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I am delighted to welcome you to the Abbs Cross Academy website. Abbs Cross Academy has been on a journey over the past two years and has now been recognised by Ofsted as a ‘good’ school. This is due to the hard work and commitment of our staff and the perseverance and positivity of our pupils...

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Borough Athletics Competitions

On 17th and 19th May, selected students from Years 7 to 10 were invited to Cricketfields Stadium to compete in the Borough Athletics competition. This day consisted of events including: shot put, javelin, discus, long jump, high...

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Table Tennis Inter-form tournament

The P.E. department continued with their successful inter-form program. Inter-form tournaments are run termly, with sign-ups for the tournaments completed within form time. This term it was Table tennis, which required 2 b...

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Year 10 GCSE PE Basketball trip to see the London Lions play at t...

On Wednesday the 30th March, Abbs cross took 25 GCSE P.E. students to the copper box. The London Lions were playing the Newcastle Eagles in an important fixture in the BBL Championship. The 1st quarter was a very tight affair...

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Arc Theatre Group: No Excuses Performance

Year 8, 9 and some Year 10 Prefects watched a captivating and thought provoking interactive performance piece from The Arc Theatre Group called No Excuses. In direct response to Ofsted Report on sexual abuse in schoo...

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Havering Secondary Swimming Galas March 2022.

The Havering Borough swimming gala took place on Tuesday and Wednesday the 22nd and 23rd of March again hosted by Abbs Cross Academy. It has been a long awaited competition in the borough due to its cancellation over...

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Year 10 Netball Rally

The Year 10 girls headed off to Hornchurch High School who were hosting the Netball rally. Our first game was against Bower Park who we had a bye against and so were awarded the win. Our next game was against Sacred Heart, we kn...

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March 29th 2022

Year 7 Dance Club

Yr7 Dance Team have been rehearsing for 20 weeks now and have pieced together three routines in the style of musical theatre, lyrical and street dance. The Yr7 Dance Team have shown excellent commitment to both rehe...

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March 18th 2022

Year 9 Netball Rally

On the 9th March Abbs Cross Academy took part in the Netball Rally at Hornchurch High School. This year we had a huge amount of students taking part - 18 to be precise! Everyone played exceptionally well and the best they have e...

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PE match reports for February and March.

Year 7 Football Abbs Cross 4 – Sanders Draper 1 A fast start to the game at Lane in the year 7’s first game back since the Christmas break. Abbs Cross kicked off and early pressure resulted in Sanders School ta...

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Ways to speak to children about events in Ukraine

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Abbs Cross at the Harry Potter World!

On Tuesday 8th February 2022, a group of 108 Year 8 students took part in an achievement reward trip to ‘The Harry Potter World’. The event included students getting exclusive behind the scenes access to the movie set...

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Katie Ennis- Havering Sports Volunteer of the year

Abbs Cross are extremely proud to share that one of our year 11 students – Katie Ennis has been recognised throughout the borough for both her commitment to the development of young athletes throughout Havering. Nom...

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February 24th 2022

Changes to COVID-19 guidance

On Monday 21 February, the Prime Minister announced an end to restrictions as part of the Government’s ‘Living with COVID’ plan. Despite these changes, you are still encouraged to continue to follow public healt...

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February 7th 2022

Free online webinars

The Charlie Waller Institute is running a series of free live webinars for parents, carers and educators. They are all presented by our mental health trainers, speakers and guest speakers who come from a wide range of profess...

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January 27th 2022

Year 10 Set Phrase Workshop

Year 10 GCSE Dance took part in a strenuous dance workshop linking to their Performance unit of the GCSE specification. Students focused on action, dynamic and spatial content of Flux and Shift, led by a specialist online...

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November 25th 2021

English National Ballet Workshop - Creature

After being lucky enough to have watched 'Creature' digitally, performed by the wonderful English National Ballet in September, Abbs Cross Academy's year 10 and 11 GCSE Dance students, continued their learning, partici...

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November 24th 2021

The Winter Variety Performance

Abbs Cross Academy and Arts College proudly presented two shows, to an audience and to our Year 7 students in the assembly hall. Students performed dance, drama and music acts, with professional excellence and loved the whol...

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November 16th 2021

Remembrance: The Importance and meaning of the war memorials

Remembrance: The Importance and meaning of the war memorials

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November 16th 2021

Parent Surgeries Autumn 2021

Year 8 Parental Surgery Year 9 Parental Surgery Year 10 Parental Surgery Year 11 Parental Surgery

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Theatre Trip - Woman...

November 16th 2021

Theatre Trip - Woman In Black

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November 15th 2021

Year 8 Jack Petchey Dance Workshops (Street and Tap)

Year 8 students were provided with three free Dance workshops, where students were taught by Megan and Georgia, a variety of exercises and routines in the style of Street and Tap Dance. The Year 8 students committed to after...

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November 2nd 2021

Summer school

During the first two weeks of the Summer Holidays, Abbs Cross School held a Summer School for a number of students. We offered places on the Summer School to all the students who would be joining us in Year 7 in September a...

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November 2nd 2021

#AskTheAwkward

Being online is an important part of how young people ‘do’ relationships. Young people are using online spaces for their social and romantic lives. They told us that they would like their parents and carers to talk wit...

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October 20th 2021

October half term school meal scheme

The Borough is continuing support families via the School Holiday Meal Scheme as it did during previous holiday periods. The scheme is a way of providing funds to ensure that eligible families can purchase food over the October ha...

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October 14th 2021

Year 7 Football Result

The Year 7 football team represented the school for the first time on Tuesday 12th of October. Abbs Cross played away at Emerson Park Academy and won 3-1. It was a very strong performance for being on the pitch together for the...

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October 14th 2021

Year 10 GCSE Drama - Frantic Assembly Workshop

Year 10 had the wonderful opportunity to participate in a physical theatre workshop run by the theatre company, Frantic Assembly. The students developed their physical skills including devising, contact work, pair lif...

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October 4th 2021

Inter form competitions 2021

Year 8 Netball. On Tuesday 23rd September Year 8 Girls came and took part in the Inter form Netball competition. After being unable to take part in Inter form activities last year, Year 8 were very keen to attend. Year 8 arrived...

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October 1st 2021

Year 8 and 9 English Reward Trip

On Friday 1st October, 30 Year 8 and Year 9 students with the most positive SIMS in their year group for English so far this year were treated to a performance of William Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream&#...

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October 1st 2021

Black History Month

Abbs Cross school will be celebrating Black History Month across the school and curriculum in October 2021 with a range of activities. Please see below the link to The Black History Month website for interesting articles and activ...

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September 29th 2021

The Drama Department - Year 10 GCSE

The Drama Department has started the school year extremely positively, with Year 10 students showing a particularly mature and physical approach to their Drama studies. Year 10 continues to work as a team and build co...

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September 29th 2021

The Dance Department

The Dance Department has started the school year extremely positively, with students experiencing different styles of dance on their curriculum. In particular, Year 7 have been focusing on perfecting the ‘5 Basic Body Actio...

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NHS Big Tea Party

On the 15th July the whole of Year 7 at Abbs Cross celebrated the 73rd Anniversary of the National Health Service, by having a “Big Tea Party”. This was part of a wider national celebration to mark the anniversary, an...

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Talking to your child about coronavirus

Your child may understandably be concerned or worried by what they see, read or hear in the see in the news or read online regarding coronavirus (covid-19). As a parent or carer, it’s good to talk to them honestly but calmly...

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Letter to Parents

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March 30th 2020

School Safeguarding and Child Protection COVID 19 – Policy...

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Coronavirus: what yo...

February 13th 2020

Coronavirus: what you need to know

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HeadteacherMrs Nicola Jethwa

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Hornchurch, Essex RM12 4YB

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