Info for New & Current Parents & Carers

Welcome to the hub – where you’ll find a mix of statutory key information for Parents and Carers and helpful resources such as ‘This Term’ content from our marketing team and a letters archive.

If you have any feedback for us, get in touch at admin@esaacademy.org and we’ll do our utmost to implement any notes you have.

Key Information for Parents and Carers

Calendar: Upcoming Events

The School Day

School starts with period 1. Please note that we do not have a morning registration. Our school day starts promptly at 9am with the first lesson of the day. The school is open from 8am serving breakfast so be early, not late!

We have 6 sessions of 55 minutes in our school day as follows:

  • Session 1 - 9.00am

  • Session 2 - 9.55am

  • Break time - 10.50am

  • Session 3 - 11.10am

  • Session 4 - 12.05pm

  • Tutor time - 1.00pm

  • Lunch time - 1.20pm

  • Session 5 - 2.00pm

  • Session 6 - 2.55pm

  • End of day - 3.50pm

Please note:

On Wednesdays we start at session 2 at 9.55am.

On Fridays we finish at 2.55pm after Session 5.

Please also note that other optional activities do continue after Session 6 (from 4pm). The school building will shut at 6pm unless there is a production or event taking place in the evening.

Term Dates ‘23/24:

  • Half Term 1: 5th September 2023 - 20th October 2023

    Half Term 2: 30th October 2023 - 19th December 2023

  • Half Term 3: 8th January 2024 - 16th February 2024

    Half Term 4: 26th February 2024 - 28th March 2024

  • Half term five: 16th April 2024 - 24th May 2024

    Half term six: 3rd June 2024 - 23rd July 2024

The Pastoral
Team

Beth Hughes
Head of Year 10

Pamela Banayoti
Head of KS5

Tom Baines
SEND Coordinator

Clare Buckle
Pastoral Support Manager
ext. 3224

Diane Holme
Attendance Support Officer
ext. 3226

Jess Reid
Head of Year 11

Support our
mission.

We rely on both our community and our industry partners to support in bringing our curriculum to life; creating meaningful opportunities in the Film, TV and Entertainment industries for our students.

From time-to-time, members of our community are also partners - if you’re interested in supporting us with a donation or providing any contacts, support or opportunities for our students please click the link below.