Term Letter to Parents
Well, where do I start? There has been so much to celebrate this term, it is a tricky one.
Do I celebrate CBA's attendance statistics now being better than the national average? Or should I mention us gaining the Healthy Schools Award? Do I congratulate all those who staged and took part in our X Factor show? Or should the headline be the Year 7 French trip? Or maybe the Year 10 work experience fortnight? What about the appointment of a new vice principal to lead on curriculum development? Or the new DSP kitchen Garden project? How about the brilliant efforts of all those in Key Stage 3 who will be graduating from the children's university in the summer? And of course there was the fantastic triumph of Roisin Curran who is now a World Champion Irish dancer.
All of these are excellent examples of the way everyone at CBA is striving to improve themselves and our school. However, if I had to pick one highlight of this term, it would have to be the highly successful CBA Literacy Workshop which saw over 180 parents join with teaching and library staff to learn more about how they can support their child's learning at home. The future of our school depends on building strong partnerships with parents and this is the latest example of ways in which we can work together to ensure every student at CBA is supported and challenged to do their very best.
On the theme of doing one's best, we are now beginning this year's examination season in earnest. I would like to finish by wishing the very best of luck to every student who is taking examinations here at CBA. As we all know, the next few years remain a challenge for CBA as we strive to equal and then surpass national standards for external examination performance. Nevertheless, you we can see from my dilemma at the start of this editorial, the story here is an extremely positive one and all of the indicators are pointing towards us becoming a highly successful school in due course. I know how hard students and staff have worked this year and I am sure their efforts will be well rewarded.
Andrew Campbell
Principal
I have taught in Corby for the past fourteen years.
Before becoming CBA Principal, I held the position of Vice Principal at Brooke Weston College for eight years and had also been Head of English.
In addition to my role at Brooke Weston, I was seconded to the DfES as part of a team exploring the effective use of IT in school collaboration; and I have published several research papers on school organisation and improving teaching and learning.
I like to see my role as building the Academy and contributing to the partnership of Brooke Weston Schools.
I grew up in Stamford and now live in Leicestershire with my wife and two children, Ellen and Ewan.
Andrew Campbell
Principal