Malcolm Arnold Academy

Well done and a big CONGRATULATIONS to our fantastic Year 13 students!! We are incredibly proud of all you have achieved and wish you every success for the future ⭐️

Project Phoenix helps young people aged between eight and 17-years-old who risk of criminal exploitation, drug harm or violence.
The scheme helps young people who have been identified as being at risk of becoming involved in violent crimes including assault, knife crime, robbery, drug-related harm, and sexual assault.
Parents, young people and professionals can refer into the Phoenix Project if they have concerns about a young person, or if you feel in too deep, you can make a referral via our website here https://orlo.uk/DAX2A
We’re not here to judge. We’re here to help you take back control.

☀️ Summer Safeguarding Newsletter ☀️

As we head into the summer holidays, we’ve put together our latest Safeguarding Newsletter to help keep our children and families safe, supported and informed.

You’ll find useful information and advice on:
💙 Abandoned buildings
🌊 Water safety
🍽️ Food banks and free breakfast opportunities
🤝 Support for young carers
🧠 Mental health support for young people and families
👨‍👩‍👧 Parent workshops and other local support available over the summer

We encourage all parents and carers to take a few minutes to read through the newsletter.

Wishing all of our families a safe, happy and enjoyable summer! ☀️

⭐️ Wake Up Wednesday ⭐️

📱 7 out of 10 teens report seeing violent content on social media

📱 More than half of the violent content features fights involving young people

📱 Viral trends and challenges that spread online, risk encouraging violence offline

📱 Real world incidents may also be recorded and promoted online

Read below for advice for parents about online trends encouraging violence.

At times, growing up can be a stressful experience. Young people may fret about things that could potentially go wrong in their lives – and what implications this would have for their life. In some situations, this can go beyond feeling uneasy about the future and become full-blown anxiety, which affects their mental, emotional and even physical wellbeing.

While worry and anxiety can originate from many different places, it's immensely important for parents and educators to understand the effect this can have on youngsters – and how best to support them if they’re going through a difficult time. This guide provides insight into the ramifications of worry and anxiety, and how you can help children manage – and hopefully overcome – these challenges.

If you feel your child needs support with anxiety, please reach out to the safeguarding team. With parents and carers consent we can refer students to our school counsellor or the NHS Mental Health Support Team (MHST). We also advise you to look into The Lowdown, who offer free, safe, non-judgemental, and confidential mental health services for 8 – 25 year olds 🫂

🚨Important update 🚨All year groups are now back in school on Monday 6th and Tuesday 7th as normal, following strike action being suspended and dispute being solved. Please see MCAS for details and thanks for your understanding.

Mrs Morris
Executive Principal
Malcolm Arnold Academy

❗️Update regarding school closure tomorrow - 26/06/2026 ❗️

Dear MAA Families,

Due to the ongoing high temperatures and weather warnings, we have made the decision to enforce an early closure tomorrow (Friday 26th June), however the closure time will differ from earlier days this week.

Students will be expected in school at 8:25am as usual, however we will be closing the school to students at 11:30am.

As we did today, those in receipt of free school meals will be able to access food at breaktime. This can be put in their bags for them to take home with them if they wish.

For those that travel by car, if parents are unable to collect their child at 11:30am then please let us know via your child’s email year group inbox and we will supervise them in school until 3pm.

Students have work set for them on Sparx and Seneca that they can complete as Independent Study.

For tomorrow, we continue to offer students the opportunity to wear relaxed uniform (no blazer or tie and shirts untucked) or to wear MAA PE kit. If students choose to wear PE kit, this must be MAA kit only including appropriate shorts which are navy with no logos on.

If students choose to come to school in relaxed uniform rather than PE kit then students must wear school shoes – sports trainers are not to be worn with uniform as per our uniform policy.

We thank you once again for your support this week around keeping staff and students as safe as possible during this period of increased temperatures.

Kind regards

Miss Berry

❗️Update regarding school closure today - 25/06/2026 ❗️

The same arrangements are in place for today as they were yesterday. School will be closing at 12:30pm.

This is a response to the conditions in school as the temperatures rise during the day and limited air flow in school, which we anticipate will be the same today.

Those in receipt of free school meals will be able to purchase food at break time and can be taken home with them if they wish.

For those that travel by car, if parents are unable to collect their child at 12:30pm then please let us know via your child’s email year group inbox and we will keep them in school until 3pm. Please do not let us know via this Facebook post.

We will be in touch later today about arrangements for Friday.

We appreciate your support and flexibility with this during this time.