Uncategorized

You helped raise over £4,000 for Comic Relief / Red Nose Day Thank you very much to all the students and staff who generously donated their monies to Comic Relief / Red Nose Day for our non-uniform day. Across the Trust, you helped raise over £4,000 for this worthwhile cause. Read more…

Year 9 students get to choose the subjects they want to study The choices that Year 9 students make over the next few weeks can play an important part in shaping their future careers paths as they get to choose the Key Stage 4 options for the GCSE/BTEC subjects they Read more…

Teacher Training and Teaching Assistant events attract new staff This week, we held two events at Bourne Academy to meet the growing need for new Teachers and Teaching Assistants across the Trust, due to all schools being extremely popular as we continue to be oversubscribed and have an increase in Read more…

SALAD three times a year improves presentation skills and confidence Our SALAD Days take place three times a year and are a great success to help improve the presentation skills and confidence of our Key Stage 3 students. To do this, our students don’t take a trip to the canteen Read more…

Scientists are ‘blown away’ as they make wind turbines for green energy One of the amazing local companies who regularly supports Cowley Academy at their Careers Fairs is Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind. They are a leading green energy company who have developed renewable electricity technology through the use of offshore Read more…

Classroom cover staff maintain our high standards of teaching Across South Lincolnshire Academies Trust, we have a team of full-time Classroom Cover Instructors and Cover Managers who maintain the high standards and continuity of teaching across all subjects. If teaching staff are absent for any period of time, such as Read more…

Harry Potter studio trip gives English students a unique insight The English department at Cowley Academy arranged a fantastic trip for a lucky group of Year 8 students to visit ‘The Making of Harry Potter’ at the Warner Bros Studio Tour in London. This enrichment opportunity was organised with the Read more…

Ever wondered what it would be like to go to prison? Our Year 9 students had a valuable insight into what it would be like to go to prison, the penalties and consequences that would affect them for the rest of their life and most importantly, how not to make Read more…

World Book Day inspires Key Stage 3 to celebrate their favourite books Our Key Stage 3 students in Years 7 to 9 were able to celebrate ‘World Book Day’ on Thursday 5th March 2026 by coming to school dressed as their favourite character from a book, which included many classics, Read more…

Author provides creative writing workshop for World Book Day For World Book Day last week, we were delighted to welcome Tana MacPherson-Smith (and Grim the monkey) to Cowley Academy in the morning as she kindly gave her time to speak to a class of Year 7 students by delivering a Read more…