Principal's Note
Cultivating a sense of belonging within the Boulton community is one of our priorities. This week’s pastoral focus was ‘working together’ and recently our pupils have again demonstrated the value of teamwork, both on and off the sports field.
Team Boulton was overall winner at the Ark Birmingham Athletics Tournament last week, with several of our pupils now being invited to compete against all Ark schools in the Ark Athletics Tournament in July.
I have been equally proud to see our Year 11 pupils encouraging each other with revision during pre-exam breakfast club and our Year 9 and 10s stepping up as the soon to be senior members of our community.
Important updates and reminders for the weeks ahead may be found below.
Mr Cole, Principal
Year 11 Amended Timetable and Next Steps Appointments
The majority of Year 11 pupils finish their exams on Monday 15th June.
Every Year 11 pupil has been allocated a time and date for their ‘Next Steps’ appointment which will take place on either Tuesday 16th, Wednesday 17th, or Thursday 18th June. Pupils were given a letter to bring home on Friday 5th June, giving the specific time and date of their appointment. Please contact our Year 11 team through our Enquiry Form if you have not received this letter.
Year 10 Mock Exams and Period 7
All Year 10 pupils will sit mock GCSE exams from Wednesday 10th June to Tuesday 30th June. Please click on the link below to see what was shared at the Parent Information Event held on 28th April.
Period 7 sessions will now stop for Year 10 pupils from Monday 15th June until September, except for Triple Science sessions, which will continue until Thursday 9th July.
The Triple Science Period 7 timetable for the remainder of the summer term is:
- Wednesday 17th June: Biology revision (Period 7)
Thursday 18th June: Chemistry revision (Period 7)
- Wednesday 24th June: Physics revision (Period 7)
Thursday 25th June: No Triple Science Period 7
- Wednesday 1st July: Usual Triple Science Period 7 lesson
Thursday 2nd July: Usual Triple Science Period 7 lesson
- Wednesday 8th July: Usual Triple Science Period 7 lesson
- Thursday 9th July: Usual Triple Science Period 7 lesson.
Year 10 Exams Information_April 2026
New Group Reading Tests (NGRTs)
New Group Reading Tests (NGRTs) have begun for pupils in Year 7, 8, 9 and 10 as part of their end of year assessments. Please support your child to bring in their fully charged academy laptop every day, along with their earphones.
Remaining NGRTs are as follows:
- Monday 15th June – Year 7
- Friday 19th June – Year 8
- Monday 29th June – Year 10
Please read the NGRT letter here for more information.
End of Year Assessments
Pupils in Years 7 to 9 will take End of Year assessments between Monday 8th June and Friday 26th June.
This year, Ark is trialling software called No More Marking for our end of year Year 7 – 9 English assessments. Please read the EOY Assessment Marking letter here.
Summer Uniform and Equipment
As the weather becomes warmer, we would value your support in ensuring that your child brings a refillable water bottle to school each day.
Plastic water bottles will no longer be available from the canteen at break and lunch times.
A reminder that during warmer weather, pupils will be permitted to remove their blazers during lessons and movement between lessons but should still bring their blazers with them to school every day.
We understand that some pupils need to use fidget tools to aid their concentration during lessons. These tools will be provided in school by our Enhanced Provision team: we would appreciate your support in ensuring that pupils do not bring their own fidget tools into school from home.