Manor Drive Secondary Academy

24/09/2026

⚽ A fantastic start to our football fixtures! ⚽

This Wednesday, our Year 8 team kicked off their fixtures against City of Peterborough Academy — and what a performance! 👏

The team showed excellent teamwork, determination and resilience throughout the match, securing a brilliant 3–2 victory! 🏆

⚽ Goalscorers:
🥅 Karim – 2 goals
🥅 Kristupas – 1 goal

A huge well done to the whole team! 💪👏

Let’s keep the momentum going! 🔥⚽

22/09/2026

💙 TEAM MDSA — LET’S GET FUNDRAISING! 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️

On Monday, we were delighted to welcome Carole Hughes, Anna’s mum and co-founder of Anna’s Hope, to our whole-school assembly.

Anna’s Hope supports children and young people affected by brain tumours, providing vital support to families across the East of England. 💙

Our students were fantastically behaved, respectful and inspired by Carole’s story and her message.

And the response has been amazing — ALL our Fun Run places are now taken! 🎉

Now we need to focus on the fundraising! Our target is £1,260, and we have already raised £150. Every donation will help us get closer to our goal.

👉 Please support Team MDSA by donating through the link below:

https://www.justgiving.com/page/mdsa-team-2026?utm_medium=FR&utm_source=CL

💙 Let’s come together, get fundraising and make a difference!

Anna's story:

https://annashope.co.uk/

11/09/2026

💙 **TEAM MDSA – LET’S DO THIS TOGETHER!** 💙

The countdown is on! 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️ With just one month to go until the Anna’s Hope 5K Fun Run on Sunday 11th October, we want YOU to be part of Team MDSA!

Last year, our amazing MDSA community raised almost £2,000, won a fundraising trophy and showed just how much we can achieve when we come together. 🏆👏

This year, let’s go even bigger!

Whether you run, walk, jog or cheer from the sidelines, there’s a place for you in Team MDSA. We have 15 FREE places left for staff, students and families.

💙 Can’t take part? You can still make a difference.
Every £5, £10 or £20 donated helps. Together, those small contributions can become something truly powerful.

As Nobel Peace Prize winner Desmond Tutu reminds us:

“Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.”

That’s what Team MDSA is all about — belonging, supporting each other and making a difference together.💙

👉 Join Team MDSA!
If you want to claim a Free space please email [email protected]

If you wish to donate use a link below:
https://www.justgiving.com/page/mdsa-team-2026

Please share this post and help us tell our story!

One team. One community. One incredible cause. 💙

10/09/2026

08/09/2026

Congratulations to our new HEAD STUDENTS, Amira and Daniel in Year 11!

As Head Students they will be Chairing the Student Council and representing the Academy in external and internal events. Amira and Daniel now wear the Head Student tie with pride.

04/09/2026

🎭✨ ANNIE JR. AUDITIONS! ✨🎭
Ready to take the stage in our school production of Annie JR.? 🌟
🎬 Main Characters:
📅 Monday 7th September | 3:35–4:35pm
🎬 Supporting Characters:
📅 Tuesday 8th September | 3:35–4:35pm
📜 Collect audition scripts from Mrs Young at lunchtime and start rehearsing! Performing off script will look even better.
🎤 Solo singers will audition individually; other characters will sing as a group.
📝 Sign up for your chosen audition day and write your first-choice character + any other roles you’d be interested in.
💬 Questions or worried? Speak to Mrs Young for advice and reassurance.
⏰ Rehearsals:
Main characters – Mondays & Tuesdays
Supporting characters – Tuesdays
3:40–4:40pm
📅 February: One Saturday rehearsal + 24th, 25th & 26th February must be available.
Good luck 🍀

02/09/2026

🎉 WELCOME BACK, MDSA! 🎉

We hope our students and families have had a fantastic summer break! We’re excited to welcome everyone back to Manor Drive Secondary Academy for a new academic year.

A special welcome to our new Year 7 students and all those joining us from other schools. This is a historic year for MDSA as we welcome our first full school and our first-ever Year 11 cohort! ⭐

📅 Thursday 3 September 2026
⏰ Students arrive at 8:30am

Students will meet their tutors before taking part in a full-school assembly and a day of activities.

📍 Morning meeting points:

- Year 7: Under the canopy
- Year 8: Form rooms
- Year 9: Form rooms
- Year 10: Outside the Refectory
- Year 11: MUGA

👟 Reminder: Please bring a change of shoes for the inter-house activities.

We can’t wait to see everyone tomorrow and start another exciting year together! 💙💛

23/08/2026

🔬🧪 Throwback to the last week of our summer term Activity Days! 🧪🔬

Our Science Days were fantastic — full of practical experiments, hands-on learning and plenty of opportunities for students to apply their scientific knowledge to real-life situations.

There were some exciting experiments along the way, but everything was carefully planned and supervised by our brilliant Science team, with fantastic support from our amazing Science Technician, Mr Walker. 👏

It was great to see our students getting stuck into practical Science, exploring ideas and bringing their classroom learning to life!

A brilliant week of learning, discovery and a little bit of scientific magic! 🔬✨

23/08/2026

🏅 We are delighted to announce that Manor Drive Secondary Academy has been awarded the School Games Bronze Mark Award in recognition of our commitment to school sport and physical activity.

This achievement reflects the enthusiasm of our students, the dedication of our PE team, and the fantastic support from our staff and wider school community. We are proud of the opportunities we provide for students to participate, compete and develop through sport.

Congratulations to everyone involved—we look forward to building on this success next year! 🎉

03/08/2026

Free School Meals - all families that are currently in receipt of free school meals have been sent communication regarding re-applying. Please check your emails and action as soon as possible to continue receiving this benefit.