Dear parents and carers,
I hope you have had a great week.
As we move towards the end of another busy and successful academic year, I wanted to take a moment to celebrate some fantastic achievements across our school community.
Eco Green Flag Award – With Distinction!
I am also delighted to share some fantastic news. King's Academy Ringmer has once again been awarded the Eco-Schools Green Flag Award – and this year we have achieved it with Distinction.
This is a tremendous accomplishment and reflects the commitment of our students and staff to environmental responsibility and sustainability. A particular thank you must go to Ms Simon-House, whose passion, leadership and dedication have helped drive this work forward so successfully.
The assessors were incredibly complimentary about the work taking place across our school. They described the development of our Eco-Hub garden and greenhouse as a ‘phenomenal achievement’ and praised the outstanding commitment shown by students in bringing the project to life.
They highlighted how these spaces provide valuable opportunities for students to develop practical skills, strengthen their environmental understanding and take ownership of positive change within our community.
Among the many strengths recognised were:
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The exceptional teamwork shown by students in maintaining and developing environmental projects throughout the year.
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Our celebration of Sir David Attenborough's 100th birthday, helps students understand the impact one individual can have on protecting our planet.
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Curriculum projects such as Year 10 students designing and constructing birdhouses, embedding environmental learning through meaningful, hands-on experiences.
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Student leadership through projects such as ‘The Air We Breathe’, where pupils monitored local air quality and explored important environmental issues.
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Strong community engagement through our Eco-Page, social media channels and newsletters, ensuring environmental awareness remains at the heart of school life.
The report concluded by encouraging us to continue building on our current workaround energy and sustainability, recognising that meaningful environmental change is achieved through sustained effort over time.
What makes this award particularly special is that it reflects our school values of Honesty, Faith and Courage in action. Our students have shown honesty in understanding the challenges facing our environment, faith that positive change is possible, and courage in taking action to make a difference.
We remain incredibly proud that King's Academy Ringmer continues to be recognised as a beacon of good environmental practice, both locally and nationally.
Year 11 – So Nearly There!
Firstly, I want to say how incredibly proud we are of our Year 11 students. Over the past few weeks, they have approached their GCSE examinations with maturity, confidence and calmness. Examinations can be a challenging and sometimes stressful period, but our students have conducted themselves brilliantly, demonstrating resilience and a real commitment to achieving their best.
There is now not long to go before they can celebrate the end of their secondary school journey and enjoy the many memorable events that lie ahead, including the Leavers' Assembly, Prom and a well-earned summer break. We wish them every success as they complete their final examinations and look forward to celebrating with them in the weeks ahead.
Summer Showcase - Wednesday 17th June
Finally, we are very excited about our upcoming Summer Showcase, taking place on Wednesday 17th June from 6.00pm to 8.00pm. Details of how to obtain tickets can be found here:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/kings-academy-ringmer-summer-showcase-tickets-1989298504377
The evening will celebrate the incredible talents of our students through music, dance and drama performances. Events like these are always a highlight of the school calendar and provide a wonderful opportunity for our community to come together and celebrate student achievement.
We would be delighted to see as many families as possible there and hope you will be able to join us for what promises to be a fantastic evening.
Thank you, as always, for your continued support.
Best wishes,
Mr Harvey
Principal
Super Curriculum 3D Art
Super Curriculum 3D Art students have been getting even more inventive with their recycled milk bottle designs! Incredible colours, characters and creativity were evident in all their fantastic pieces. We hope you enjoy these outcomes as much as we did!
HSSSSSS! Super Curriculum Ceramics
HSSSSSS! Super Curriculum Ceramics students used clay and acrylic paints to create some amazing snakes! While some went for fascinating realism, others let their imagination go with some beautiful and intricate design work. They are looking forward to practising with coloured glazes for their next 'landscape 3D tile' project.
ECO Team
Sunday 7th June is Open farm Sunday! Our schools twinning Farm, Mays Farm in Ringmer is open from 11- 3pm, where Maxine invites you to come and visit and meet her and the animals.
For other open farms please click on this link to the website
South Downs National Park - Work Experience Volunteering Days for 16-25 year olds June-July 2026
South Downs National Park – Youth Action days offer opportunities to volunteer in conservation tasks across the National Park. Participants will gain practical skills, learn about wildlife conservation, landscape management and environmental campaigning.
Please could you distribute these opportunities to your young people to help gain work experience hours.
South Downs Youth Action Events for June and July 2026 are as follows – a PDF poster is also attached
6 June 2026 - Yellow Fish Campaign ‘Great Big Green Week’ Arundel
Join the South Downs Youth Action team and the Green Team in Arundel for the ‘Great Big Green Week’–promoting the 'Arundel Yellow Fish Campaign, highlighting the need to reduce pollution entering our rivers and seas, and particularly the Arun.
We will be raising awareness of 'Only rain down the drain!' and making signage for roads and drains.
13 June 2026 - Nature Recovery joining Sussex Wildlife Trust at Seven Sisters Country Park
Come and visit the Seven Sisters Youth Action team for a special day alongside the Sussex Wildlife Youth Rangers for a day of Nature Recovery at this iconic site. Lots of hands-on conservation and an array of wildlife with some amazing views! This will be a friendly session to meet up with like-minded young conservation enthusiasts.
26 July 2026 - South Downs Youth Action Day Pulborough Brooks with the RSPB
Help keep the bird reserve free of invasive plants for a day of Himalayan Balsam pulling at RSPB Pulborough Brooks. Although a beautiful plant, Himalayan Balsam is spreading along our rivers and preventing our native British plants from growing. As the plant is shallow rooted, the best way to remove it is by pulling it out of the ground and placing it in piles to decompose.
They can reimburse public transport costs and contribute towards lunch with a valid receipt.
To book a meaningful opportunity click HERE
Archery Open Day – Saturday 20 June 2026
Please see the flyer below
