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Last week some of our School students headed to Exeter city centre to visit the Royal Albert Memorial Museum in with a local artist, to take part in an exciting digital art project called Museum Machina. The students enjoyed looking around the museum and the exhibits. The following day in the classroom they worked with artist Cara Roxanne to […]

Yesterday a batch of huge pallets was delivered to the Academy, donated very generously by shipping company Stan Robinson Ltd. The pallets will be used to craft our new shelter for the Tanglewood Project Outdoor Education to use with our students!   The students have looked at lots of different shelter designs, and opted for […]

Our fundraisers Emily and Rosie recently travelled to BAFTA in London to represent Exeter Deaf Academy at the screening of The Silent Child film. The film is written by our friend and award-winning actress Rachel Shenton, who is a passionate supporter of Exeter Deaf Academy. Rachel’s short film is inspired by real life and tells […]

On Friday 22 September we held the hustings for our Academy Council Chair elections. We have combined our School and College Councils into one Academy-wide council, and we are voting for one student to act as the Chair to head the council. Alex L, Hayden, Molly and Matthew all stood up and told a group […]

A rainy Thursday didn’t stop our Complex Needs group’s trip down to Exeter Quay! First we headed to the local shop, where we used some of our Life Skills choosing snacks and paying for them ourselves. We then headed to The Coffee Cellar located under the Quay arches, to warm up with some hot drinks – thanks […]

Academy staff and volunteers from integrated infrastructure services firm AECOM recently spent two days painting and decorating rooms around the Academy, including the large school dining hall, in order to keep them a welcoming, comfortable and vibrant place for students. AECOM are working with us on our New Build project in Exmouth – a world-class facility […]

During Activities Week, a group of students from across School and College went sailing with the Island Trust. The Island Trust is a charity dedicated to helping young people get out on the water and try sailing. Based in the South West, they run three traditional gaff-rigged sailing vessels. Our young learners sailed out from […]

Activities Week took place in July just before the end of term, and what a week it was! Here’s a round-up of what our students got up to. Monday was a fun-filled active day at Decoy Park, a Green Flag award-winning country park and local nature reserve on the edge of Newton Abbot. All our […]

Congratulations to Ashantai, who has been presented with the Student of the Year Award by her Hair@theAcademy tutors! Ashantai has been studying for her VTCT Introduction to the Hair & Beauty Sector certificate this year. Ashantai said: “I’ve loved hairdressing this year. I feel very happy to get the Student of the Year certificate. When […]