Beal High School hosted an Economics Conference organised by Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) on 23rd February, 2023. The conference was attended by 355 sixth form students from: • Beal High School, • The Forest Academy, • Woodford County High School, • William Ellis High School, • Guildhouse School, • King's [...]
Our KS4 and KS5 media students visited Harry Potter Studios to deepen their understanding of a working movie set. Located at the Studios where all eight films were produced, the Studio Tour showcases the British talent and artistry that went into the making of the Wizarding World. Our pupils stepped on [...]
Raluca represented TFA at the regional final of the National Speak Out Challenge after having won the school competition. Raluca did a fantastic job talking passionately about her siblings and we are immensely proud of her performance. We look forward to continuing our long standing relationship Jack Petchey Foundation and this [...]
A group of aspiring Year 10 students had the opportunity to attend the ‘Women of the World’ festival at the Southbank Centre’s Festival Hall. The event was to celebrate all women, girls, and non-binary people for International Women's Day Students had the chance to listen to motivational talks, watch incredible performances [...]
To celebrate National Careers Week, we hosted our biggest and best ever Careers Fair. Our exhibitors included employers (NHS, Police, Havering Social Service, Leyton Orient Trust), Universities (City, Queen Mary's, Herefordshire, UEL) and local colleges (New City College, Sir George Monoux College, Big Creative Education) and Government Apprenticeships. Students from Year [...]
We were one of 6 London schools selected to participate in the Frankly Speaking Debate Competition held at the US Embassy. The competition was extremely tough, and we were immensely proud to have made it to the semi-final. Here is what one of our sixth form students had to say about [...]
Rob Fryer, Director Of Recruitment at Now Teach, came in for National Careers Week to deliver Employability and Interview skills workshop to some of Year 11 and Sixth Form students . Rob has worked in recruitment for 20 years and our students benefitted from sharing his wealth of experience. Rob also [...]
Guy Grainger from Speakers for Schools delivered a powerful talk about sustainability to Year 9. Guy Grainger is Global Head of Sustainability at JLL. He has overall responsibility for sustainability services, products and strategy, and for JLL’s corporate sustainability program. Guy took the opportunity to highlight careers related to sustainability and [...]
Students were taken on a trip along the Southbank to support their contextual knowledge of the History GCSE topics currently and previously studied. It began with a walk from London Bridge stopping briefly to look at Southwark Cathedral and Borough Market. We then went aboard the Golden Hinde (an exact replica [...]
In March, Ed from WizeUP Financial Education (in partnership with Jack Petchey) ran five Financial Education masterclasses across sixth form as part of the PSHE curriculum. Students learned about: • student finance • managing a budget • credit cards and credit scores • cryptocurrency • living independently • tax and pensions [...]
