What's the best coaching pep talk you've ever had? This advice on winning from the legendary Frank Dick will take some beating.

We are proud to announce 📢 that KBA has been selected as a Silver The Pearson National Teaching Awards Award Winner in the category of Secondary School Of The Year. We are delighted to achieve this recognition for our students, parents and staff. 👏#TeachingHeroes #ThankATeacherDay United Learning

…and here is a message from all of our students and staff. This image was taken this afternoon and features every student in Years 7, 8, 9, 10 and 12 plus all secondary staff; over 1000 children and adults working together. #ThankATeacherDay The Pearson National Teaching Awards

We are very proud to have been selected as the VotesforSchools 🗳️🌍📢 Student Voice Secondary School Of The Year winner. Well done to everyone involved and especially @Mr Thres for his fantastic leadership of student voice in secondary years.

It’s been a long-standing desire of mine to see how Manchester Academy #MakeManchesterMagic and today I got to see it firsthand 🙌🏾 Thank you James Eldon for your generosity of time, wisdom and spirit - so many gems 💎 Loved spending the day with your young people ☺️ #bestineveryone

KBA Anti-Bullying Pro (from charity The Diana Award) Super proud to have been awarded our 4th Diana award to complete the full set. Well done to our anti-bullying ambassadors for this fantastic achievement.

So looking forward to speaking to your young people Beauchamp City Sixth Form 🙌🏾 Love the way you are preparing them to navigate the world of work 🙏🏾#post18 #bestversionofyou

It was an absolute pleasure speaking to young people Beauchamp City Sixth Form this morning 🙏🏾 The #post18 programme you have put together is outstanding. Looking forward to seeing how students apply what they have learned today 👊🏾 #bestversionofyou #iammistermba

We were delighted to take part in the The Pearson National Teaching Awards Silver Winners afternoon yesterday in London. This achievement is a result of the combined effort of students, parents and staff and was received by Dino Di Salvo on behalf of all members of the very special KBA community.

Teaching according to Bill Withers ☺️ Shoutout all the teachers doing their best for their young people 👊🏾 You got this! 💪🏾 Have a lovely day! #iammistermba #teachers #school #teaching #billwithers

This is your reminder that growth isn’t always easy to see, but just because you can’t see it doesn’t mean it isn’t happening 🙏🏾 Keep growing 🌱 Hold tight @creative_explained for the inspo 👊🏾 Shout out to Sophie and Leah for the lime 🍋 #iammistermba #growth #motivation #newyear

On this #SaferInternetDay I am delighted to have taken part in an important conversation about the ways we can keep young people safe online. Along with Alison Perry, Media Smart, UK Safer Internet Centre and Lord Ed Vaizey, we discuss how to drive positive change around child internet use.

To celebrate #WorldBookDay we managed to squeeze in one last VERY special Masked Reader KBA 💙❤️💚💛 Spoiler alert 🚨 Nobody guessed this one! Miss Thompson Phil Henton Richard Shaw Dino Di Salvo 🥹#keepbeingawesome #bestversionofyou

Do you remember when you joined X? I do! #MyXAnniversary

Thank you for 5 wonderful years ❤️ A special place, special people, special students. Glad I got to be part of the journey. Stay classy, @kbuccleucha #keepbeingawesome #bestversionofyou #iammistermba

We are delighted to have been awarded the British Council's prestigious International School Award in recognition of our work to bring the world into the classroom. Find out more about this and other academy news in our latest Hartshill newsletter here: hartshillacademy.org.uk/_site/data/fil… pic.x.com/WM58wgrscB

A huge well done to our Year 9 students! We received some fantastic feedback about how they represented Hartshill Academy. They exemplified our values of #heart #ambition #respect #tenacity and truly reflected the #bestineveryone 👏👏👏

Welcome to Hartshill Academy. At Hartshill, we develop the best in everyone, through #heart #ambition #respect #tenacity to empower our pupils to explore and transform the world ❤️💚💙💛#bestineveryone (1/3)

Happy New Year! 🥳Wishing our pupils, parents and carers, staff and wider school community a prosperous 2025 🙌 As we launch back into the Spring term, we have a few key dates for your diary 📅 #heart #ambition #respect #tenacity ❤️💚💙💛 #bestineveryone

🎵 Honourable Mentions 🎵 I wrote the first part of this song for the Class of 2025 at @hartshill_academy, but the second part also applied to Year 11 @kbuccleucha ❤️ May this Champagne Poetry be the soundtrack to all your toasting 🥂 #iammistermba