Summerhill On The BBC

Monday 3rd July
Twenty Year 5 pupils from Bristol’s Summerhill Academy danced their way through the renowned St Pauls Carnival recently. BBC Points West went along to the Academy find out more. Staff and pupils have also been interviewed by BBC Radio Bristol, before and after the event. Click on

Summerhill pupils performing at St Pauls Carnival

Monday 26th June
  Twenty Year 5 pupils from Bristol’s Summerhill Academy will be dancing their way through the renowned St Pauls Carnival when it returns to the city on July 1. Summerhill Academy had always had a presence at the St Pauls Carnival – until the pandemic struck and

Bristol teacher wins major prize at national awards

Monday 26th June
An important prize has been awarded to a teacher at a school in Bristol at the Tes Schools Awards, one of the biggest nights in the UK education calendar which was held on Friday 23rd June at the Grosvenor

ITV West Country News came to visit!

Monday 19th June
A recent Active Lives survey showed that fun and enjoyment is the main motivator for children and young people to get involved in sport and stay involved with sporting activity. ITV West Country News visited Summerhill Academy to find out more.

Summerhill students meet Queen Camilla

Friday 19th May
Summerhill pupils pictured with His Majesty’s Lord Lieutenant in Bristol, Peaches Golding.   Students from Bristol’s Summerhill Academy came face to face with some of their literary heroes this week, before meeting a surprise royal visitor – newly-crowned Queen Camilla. As part of

Summerhill Academy wins green award

Tuesday 2nd May
Pictured from left to right. Ahmed Balde, Maria Zaman, Musab Suleiman. Summerhill Academy, based in the heart of St George, has won a national green award for the way it encourages pupils to commute to school in a sustainable way to improve the health and

Egyptians and the after life!

Wednesday 26th April
  Yesterday Orange class, at Summerhill Academy, looked at the story of Moses, and what Egyptians believed about the after life. By the end of the day, we had created a clay version of the god of the underworld, Osiris. Osiris is the Egyptian Lord of the

Summerhill second in Bristol for Big Walk and Wheel challenge

Tuesday 25th April
Big News!! Summerhill Academy came 2nd in Bristol, for the big walk and wheel challenge back in March. Sustrans, Big Walk and Wheel challenge inspires pupils to make active journeys to school, improve air quality in their neighbourhood and discover how these changes benefit their world.

We Are Egyptologists!

Friday 21st April
Brave Egyptologists from Summerhill Academy have found this ancient artefact during our journey to the tombs found at the heart of the Valley of the Kings (our school library.) Egyptomania has gripped Saffron class!

Summerhill Academy rated Good by Ofsted

Thursday 28th April
The Cabot Learning Federation is delighted and proud to announce that following an inspection by the education watchdog Ofsted in March, Summerhill Academy has been judged to be a ‘Good’ school and Outstanding in the area of personal development. This represents a jump from its previous judgement of ‘requires improvement’.