Great Bowden Academy has been awarded the Heritage Schools Award by Historic England. This special recognition celebrates the way our school has embedded local history into the curriculum, giving pupils the chance to explore the places, people, and stories that make our community unique. On Frida...

Another fantastic team performance this week, this time from our Year 5 & 6 Boys Football League team! Competing against other local schools, the team played three matches — and won all three. Every player gave it their all, showing brilliant teamwork, sportsmanship, and positivity...

Over the past two weeks, our Year 5 and 6 pupils have taken part in the Bikeability Level 1 and 2 courses with qualified instructors from the scheme – and we’re so proud to say that every single cyclist passed! Bikeability is the national cycle training programme that helps children b...

Each Tuesday the ‘Open the Book’ team, a group of GB parishioners, deliver a collective worship assembly as school. Each week the team bring stories alive by acting out a story from the bible, along with some willing volunteers from the audience, in front of the children. We love how...

Across the school, all our pupils are using our Zones of Regulation system to understand and manage their emotions. From Reception through to Year 6, we’ve seen great benefits—children are more aware of how they feel, more confident naming their emotions, and knowing how to get themselve...