Great to see our students dedicated and focused at Saturday School Strong preparation for GCSE Maths and English, with students working hard to secure success Thank you to staff for their support & refreshments to keep everyone going! #GCSEPrep #SaturdaySchool #HardWorkPaysOff

🌟 Celebrating our students this week! 👏 Awards across all year groups for showing our STAR values: ⭐ Service ⭐ Teamwork ⭐ Ambition ⭐ Respect Plus achievement and endeavour for all subjects and special recognition in the Safeguarding Awards 💜 Well done everyone! #WeAreSTAR

🌼🐣 School’s out for Easter! 🐣🌼 Wishing all students, families & staff a relaxing, well-earned break 🌿✨ We’ll see everyone back on Tuesday 14th April 📅 Stay safe & enjoy! 💛🌼🐣

Our Year 11 Leadership team, Ashalina, Tanimah and Imane and highlights from the Yr 11 #eidparty.

This week’s attendance prize winners enjoyed a fantastic film experience complete with goodie bags! 🎬🍿 A big well done for your brilliant attendance—keep it up! 👏 #AttendanceMatters #WeAreBay

A massive congratulations to our penultimate winner of the termly & prestigious Patrick Horner Award for Excellence. MH was recognised for displaying the values that Mr Horner held dear; excellence, hard work, respect and determination. @StarAcademies #WeAreStar

Year 11 students were treated to an extra sweet ending to the term to say well done for their hard work during DC4 mock exams 👏 🍭🍪🍰 Next up, the real thing! Students were also reminded about Easter school and the key work needed over the next few weeks @StarAcademies

Well done to Elliot, our FOMO Friday prize winner in the final draw of the half term! 🎉 A fantastic way to end the term—enjoy your prize! 👏 #FOMOFriday #BeInToWin

#Cultureday Year 8 form tutors Ms Mohini and Ms Fuller went all out for their forms.

We ended the term celebrating the achievements of our wonderful and ambitious students. Awards were given out for achievement, work ethic, displaying STAR values, attendance and achieving the STAR diploma. Well done all who were recognised 👏 @StarAcademies #WeAreStar

Well done to all our pupils who were awarded their Bronze @DofE Award in today’s celebration assemblies! 👏 👏A fantastic achievement that reflects your dedication, resilience and hard work—congratulations to you all! ⭐ #DofE #TwoClapsOnTwo

Today we celebrated the end of term with a rewards assembly followed by Eid parties. We encouraged staff and pupils to dress in the cultural attire . #cultureday

Our Shining Stars from this half term had a fantastic time on their bowling trip! 🎳 A well-deserved reward for their hard work and positivity—well done to you all, you truly earned it! ⭐ #ShiningStars #TheBayTeam

Well done to all our pupils who took part in this half term’s Big Cook! 👏 An incredible team effort to bake over 400 biscuits and cakes for West End Impact — we’re so proud of you all! 🍪🧁 #Teamwork #BigCook #Leadership

What a lovely opportunity for our pupils to celebrate Easter with Holy Communion and blessings for all. Our thanks to Pastor Doreen and past pupils who came to inspire and lead by example to our community. Have a blessed Easter break with family and friends.

At Star, we are driven by the belief that every young person deserves the opportunity to succeed. Through effective support and guidance, and high expectations, we help them to pursue their passions and turn their aspirations into reality. #WeAreStar

Our Y8 & 9s were absolutely gripped by ‘Hooked’! A huge thank you to @theatrePiE for a powerful performance on the realities of vaping, smoking & peer pressure Seeing our students this engaged and talking about these vital health choices is fantastic #VapingPrevention #WeAreStar

Last week, Year 10 pupils attended the Get Up To Speed with STEM one-day showcase, which allowed them to participate in a range of careers-focused activities.

Here is a photo of some of the winners of the chair competition for British Science Week, after they were tested for strength and judged on aesthetics in yesterday's Year 10 assembly! 🪑

Thank you to the attendance team at The Valley who are striving to ensure that pupils understand just how important every hour spent inside school is! Thanks as well for the popcorn and pizza to celebrate Spring Term attendance!!! 🍕🍿 #WeAreStar