Please do not visit St Edmund’s Catholic Academy if you, or a member of your household, are showing signs of coronavirus.
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Thank you for keeping the St Edmund’s community safe.
Open Morning on Thursday 29 September has been cancelled to ensure the safety of the St Edmund’s community.
We apologise for any inconvenience caused and hope you will join our Virtual Open Evening on Thursday 8 October.
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Please see the COVID-19 related pupil absence quick reference guide for your information: https://bit.ly/35vMAFl
Covid Absence Guide
If your child shows any one of the following symptoms, call for a COVID-19 test straight away via 119. Do not wait to see if the symptoms improve as you may be refused a test. If you are not able to get a test, the child and whole household must isolate for 14 days.
1. New continuous cough
2. High temperature
3. Loss of change to their sense of smell and/or taste
Welcome
Hear what our Head Boy and Girl have to say about their time at St Edmund’s Sixth Form
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If you are interested in studying at St Edmund’s, please browse through our online prospectus
Welcome to the St Edmunds Sixth Form site. Here you can find all documents and information for you sixth form life at St Edmund’s, including key dates, UCAS applications and course information.
Take a look at our prospectus where courses are offered across our consortium allowing us to offer wider range of courses suited to your individual needs.
St Edmund’s Catholic Academy maintains an excellent reputation for high quality post-16 provision within Wolverhampton. Our curriculum offer is broad: ranging from traditional facilitating subjects to prepare for Oxbridge and other Russell Group Universities to contemporary vocational subjects leading to exciting careers such as Architecture, Engineering, Business and Health and Social Care. Collaboration with local sixth forms ensures all students benefit from the best quality teaching and learning at all times.
We have a thriving Sixth Form community which offers the stimulus of academic excellence, coupled with the security of a familiar social environment. The distinct Catholic ethos within St Edmund’s is readily recognisable to the onlooker. St Edmund’s sixth form welcomes students of all faith traditions and is supported by our Bishops and Directors to create an inclusive Christian centre of excellence in which approximately 160 young people are able to fulfil their potential academically and grow spiritually.
Teaching in sixth form is innovative and challenging and productive independent study lies at the heart of our success. Great emphasis is placed upon the suitability of students for the wide range of courses on offer, which leads to valuable qualifications under the A Level and BTEC Level 3 pathways. Work or volunteer placements can also be offered, either as an essential part of the assessed work leading to a vocational qualification, or as a chance for students to gain first-hand experience of an area in which they have a career interest.
Effective group sizes are geared to foster teamwork and co-operation, whilst also offering an atmosphere of academic rigour, competition and debate. Relationships with staff have more in common with the student/tutor model within Higher Education establishments than the pupil / teacher experience through their first five years of secondary education. A team of highly qualified and experienced staff, committed to the value of the Sixth Form, offers excellent tuition within a curriculum which is extensive, courses which are demanding and a learning atmosphere which is exciting. Expert careers guidance, stimulating Personal, Social, Health and Moral Education, and Enrichment combine to complete this picture of a successful and forward-looking environment of which so many young people want to be a part.
Mrs M Hazeldine
Principal
Paulina Pajak, Year 12, successfully secured a place on the Veterinary Science Virtual week with University of Surrey from 29th June to 3rd July. This week provided Paulina with an overview of practical clinical veterinary skills, the theoretical knowledge to underpin these skills and an insight into the professional field of veterinary medicine. She developed a wider understanding of the variety and depth of Veterinary Science.
Paulina said, “It was very good, I loved every minute of it. The taster sessions were very fascinating and I learned more about the application process and MMIs.I had a mentor (who was super nice) and I asked loads of questions about student life and societies etc. So overall it was an amazing experience and confirmed to me that I want to study veterinary medicine/science at university.”
Feast of St Thomas the Apostle
Thomas, called Didymus, one of the Twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples said to him, “We have seen the Lord.” But Thomas said to them, “Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands and put my finger into the nailmarks and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.” John 20:24-25
It’s easy to be critical of St. Thomas for his lack of belief reflected in his statement above. But before you allow yourself to think poorly of him, think about how you would have responded. This is a difficult exercise to do since we know clearly the end of the story. We know Jesus did rise from the dead and that Thomas ultimately came to believe, crying out “My Lord and my God!” But try to put yourself in his situation.
First, Thomas probably doubted, in part, out of extreme sadness and despair. He had hoped that Jesus was the Messiah, he had dedicated the last three years of his life to following Him, and now Jesus was dead…so he thought. This is an important point because very often in life when we encounter some difficulty, disappointment or painful situation, our faith is tested. We are tempted to allow despair to draw us into doubt and when this happens we make decisions based more upon our hurt than upon our faith.
Second, Thomas was also called to deny the physical reality that he witnessed with his own eyes and believe something that was completely “impossible” from an earthly perspective. People simply do not rise from the dead! This simply doesn’t happen, at least from an earthly perspective alone. And even though Thomas had seen Jesus perform such miracles before, it took much faith to believe without seeing with his own eyes. So despair and an apparent impossibility went to the heart of Thomas’ faith and extinguished it.
Reflect, today, upon two lessons we can take from this passage: 1) Do not ever allow despair, disappointment or hurt to be the guide of your decisions or beliefs in life. They are never a good guide. 2) Do not doubt the power of God to be able to do anything and everything He chooses. In this case, God chose to rise from the dead and so He did. In our own lives, God can do anything He wills. We must believe that and know that what He reveals to us in faith will come to be if we but trust in His provident care.
Lord, I do believe. Help my unbelief. When I am tempted to give in to despair or to doubt Your almighty power over all things in life, help me to turn to You and to trust in You with all my heart. May I cry out, with St. Thomas, “My Lord and my God,” and may I do so even when I see only with the faith You put into my soul. Amen.
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