A message from Allison – July 2021

It’s been a busy end of term for the new Brian Clarke Academy which opens the doors to year 7 in September 2022. 

I have spent the last few weeks of my days as Deputy at Blue Coat visiting local primary schools to tell them about Brian Clarke and its offer for the children of Oldham. It was really exciting to be able to share our mission and vision and meet some year 5s and answer their questions. 

A huge thank you to all those primaries that welcomed me and spent time with me – Mayfield Primary school, Royton Hall Primary School, Whitegate End, St Thomas’s Werneth, St Paul’s Royton and St Hilda’s. I’m really looking forward to meeting more local primary Heads in September. 

Thursday 15th July was also the very first virtual open event. Thankfully the technology worked and having over 150 parents turn up on one of the hottest days of the year was really impressive. I received lots of important questions about the new school which have now all been replied to. Again it felt wonderful to be able to finally share some of the detail of the plans including the ‘birth’ of Brian Clarke, the curriculum, a virtual tour of the building, the uniform and admissions process. If you did not get a chance to attend the virtual event, you can now watch the presentation online. Please visit tinyurl.com/3rvm72cc

Summer will be busy too – we have already begun receiving applications for Brian Clarke for those students that will be entering year 7 in September 2022. Like the virtual event, we have been really happy with just how many of you have already applied and the interest the school is receiving. We continue to be available to answer any questions you have about our new school. 

As we enter the next exciting chapter with Brian Clarke Academy, we ask you to follow us and show your support on Facebook and Twitter. This is where you will receive all the latest news and video updates from the school. We have so much to look forward to and we can not wait to share it with you.

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