Author: Clair Hill

Careers Inspiration

Our older students were invited to The Skills Hub’s Careers Fair at the Renaissance Hotel in Heathrow last week. They gathered lots of inspiration from the exhibiting companies and organisations and really made the most of the opportunity to talk …
4th May 2022

Celebrating the Positives

We ended the term on a high as students and staff congregated in the hall for our end of term E-Praise Awards ceremony. The hall had been especially decorated for the event with balloon arches to create a sense of …
4th April 2022

East Surrey College Visits

As part of the Unified Academy Careers Programme, year 11 and year 10 students have taken part in a series of visits to East Surrey College.  The aim of the trips was to provide opportunities for students to have meaningful …
16th March 2022

World Book Day

This week has been great fun at Unified Academy – we celebrated World Book Day! Staff dressed up as characters from different books and there were lots of reading activities during enrichment.      World Book Day changes lives through …
7th March 2022

New Sports Hall

Our new sports hall is now open and ready for recreational use. It has been wonderful to watch students enjoying the space and playing an array of indoor games. We understand the positive impact that regular exercise has on our …
6th March 2022

Inclusive Schools League football tournament

This week students at Unified Academy took part in Fulham FC’s Inclusive Schools League football tournament. A total of 16 students from years 7 to 11 took part playing a series of matches against numerous schools of different abilities. Students …
6th March 2022

Holocaust memorial day

Although students at Unified Academy are taught about the Holocaust, it is the first time they have signed up to take part in Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD). Class 7B have been studying the diary of Anne Frank, which lead well …
28th January 2022

Introducing Accelerated Reading

As part of our school drive to develop a whole school approach to teaching students to read, this term we will be introducing the Accelerated Reader programme. The programme aims to motivate students to read through matching students with books …
26th January 2022

Word of the week

We have launched our new ‘Word of the Week’ initiative to help students increase their vocabulary and understanding of complex words. Every Monday, tutors will introduce students to a new word which will be reinforced with posters around school as …
24th January 2022

Show racism the red card

Annually, at Unified Academy we devote the day to showing racism the red card, although this subject is embedded throughout the learning journey of all students every day. Students and staff are able to give their experiences and knowledge around …
15th November 2021

Vocational learning – mechanics

Some of our Year 11 students are working towards an IMI level 1 in mechanics, this includes; working as a team, improving their motor skills and all aspects of general mechanics. They travel to a site in West Drayton every …
14th November 2021

Art inspired by Remembrance Day

Art lessons this week focused on artists who were inspired by The Great War and Remembrance Day. In response, student Reece used his initiative to follow a tutorial and created an origami poppy, we was really please with the end …
12th November 2021