Castle Newnham

4SIXTEEN keeps winning awards! "4SIXTEEN lived up to its reputation as the school in Bedford for Performing Arts" - NODA Review 2026 We had a wonderful time at the NODA District 2 Awards where we won the following awards: 🏆 Best Set Design for The Lion King Jr (Well done Miss Kelk) 🏆 Rising Star Award for Noah Y11 as Orpheus in Hadestown 🏆 Rising Star Award for Flynn Y11 as Hermes in Hadestown We were also pleased to be nominated for the following awards : Best Lighting Design for The Wizard of Oz (well done go Reuben Y10 for the nomination - the rest of the nominees were adults) Best Choreography for The Lion King Jr (well done to Miss Kelk & Miss McCarthy) Noah also performed two songs as part of the awards ceremony entertainment - and what an incredible performance it was!! Congratulations to all the other nominees and award winners!

Join us for an upcoming tour or Open Event! Whether you're considering Reception or Year 7 entry, explore our facilities and discover how we inspire academic excellence while nurturing a caring, compassionate community. We also have limited spaces in some other year groups too. Visit www.castlenewnham.school for further details or email us at cnadmissions@bestacademies.org.uk

This week Year 11 pupils have been carrying out their Citizenship Action coursework. The pupils have spent the last half term carrying out research into an issue that is linked to their studies including democracy, youth justice, disinformation and food banks. Pupils have delivered assemblies and lessons to younger pupils in KS2 and KS3 and the sessions went very successfully with one more group due to complete their action next week. Well done everyone!

THANK YOU for such wonderful feedback following our Year 7 Open Evening on Monday night! 💙💛 "It was brilliant" "An excellent evening" "The performance of One Day More at the Principal talk was OUTSTANDING - such talent" "It was obvious, how much thought, time and effort was put into organising it" "I love Winnie, the cutest calmest dog" "The tour guide clearly loved showing us around their school" "We have thoroughly enjoyed the tour and seeing what the school has to offer" "The kind and friendly students and teachers" "It was lovely to see all the children involved in answering our questions and showing us around" "My favourite part was the science labs with all the experiments"

We are looking for a MATHS TEACHER to work in our Secondary Phase. More details via: https://mynewterm.com/jobs/151125/EDV-2026-CNS-86165