Letters to parents
2023 – 2024
20 November 2023 – Attendance update
20 November 2023 – PE kit reminder
26 October 2023 – End of autumn half term
26 October 2023 – Happy, safe Halloween/bonfire night – reminder from West Midlands Police
12 September 2023 – Whole school attendance
09 September 2023 – PSHE letter
2022 – 2023
10 July 2023 – End of term
10 July 2023 – Happy, safe summer – reminder from West Midlands Police
03 July 2023 – Academy uniform
30 June 2023 – Industrial action on Wednesday 5 & Friday 7 July
30 June 2023 – Sports day
26 June 2023 – Eid celebration
22 June 2023 – Biometrics
15 June 2023 – Eid celebration
13 June 2023 – School closure
05 June 2023 – Headteacher introduction
26 May 2023 – Year 10 mock exams
25 May 2023 – Year 11 early finish
26 April 2023 – Industrial action on Thursday 27 April & Tuesday 2 May
24 April 2023 – Headteacher appointment
30 March 2023 – Change in leadership
13 March 2023 – Industrial action on Wednesday 15 & Thursday 16 March
24 February 2023 – Industrial action on Wednesday 1 March
16 February 2023 – February half term
03 February 2023 – Headteacher leaving
30 January 2023 – Industrial action on Wednesday 1 February
19 January 2023 – Extra-curricular consent
13 January 2023 – Free school meals
16 December 2022 – End of term letter
09 December 2022 – West Midlands Police Christmas letter
21 October 2022 – Happy, safe halloween/bonfire night reminder from West Midlands Police
19 October 2022 – Year 7 parents’ evening
08 September 2022 – Year 11 examination results
2021 – 2022
22 July 2022 – End of term letter
07 July 2022 – West Midlands Police summer letter
05 July 2022 – Year 6 parent and carer key information event
04 July 2022 – Sparx Maths
21 June 2022 – Jubilee celebration additional bank holiday
10 May 2022 – Year 11 collapsed revision timetable
10 May 2022 – Community incident
04 May 2022 – Year 9 pathways evening
08 April 2022 – End of term letter
23 March 2022 – Year 10 parents’ evening
11 March 2022 – Year 8 parents’ evening
15 February 2022 – INSET day
20 January 2022 – Year 11 parents’ evening
17 December 2021 – End of term
17 December 2021 – Returning to the academy in January 2022
05 November 2021 – Coffee morning
03 November 2021 – Covid-19 vaccinations for 12-15 year olds
22 October 2021 – Year 11 careers newsletter
14 October 2021 – Year 11 parents’ evening
07 October 2021 – Year 7 settling in evening
23 September 2021 – Year 11 careers newsletter
09 September 2021 – English and maths booster sessions
06 September 2021 – School attendance
31 August 2021 – Welcoming students back in September
24 August 2021 – September reopening
24 August 2021 – Lateral flow test consent form
24 August 2021 – Lateral flow test schedule for September 2021
11 August 2021 – Summer school – Year 9
11 August 2021 – Summer school – Year 8
11 August 2021 – Summer school – Year 7
2020 – 2021
16 July 2021 – Whole academy end-of-term letter
16 July 2021 – New Year 11 summer school
16 July 2021 – New Year 10 summer school
16 July 2021 – New Year 9 summer school
16 July 2021 – New Year 8 summer school
16 July 2021 – New Year 7 summer school
02 July 2021 – Year 8: ‘telephone’ parents’ evening
01 July 2021 – Happy, safe summer – reminder from West Midlands Police
21 June 2021 – Everyone’s Invited
21 June 2021 – Rerturn of laptops
17 June 2021 – Examination preparation
17 June 2021 – Year 7 parents’ evening
14 June 2021 – Year 10 Birmingham Metropolitan College experience day
11 June 2021 – Year 11 Transition
21 May 2021 – Year 11 Transition
14 May 2021 – Face coverings
07 May 2021 – Eid INSET day
22 April 2021 – Awarding qualifications in the summer
21 April 2021 – COVID-19 Home Testing
20 April 2021 – Friends Resiliance
25 March 2021 – Covid 19 update
17 March 2021 – Covid 19 lateral flow testing
03 March 2021 – Re-opening 8th March
26 February 2021 – Year 9 options
19 January 2021 – St Giles SOS+ programme
05 January 2021 – COVID-19 testing
31 December 2020 – Returning to the academy January 2021
31 December 2020 – Testing our students and staff
25 November 2020 – Friday early finish times
19 November 2020 – Positive case letter
18 November 2020 – Tes Schools Awards
16 November 2020 – New Friday finish times
10 November 2020 – Police advisory letter
10 November 2020 – Year 10 Covid letter
23 October 2020 – INSET Day Monday 2 November
19 October 2020 – ‘Be Empowered Workshop’ Nov-Dec 2020
08 October 2020 – Remote learning
08 October 2020 – Year 11 parents’ evening
07 October 2020 – Year 9 Covid letter
5 October 2020 – Latest Department for Education Coronavirus guidance for parents and carers:
24 September 2020
23 September 2020
09 September 2020 – Start of term, September 2020
09 September 2020 – School attendance – Covid update
27 August 2020 – Welcoming our students back to the academy (face coverings)
2019 – 2020
16 July 2020 – End of year/Reopening in September
16 July 2020 – Year 11 summer school Group A
16 July 2020 – Year 11 summer school Group B
07 July 2020 – Happy, safe, summer: reminder from West Midlands Police
05 July 2020 – Welcome for new Year 7 students
02 July 2020 – Whole school re-opening September 2020
17 June 2020 – Birmingham School Games virtual personal challenges
04 June 2020 – Supporting our students return to the academy
04 June 2020 – West Midlands Police – Death of George Floyd and Black Lives Matter protests
01 June 2020 – Students returning to the academy
01 June 2020 – A thank you from Birmingham Police
22 May 2020 – Year 10 returning to school
14 April 2020 – Home learning guide
03 April 2020 – End of term
03 April 2020 – Year 11 assessments and qualifications
27 March 2020 – New school cluster
20 March 2020 – Sources of support
20 March 2020 – Academy closure
16 March 2020 – Covid 19 update
13 March 2020 – Covid 19 update
05 March 2020 – INSET day – Friday 13 March
03 March 2020 – Coronavirus advice
25 February 2020 – Year 11 Edgmond Hall residential
25 February 2020 – Coronavirus advice
13 February 2020 – National INSET Day
03 February 2020 – Year 11 February holiday school
30 January 2020 – Students arriving early to the academy
18 December 2019 – Gifts for teachers
11 December 2019 – INSET days
17 October 2019 – Heartlands Academy named 6th highest performing school in the country
09 October 2019 – ‘County lines’ exploitation
08 October 2019 – Medicines and medical products after Brexit
08 October 2019 – EU settlement scheme
19 September 2019 – School attendance
18 September 2019 – Meet E-ACT’s Executive Leadership Team
2018 – 2019
12 July 2019 – Happy, safe, summer: reminder from West Midlands Police
11 July 2019 – Staff training days
21 June 2019 – Staff training day
10 June 2019 – Year 11 last day of school
23 May 2019 – Eid INSET day
28 February 2019 – What parents need to know about MOMO
15 February 2019 – ‘County lines’ exploitation
13 February 2019 – Parental questionnaire
28 September 2018 – Year 11 examination preparation
19 September 2018 – School attendance
04 September 2018 – Year 11 revision schedule
19 June 2018 – New timetable, uniform and last day of school
13 December 2017 – Key dates and expectations