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  • 19/07/23

    BRAYFORD'S GOOD OFSTED

    Brayford and Umberleigh Academies were both inspected in Summer 2023, we are delighted to share with you their results... 
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  • 28/02/23

    Role play in the Juniors!

    The juniors used role play and drama to practise our WW1 topic language in our Speak Like an Expert Session today. We enjoy using these sessions to practise our previous topic specific language - we really are quite the experts! See more pictures in the gallery.
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  • 27/02/23

    Brayford Academy & our partner school in India

    We had a great meeting with our partner school in India this morning. We enjoyed sharing and listening to each others' views on our favourite animals and foods, any fears we have, as well as our hopes and wishes for the future.
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  • 20/02/23

    Japan Week celebrations

    Our Head of school - Miss Leggott will be taking part in the World Major Marathon series on March 5th in Tokyo. This involves running six marathons across the world! Tokyo is the last in the series and will be a huge life goal for Miss Leggott. As part of this challenge we have brought...
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  • 08/02/23

    Eco Rangers at Brayford Academy

    Brayford Academy now has six Eco-Rangers – Amelie, Archie, Duke, Rumi, Elsie and Lloyd, who are encouraging the rest of the school to look after our environment. The children have some wonderful ideas which they have been sharing this week
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  • 30/11/22

    Brayford Choir sing at Exeter Cathedral

    A big well done to the choir children who sang at Exeter Cathedral.  The children sang with 7 other schools as well as the adult "Teachers Rock Choir" and together they sounded amazing.  The children behaved impeccably and performed beautifully - well done to them all.  Mrs...
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  • 18/11/22

    Children in Need 2022

    The children had a dress up day and did an hour of sports activities to raise money for Children in Need. More photos in the gallery.
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  • 10/11/22

    A visit from Gozo The Therapy Dog

    We were very excited to welcome Gozo and his owner Paul yesterday. The North Devon Hospice is a very special place where our Head of School - Miss Leggott is lucky enough to volunteer. We had special visit from Gozo who is a therapy dog at the North Devon Hospice. He visited our classes...
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  • 07/11/22

    Remembrance Day

    Brayford Academy are proud to display a beautiful silhouette of a soldier handmade for our school to commemorate Remembrance Day. Thank you to Paul Turner for donating this for our children.
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  • 04/11/22

    Unimole Visits Brayford Academy!

    Autor,  Fiona Thomas came into school to read her stories to the children. We heard all about 'Unimole' and what a kind friend she is. 'Unimole' even got to stay in our school to spot children who are being kind! Thank you to Fiona for a lovely morning sharing stories. #Unimo...
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  • 04/11/22

    Junior Arts Week

    Fantastic effort from the Juniors this week! The children have been creating art based on the work of Andy Goldsworthy. They have taken time and care over their thoughtful designs. See pictures in the Gallery.
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  • 17/10/22

    War Memorial Visit

    To further their current topic learning the Junior Class had a very meaningful walk to our village church to look at the war memorial. The children will use the information they found out during our visit to carry out research and create a memorial book about one of the brave soldiers who gave...
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