our provision allows for independence; guided learning & learning at different rates and times.
#WhereGreatThingsHappen
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We just felt we had to write to year 11 tonight! They needed to know that when other things are failing them - we (as a brilliant profession) are right behind them supporting and being their champion.
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Happy Christmas from all of us at The Ongar Academy.
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Our Head Boy Fraser ( who did exceptionally well) enrolling in to
@Ongar6thform
. The sky is the limit!
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Everyone at TOA is working hard on our final day of testing. Even Mr O is getting involved, overseeing what so far has been a very organised and efficient operation.
Well done to all involved - especially out students who have shown real maturity and resilience.
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We don’t take for granted that this has been an outstanding year for us at TOA. However we couldn’t have had this success without superb staff; governors; our Trust
@BridgeAcademyT1
; our parents; community members & our biggest advocates THE STUDENTS. Thank you 🙏 Happy last day!
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2019 has been an amazing year us. We want you to know that we don’t take our success lightly & we are humbled by our community’s support & love. We celebrate our achievements together with
@BridgeAcademyT1
.We will never rest on our laurels & will always try harder & be better HNY
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We have Mr Osborne’s email address to help him manage the thousands he gets but he won’t mind as posting this - we hope 🤞
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Mr Cooper and Mr Abrey in the Christmas spirit
@TheOngarAcademy
. We won’t be able to do our normal celebrations next week - but we will do them as soon in the new year as it is safe do to so.
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Please see below from The Cock; Ongar. Amazing! We are indebted to you. This is community at its best
#LoveOngar
@TheOngarAcademy
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SO excited - our photos from Carmel Jane Photography
Stunning - Cannot wait for our new prospectus to be published. Plenty of new content to come but here is a "sneak-peak"
#TheSchoolOfChoice
#Ongar6
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Students used their new space today; gifted to us by our amazing
@OngarPta
. Now in the winter months the ‘bubbles don’t need to burst’. We are indebted to them and their generosity and all fundraising. 👏👏👏👏
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We look forward to welcoming Year 10 (Group 1) back tomorrow. It’s been a while!!! We are so excited to see all of Year 10 in the next week. Remember we are in the Sports Hall. 👏👏👏
@ASST_HEAD
will be there with staff to greet you tomorrow.
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Good luck to Mr Talbot and Miss Jeffs
@EssexTeachAward
as they are up for Teacher of the Year! We don’t care who wins or not. You are both winners and are wonderful teachers and inspiring; positive and want to make a difference.
@TheOngarAcademy
are proud of you.
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Our student leadership blazers are in! Very proud of Phillip, Leah, Molly, Beau, Grace & Chelsea who were the first to receive theirs.
@TOA_celebrates
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Today, a potential Deputy Headteacher toured our school. He was amazed at the positive behaviour of our students during lesson times and commented on how impressed he was.
We always love positive feedback - well done TOA students!
#TheSchoolOfChoice
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And they’re off...!
Wishing our year 11 the absolute best for the future - we will see you soon for celebrations.
#TOALeavers2021
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Every single one of our sensational students have each taken a leaf and written a message to their Headteacher - Mr Osborne. From notes of ‘good luck’ to anecdotes of their time with him. What a beautiful thing for our community to do; materminded by our Head of Art
@ArtLeaderKJE
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They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
#RemembranceSunday
@TheOngarAcademy
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#PrideMonth
@TheOngarAcademy
. We will be wearing our lanyards and badges with pride. Absolutely and utterly NO OUTSIDERS at out school. 🌈
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This is why all schools should have a an
@OngarPta
like our one. They are absolutely sensational. They have donated their fundraising to help us create more space for our ‘Bubbles’ during COVID-19. We simply could not have afforded this without their support & Mr O’Leary’s vision
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Congratulations to Sammy and Finn
@TheOngarAcademy
FIRST ever representatives on the Epping Forest Youth Counxil
#EFYC
. We are so incredibly proud.
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Here we are at The Harlow Hotel ready to promoting our new Post 16 centre - ALevels - BTEC and Elite Training for Netball and Football.
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How amazing!! Thank you so much.
@TheOngarAcademy
Congratulations, you have been included in this week's School of the Week Awards!👏
🏆 This Week's Award Winners:
#schoolawards
#education
#edutwitter
#school
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The Ongar Academy is FULLY OPEN TO ALL YEAR GROUPS. No reported positive COVID-19 cases at all.
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Thank you to the 1457 families that came to our Open Evening. A huge success. 👏👏👏👏
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We are bowled over by the sheer amount of external applications to
@ongar6
. It’s beyond our wildest dreams!!! Amazing news. Well done Team Ongar!
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Mrs Haley delivering our students their Reward Prizes
@TheOngarAcademy
. (Socially Distancing if course). There is NOTHING like our school. ❤️
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James has received the Jack Petchey Outstanding Achiever award, for being sociable, friendly and polite at his club, and for his helpfulness towards fellow riders. As well as this, he has had an very successful race season this year! Proud is an understatement - well done, James!
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Good news keeps coming. We have also been nominated for the ‘Corporate Vision’ - Education and Training Awards 2021. So proud of
@TheOngarAcademy
. Just such wonderful recognition of the outstanding staff and community we have.
@CorporateVision
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One more teacher to appoint tomorrow in History and
@TheOngarAcademy
is yet again for the third year running FULLY STAFFED. Absolutely no supply teachers since 2018. Osborne/Haley over and out! 😂😂😂😂.
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We are proud to share - Staff of 2019/20 - our first year as a full school, with a full teaching staff.
#TeamOngar
#WeAreProudToServe
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Behind The Scenes
Whilst we are all home, keeping safe and well, our site team and cleaning team are cleaning our school from top to bottom.
#ProudToServe
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Today is The Ongar Academy's first day with our full cohort.
Attendance has been amazing so far & moral is high.
Well done to all our students for adapting so quickly & embracing the changes that have been put in place!
#NurtureEnrichInspire
#Recognition
@OngarAttendance
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From 9 staff as a new Free School in start up in 2015 to 69 staff in 2019 as a full to the brim Secondary school.
@TheOngarAcademy
is looking forward to the next two days of INSET and to welcome our 18 new members of staff!!
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Congratulations to our Mr Coleman who ran
#TheLondonMarathon2020
on behalf of
@TheOngarAcademy
named charity
@FoundationSammy
. We are incredibly proud
@MathsCSOngar
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Wonderful to see our new Head of Physics; Head of Drama and members of our brand new English and Science teams in preparing their classrooms. From a staff base of 9 in 2015 as a brand new free school to 71 in 2019 - exciting times ahead for our students and for Ongar.
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Congrats to Beau & Leah - TOAs new Head students & to Daniel and Mollie; their DHTs. The team will be supported by our team of leaders; Libby; Chloe; Daniel W, Lottie; Harry; Chelsea; Grace; Phillip; Larrisa & Noah. We are all so proud of you. Badges; pictures & Blazers to follow
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Not to be outdone- our Post 16 have created their own gift for Mr O. We truly have the kindest students.
@TOAstudentvoic3
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Meetings galore; lessons planned; pastoral meetings had; whole staff meeting outlining the schools ‘remote education vision’ promoted. Yet again, like all schools in 12hours
@TheOngarAcademy
has created a ‘new education system’. The timescale was gruelling but the morale was high
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TOA sends its thoughts and sincere condolences to the children and families involved in this tragedy. We will do everything in our power to support any students that are affected/knew people involved. Mr Osborne will write to parents tomorrow.
@TheOngarAcademy
sends love to DPHS
Essex school hit-and-run: Police release name of man they want to speak to as boy killed
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Exciting times. All students have personalised MAPs showing their Zones. No one will or could ever get lost or confused. Who said Mr Osborne has ‘excessive neatness issues 😂’. We are so ready to welcome all students back.
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Our students were lucky enough to listen to the the incredibly moving experience of Hannah Lewis MBE, a holocaust survivor, this morning. What an amazing opportunity - thank you Hannah.
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Amazing, amazing, amazing! Congratulations class of ‘22 on your incredible GCSE results. We are delighted for each and every one of you!
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Look at what has just been delivered?
@TheOngarAcademy
and
@Ongar6thform
first ever; brand new Prospectus.
#ASchoolForTheCommunity
#PuttingOngarOnTheMap
. A brand new education provision for Essex.
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The Government updated their guidance to Headteacher’s at 7.30pm last night.
There will be a plan for Local Lockdowns for The Ongar Academy (hopefully it will never be needed).
We are working through the guidance and it will be out to parents in the near future.
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To our families. More support from the Ongar community
#NoJudgement
. Remember if you are in desperate need please contact the Head; who can signpost you to further support.
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A virus won’t stop us celebrating and commemorating religious events. So a great big HAPPY EASTER from all
@TheOngarAcademy
and Ongar wise
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Welcome back to all our students!
Today is the first full day at The Ongar Academy. It's wonderful to see all our students back and engaged in their learning.
We look forward to an exciting and successful academic year ahead.
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So today we’ve said a very sad goodbye to Mrs Penberthy who has relocated to the coast. Her leaving card was packed full of heartfelt messages and everyone has been dreading saying goodbye!
To say we’ll miss her is an understatement but we wish her the best in her new job.
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Mr Osborne is so proud of Cadence for achieving Silver out of 38 teams competing in synchro!
Well done Cadence.
#Proud
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We have raised over £1000 for
@BBCCiN
! Well done to all our students and staff - what an amazing achievement and for such an amazing cause.
@FoundationSammy
&
#ChildrenInNeed2019
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Mr Osborne received this email today - our amazing students are keeping us going!
@MrAFOsborne
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Two Heads collide. Mr Osborne met Mr Swallow, who was the Head of Ongar Comprehensive in the 1970s and 1980s. They were deep in discussion about ‘community’ and having a school that is at the centre. They also discussed ‘servant leadership’ which they both believe in passionately
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What a wonderful start
@MissCollinsSci1
has made today. It’s hard starting a school mid pandemic but she already has made a huge impact as Head of Biology is one day. ‘’Sir’’ ‘’yes Sam’’; ‘’that science lady is blinding””. Well done!
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Mr Osborne has just met with Heads of Faculty & Subject Leads. They send their love & we are preparing some wonderful work for you after Easter. Thanks to parents feedback; Mr O will write to you on Wednesday as to how TOA
@TheOngarAcademy
will proceed after the Easter holiday
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After school ‘bubble’ enrichment clubs will resume after Easter Holidays. A new timetable will be issued straight after the holidays by Ms Clark and Mr O’Leary
#ReturnToGoodTimes
#EnrichmentClubs
.
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As of tomorrow, the school will be partially closed. This has been emailed to parents and carers. Further information here:
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Mr Osborne is unbelievably proud of our
@JPFoundation
#SpeakOutChallenge
winners! On to the regional final!
@MrAFOsborne
@OngarEnglish
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Between these two girls - 14 Grade 9s. Well done L and K.
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After a difficult COVID-19 week - this is the support we get from our parents. It demonstrates a palpable ethos that is based on mutual respect and an excellent provision that they are thankful for. We too; are thankful for them also.
#Harmony
2/2
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Mr Osborne is so proud of ALL of Year 7 he could burst. However 5 students have surpassed even his high expectations and have achieved over 60 R points in only 7 weeks. Just outstanding. Congratulations Callie, Michael, Ben & Louis!
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Incredible success for our students today in our first ever A levels. University, Degree Level Apprenticeships and amazing employment opportunities. We are so proud of you and what you have achieved in a really difficult period for education. Go and change the world!
#alevels2022
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Welcome to our new year 7 students!
Our students have arrived and attended their welcome assembly, followed by form time where they can get to know their peers & their tutor.
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Go Mr Talbot
@OngarPe
and Miss Jeffs
@ArtLeaderKJE
- both up for Teacher of the year!!! Go! Go! Go!!! Nominated by our children and parents. 👏👏❤️❤️❤️🤞🤞🤞
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Thank you to Ms Brand; Mrs Hamilton & Renyolds for preparing hampers of food for some of our families over half term. When Mr O saw the care that went in to preparing them & the look on the families faces; it made him realise that we are one community that look out for each other
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Two days at 96% attendance for Year 10. We are very happy!!
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There has been massive changes to the interior of The Ongar Academy. We have created a virtual tour so you can show your friends; family; our community what a wonderful; organised; creative and warm school TOA is. We hope you enjoy this.
Explore TOA in 3D
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Good luck to those who got a place
@TheOngarAcademy
. As we say ever year we as a school are not in charge of who gets in. Please see our letter. It is, in every area the LEA process-totally INDEPENDENT of us. We could have filled the school up 5 times over but we don’t decide.
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Please see letter sent from Mr Osborne this afternoon.
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The most wonderful; supportive parent has donated books that she has bought herself and written an itemised synopsis of each one. What a superb; commited; community minded parent. This is why we do what we do!! This has made my day. We salute you
@TheOngarAcademy
Ms P. 👏👏👏
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Mr Osborne trialing Google Meets for 11O English today!
#GoogleMeets
#WhereGreatThingsHappen
@MrAFOsborne
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We
@TheOngarAcademy
wish Mr Talbot and Mr Hudgell all the very best as they start their Standards and Progress Leader roles today for Years 8/9 and 10/11 respectively.
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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in Ongar. COVID-19 will not take
@TheOngarAcademy
’s ethos and spirit.
Thank you to Mrs Reynolds who has spent so much time & effort making us feel Christmassy! 🎄
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Congratulations to Year 10 who have achieved another FIRST. They took the first external examination for their Computing GCSE.
@MathsCSOngar
and the whole community are so proud of you; your dedication; conduct and sheer hard work. Mrs M was one happy Head of Computing. 👏👏👏
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We introduce
@miss_shrimplin
to
@TheOngarAcademy
. She trained with us and she was successful in her application to become a Science teacher with us from September. Congratulations and welcome formally to our beautiful school.
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.
@TheOngarAcademy
’s Open Evening has trended on Twitter - number 7. I think our Headteacher is a happy man tonight.
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