Catering at Q3 Academy Great Barr Sodexo provides the catering service for Q3 Academy Great Barr. Do you cater for specialist diets? Whilst our kitchen handles allergens, so we cannot guarantee any of our foods are allergen-free, we have Allergy Champions on hand to best support your child with making choices to meet their dietary requirements. Please ensure that we’re made aware of any allergies or food intolerances by completing this form and submitting it to the Student Data Team at the Academy. Is my child entitled to free meals? Depending on your circumstances, you may be entitled to free meals for your child! Check the criteria and apply online here. What can I get for my money? Student meal accounts can be topped up through the ParentPay website. Main Meals Jacket Potatoes & Pasta Pizza Sides Main Meal £2.20 Pudding 55p Main + Pudding + Drink £2.61 Plain Jacket Potato 88p + 1 filling £1.80 + 2 fillings £2.41 Slice of Pizza £1.50 Tuna Pots 88p Cheese Pots 88p Sandwiches Snacks Desserts Drinks Sandwiches from £1.50 Wraps from £2.00 Baguettes from £2.20 Bagels from £1.80 Burgers from £2.20 Hot Snacks from £1.40 Hot Pudding 55p Fruit Portion 55p Fruit Pots from 70p Yoghurts 75p Tray Bakes 88p Waffles £1.10 Dessert Pots from 82p Jelly from £1.10 Angel Delight 82p Buns and Cakes from £1.10 Cookies 88p Mineral Water 66p Radnor Fruits Fizz £1.10 Calypso Cuplets 45p Milkshake £1.10 Oranka Juice £1.10 Suso £1.20 Smoothies £1.50 A Sample Menu... (Read More...)
ACE – Aspirations, Careers and Employability The Aspirations, Careers, and Employability Team at Q3 Academy Great Barr aim to prepare our young people for life outside of the Academy. We strive to raise aspirations in every single student, whilst getting students to begin thinking about their career prospects. Young people who have been in contact with employers up to four times are 86% more likely to secure employment. Q3 Academy Great Barr host numerous events to inspire and engage every student because ‘every child matters’. As you will see in our embedded careers plan we enjoy regular contact with employers through Business Breakfasts, Speed Networking, assemblies, workshops, competitions, mentoring, work experience and much more. Thus giving our young people the opportunity to be in contact with employers which in turn will give them a better insight into different careers and to raise aspirations. We really need your help to expose all the different careers to our students’ eyes and are eager to make new links, whether it be support for an hour or more. If you wish to inspire our students by being involved in the Q3 Academy Great Barr’s Careers programme, please do not hesitate in contacting us here. Alumni Q3 Academy Great Barr and former Dartmouth High School are proud of all our former students and are keen to find out all about your career journey. We are creating an Alumni so we can invite you to our events and annual Business Breakfast. Please register your interest by... (Read More...)
Privacy and Cookies Policy This privacy notice explains how we collect, store and use personal data about students. We, The Mercian Trust, are the ‘data controller’ for the purposes of data protection law. We collect information about you when you browse to our website using: Cookies; Standard internet log information, used by Google Analytics. This information is stored on our internet hosting provider’s services, further details about their policy can be found here. Privacy Notices Privacy Notice for Students and Parents/Carers Privacy Notice for Visitors Privacy Notice for Job Applicants Privacy Notice for Governance Roles
Clubs 2024-2025 Breakfast Club Breakfast Club is available to all students daily, 8am – 8:30am. We offer a free bagel and juice to all students, and there are other hot breakfast items available for purchase. Students enter Breakfast Club through the external door to Quisine at the front of the Academy and register with a member of staff, there’s no need to sign up in advance! Extracurricular Activities Students are welcome to attend the below activities available to them on a first-come, first-served basis. You are able to see their attendance to the activities in the ClassCharts app. Therefore, a consent form is not required for students to attend our on-site activities, students can simply turn up on the day. A consent form will be provided and is required for any off-site activities (such as sporting fixtures/tournaments). Day Times Activity Open to Location Monday 3:15 – 4:00pm Craft Club All Ethos Room Monday 3:15 – 4:15pm Independent Learning Club Students by Invite The Zone Tuesday 8:00 – 8:45am Careers Club All Library Tuesday 3:15 – 4:00pm Science Club Year 7-9 222 Tuesday 3:15 – 4:15pm Visual Arts Club KS4 Artists 326, 329, 332 Tuesday 3:15 – 4:15pm Knitting and Crochet Club All 307 Tuesday 3:15 – 4:15pm Chess Club All 218 Tuesday 3:15 – 4:15pm Nature and Life Skills Club All The Zone Tuesday 3:15 – 4:15pm Psychology Club Years 10-13 187 Tuesday 3:15 – 4:15pm Year 11 Homework Club Year 11 121 Tuesday 3:15 – 4:15pm Board Games Club... (Read More...)
Academy Business Dress Student Business Dress All new students must wear the new navy Business Dress. We will only allow students who joined the Academy before September 2020 to wear a combination of the previous pinstripe design, and the new navy Business Dress until all items are replaced with the new design (as shown below).
Pupil Premium The Pupil Premium is additional funding for publicly funded educational establishments in England. It’s designed to help disadvantaged students of all abilities perform better, and close the gap between them and their peers. Here is our Pupil Premium Strategy Statement.
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