At Northern Education Trust Kirk Balk Academy, we share a vision of being ‘Outcomes Focused, Child Centred’. As such, we believe that all students are entitled to educational experiences that are both enjoyable and enriching.

You may already be aware that in order to achieve this, over the course of Key Stage 3, all students have the opportunity to take part in our ‘EBacc Experiences’ programme. This programme is designed to provide exciting experiences and events which take place throughout each year of Key Stage 3. All experiences are offered to our students completely free of charge and allow students to explore a range of topics from different subjects that make up the English Baccalaureate – a set of subjects studied at GCSE that keep our young peoples’ options open for further study and future careers.

The third EBacc Experience of the year for students in Y9 is due to take place on Tuesday 25th March. This involves students carrying out a range of activities looking at 4 different engineering specialisms – Civil, Design, Electrical and Mechanical with staff from VolkerRail.

This is a fantastic opportunity for our students to take part in and will hopefully inspire them to think about their futures and the pathways available to them.