Colchester Academy 2021 Prospectus

P ROSPECTUS 2020 - 2021

COLCHESTER A CADEMY

C O LCH ESTER A CA D EM Y

P PCROSPECTUS O LCH ESTER 2021 2022 A CA D EM Y

Resilience • Excellence • Respect

Resilience Resilience••Excellence Excellence••Respect Respect

Sou th Su ffolk Learn in g Tru st

Excellence through Collaboration

We are a partnership of four High Schools and one Primary School based in South Suffolk and Essex which aspire to offer the best possible education for our young people.

Our vision for the Trust is to provide an excellent education for the young people in our learning community through highly effective collaboration, based upon mutual challenge and support.

All learners in our Trust will be challenged and supported to be the best that they can be and develop into responsible citizens with a passion for lifelong learning.

Values

We believe that developing the attributes below in all members of our learning community is essential in achieving our vision:

• Resilience • Creativity • Integrity • Respect, tolerance and empathy • A positive attitude and passion for learning • Excellent communication skills • The expertise to collaborate • The confidence to learn independently

Sarah Skinner | Chief Executive Officer

C O LCH ESTER A CA D EM Y

Resilience • Excellence • Respect

OUR V ALUES “We want your child to achieve academic success, but we know that they will also need to develop their confidence, understand what it is to be a responsible citizen and learn how to think creatively if they are to be successful in the next stage of their lives.”

R E S IL IE N C E

Maecenas non tortor laoreet, finibus dolor et, hendrerit risus. Mauris sagittis orci non maximus iaculis. Phasellus aliquet tellus vitae dui fermentum euismod.

Sed dapibus augue mollis ante ullamcorper, at fermentum erat fringilla. Donec commodo interdum mi, vitae dictum lectus mollis imperdiet. Morbi efficitur quam a odio aliquam viverra. Maecenas efficitur justo ac tristique lobortis. Donec eget ultricies odio.

Vestibulum libero enim, porta porta eros sed, “We want your child to porttitor suscipit leo. Sed vulputate, augue vel achieve success, rutrum lacinia,academic nisi erat aliquam orci, etbut sodales orci massa malesuada ipsum.

Mauris we know that they will also non vehicula metus. In molestie dui lectus, need to develop their nec varius nunc hendrerit in. Maecenas confidence creatively.” dignissim suscipit and posuere.

Nulla vel mi non tellus porttitor faucibus.

W

E X ELCOME C E L L E N C E

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur I am honoured, and privileged to be the adipiscing elit. Nulla quis efficitur dui. Sed ut Principal of Colchester Academy and dui fringilla, mollis tellus eu, accumsan nibh. welcome you to this fantastic school. We Praesent consequat, eros eget dignissim believe that each student is unique and we porttitor, quam ante aliquam augue, eget endeavour to provide an education which tincidunt ipsum eros at odio. supports, challenges and engages our young

people.

Etiam eget diam porta, lobortis dui commodo,

viverra ex. Mauris eget leo ut nunc cursus Together, we have an unrelenting focus on the tristique sit amet ac purus. Sed quis blandit individual and create a culture where we dui. Maecenas ut dapibus ante. Etiam eu nisl develop students’ character, with absolute quis libero laoreet hendrerit eget non lorem. commitment, in line with our core values of Phasellus eget lectus mi. Pellentesque congue Resilience, Excellence and Respect, giving our eget arcu in eleifend. Vestibulum vitae elit young people the skills they need for their vulputate, consequat risus a, euismod felis. future.

Suspendisse ullamcorper arcu quam, a We can promise you unswerving dedication malesuada metus mattis tincidunt. Mauris from a talented group of staff who believe elementum urna a nisl sagittis pharetra. passionately in giving the very best opportunities to all of the young people within our community, both inside the classroom and beyond, to enrich their education with many and varied opportunities. Our culture of high aspirations, achievement and success for all, allows our students to grow and develop, inspiring them to be resilient young people ready to enrich society once they leave the Academy.

We work closely with students to enable them to grow, develop and fulfil their potential, providing rigorous academic challenge and supportive personal development. Our high expectations of students is reflected in our

behaviour system and smart uniform code, and all students maintain high standards of appearance and behaviour at all times, allowing older students to lead by example.

Providing a friendly and supportive environment, we nurture our students’ personal strengths and support them throughout their time at the Academy. Our dedicated staff want, not only to teach, but to lead and inspire, believing that better schools bring better outcomes and better life opportunities.

We are proud of our achievements and continue to build on them. Once again, welcome to Colchester Academy. Please come and visit us, to see for yourself what Colchester Academy can offer you.

Mrs Jenny Betts Principal

C O LCH ESTER A CA D EM Y

Resilience • Excellence • Respect

Sou th Su ffolk Learn in g Tru st

Excellence through Collaboration

MISSION AND V ALUES We are a partnership of four High Schools and one Primary School based in South Suffolk and “We want your child to Essex which aspire to offer the best possible achieve academic success, but education for our young people. we know that they will also

Our vision for the Trust is to provide need to develop theiran excellent education for the young people in our confidence, understand what learning community through highly effective it is to be a responsible collaboration, based upon mutual challenge and citizen and learn how to support.

think creatively if they are to All learners in our Trust will be challenged and be successful in the next supported to be the best that they can be and stage of their lives.” develop into responsible citizens with driven a passion Colchester Academy is a values school, for lifelong learning. with our core purpose, ‘To be the change for those who need it most’, underpinning

everything we do.

Values

Through our mission of ‘striving for excellence; ensuring we aim to ensure We believe that developing theequity’ attributes below that every child fulfils their potential, and in all members of our learning community is develops the valuable skills that will enable essential in achieving our vision: them to succeed beyond the Academy and in

life.

• Resilience We are committed to giving our students the • Creativity best possible learning experiences and • Integrity opportunities whilst studying at Colchester Academy. and We provide rigorous academic • Respect, tolerance empathy challenge, in addition to educational and • A positive attitude and passion for learning personal development activities, to gain a rich • Excellent communication skills and rounded learning experience, so that all • The expertise to collaborate students get every opportunity to achieve their to potential.

• The confidence learn independently

Sarah Skinner | Chief Executive Officer

R W ESILIENCE E L C O M E

We start this development the moment I am honured, and privileged to be the students join us. It means working hard and Principal of Colchester Academy and sticking at things when they are difficult, welcome you to this fantastic school. We facing up to things and addressing problems believe that each student is unique and we head on – be it in the classroom, on the sports endeavour to provide an education which field or outside of the Academy – resilience supports, challenges and engages our young gives our students the power to succeed. people.

Together we have an unrelating focus on the XCELLENCE individual and create a culture where we

develop students’ character, with absolute This is the aspiration to get things right, not commitment, giving our young to settle for completion, but to people producethe the currency they need for their future. attitude absolute best.

Cultivating a positive to learning across the Academy community, We can promise you unswerving we create an exceptional learningdedication experience, from of staffto who believe whichaistalented waitinggroup for students grasp the passionately giving the very best opportunitiesinavailable. opportunities to all of the young people within our community, both inside the classroom and beyond, to enrich their education with many and varied opportunities.

Our culture of high aspirations, achievement and success for all, allows our students to grow and develop, inspiring them to be resilient young people ready to enrich society once they leave school.

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Integer at risus elementum, scelerisque lectus sollicitudin, ultrices nisi. In varius tortor nec nunc cursus posuere. Nullam risus metus, auctor ac porta et,

E

R ESPECT

This is the value that starts at home and on which we build. Respect for ourselves, other students and all adults, regardless of background, ethnicity, age, gender, ability, values, lifestyles, opinions or interests; by being open, honest, friendly, and accepting of others, by sharing ideas and opinions openly and thoughtfully and by listening actively to the ideas and opinions of others. In short, we are kind.

C O LCH ESTER

“Our students engage in a rich diet of activity that is designed to A CA D EM Y and push challenge them to grow themselves in a number of ways.”

Resilience • Excellence • Respect “Our students engage in a rich diet of activity that is designed to challenge them to grow and push themselves in a number of ways.”

C O LCH ESTER

“The lessons here are great and the teachers make them fun. I particularly A my C AScience D E Mlessons Y as we do lots of like experiments.”

Resilience Year 8 student• Excellence • Respect

“I recently joined the Academy and the support I’ve received throughout my induction was excellent and the career prospects here are always promoted.”

Teacher

C O LCH ESTER A CA D EM Y

Resilience • Excellence • Respect

Sou th Su ffolk Learn in g Tru st

Excellence through Collaboration

STUDENT LEADERSHIP AND OPPORTUNITIES We are a partnership of four High Schools and one Primary School based in South Suffolk and Student leadership is important in The opportunities for personal development “We want your child to unlocking students’ academic and personal here at Colchester Academy are vast. Both Essex which aspire to offer the best possible achieve academic success, but potential.

It is key to student success, both within the curriculum and through our education for our young people. whilst in the Academy and beyond into extra-curricular programme, students with we know that they will also

adult life. sporting, musical, dramatic, written and Our vision for the Trust is to provide

practical talents are all catered for. need to develop theiran We believe that all of our students have

excellent education for the young people in our confidence, understand what leadership potential. First and foremost, they Opportunities offered include: learning community through highly effective are leaders of themselves, responsible for

it is to be a responsible collaboration, based upon mutual challenge and their own learning, behaviour and Duke of Edinburgh Award citizen and learn how to development and it is our privilege to guide Academy Ambassadors support. them through this journey, seeing them grow Head Students & Senior Prefects

think creatively if they are to and develop into the people they will become.

Prefects All learners in our Trust will be challenged and

Peer Mentors be successful in the next supported to be the best that they can be and Through the many and varied leadership A full range of clubs and trips stage of their lives.” opportunities available, students develop develop into responsible citizens with a passion R E S IL IE N C E their sense of self, build their character and for lifelong learning. confidence, learn to grow and develop

relationships and C collaborate with others, Maecenas non tortor laoreet, finibus dolor et, U NDER ONSTRUCTION enabling them to think beyond themselves hendrerit risus. Mauris sagittis orci non Values and make a difference for others. maximus iaculis.

Phasellus aliquet tellus vitae

dui fermentum euismod.

We believe that developing the attributes below Our students are our most important people

in all members ofdapibus our learning community is and, therefore, it is vital that they feel part of Sed augue mollis ante ullamcorper, at the Academy and that their views are listened fermentumour erat vision: fringilla. Donec commodo essential in achieving to. Having active Student and Year Councils, interdum mi, vitae dictum lectus mollis

we encourage all students to be part of the imperdiet. Morbi efficitur quam a odio • Resilience aliquam viverra. Maecenas efficitur justo ac day-to-day decision-making process of the Academy, and to use these mechanisms to air • Creativity tristique lobortis. Donec eget ultricies odio.

Vestibulum libero enim, porta porta eros sed, their views, have them listened to and often • Integrity porttitor suscipit leo. Sed vulputate, augue vel acted upon. This helps to build a sense of • Respect, tolerance and nisi empathy rutrum lacinia, erat aliquam orci, et professionalism and nurtures their C O L C H E S T E R

• A positive attitude and passion for learning sodales orci massa malesuada ipsum. Mauris confidence, in addition to making them part non vehicula metus.

In molestie dui lectus, of real change and the direction of the • Excellent communication skills nec varius nunc hendrerit in. Maecenas Academy.

• The expertise to collaborate A CA D EM Y dignissim suscipit posuere. Nulla vel mi non

• The confidence learn faucibus. independently tellusto porttitor

Sarah Skinner | Chief Executive Officer Resilience • Excellence • Respect “We know that real success is achieved through partnership and mutal support, so we will also work with you to ensure that you feel well equipped to support your child in their learning.”

Sou th Su ffolk Learn in g Tru st

Excellence through Collaboration

E XCELLENCE IN LSchools EARNING We are a partnership of four High and one Primary School based in South Suffolk and Learning and the curriculum is at the heart “We want your child to of our Academy’s purpose it reflects Essex which aspire to offer the bestand possible achieve academic success, but our core values of Respect, Resilience and education for our young people.

Excellence.

We recognise that improving we know that they will also

educational outcomes is the biggest way we Our vision forcan the Trust isimpact to provide anstudents’ positively ontheir all our need to develop futures,for from those with people SEN, excellent education the young in our confidence, understand what disadvantaged, to those who attain the learning community through highly effective highest our approach of excellence it is grades, to be a responsible collaboration,and based upon and stretch andmutual challengechallenge is tailored to citizen and meet the needs of learn all. how to support.

think creatively if they are to As well as our curriculum equipping our All learners instudents our Trust will be challenged and with qualifications to progress in be successful in the next supported to be the best they can be and education and athat child’s intellectual stage of ittheir lives.” development, includes emotional develop into responsible citizens social with and a passion R E S I L I E N C citizenship E development, and responsibility. for lifelong learning.

Students are offered a broad and a balanced

Maecenas non tortor laoreet, et, curriculum at KS3 where theyfinibus exploredolor a wide hendrerit Mauris sagittissubjects. orci non We variety of risus. national curriculum Values maximus iaculis.

Phasellus aliquet tellus vitae make sure that students have the base skills

and dui fermentum knowledge they euismod. need to support them in We believe that developing the attributes below expanding

their aspirations. in all members ofdapibus our learning community is Sed augue mollis ante ullamcorper, at At fermentum KS4, students erat vision: fringilla. choose aDonec number commodo of GCSE essential in achieving our options interdum and mi,we vitae guide dictum themlectus in choosing mollis the

most imperdiet. relevant Morbi andefficitur appropriate quamsubjects a odio that • Resilience allow them to progress with their education aliquam viverra.

Maecenas efficitur justo ac tristique employment lobortis.aspirations, Donec eget whilst ultricies odio.

• Creativity and Vestibulum libero enim, porta porta eros sed, maintaining a focus on academic rigour.

• Integrity porttitor suscipit leo. Sed vulputate, Students and parents receive regularaugue and vel • Respect, tolerance and empathy rutrum lacinia, nisi erat meaningful feedback on aliquam progressorci, bothetat KS3 • A positive attitude and passion for learning sodales orci massa malesuada ipsum. Mauris and KS4.

In molestie dui lectus, non vehicula metus.

• Excellent communication skills nec strive variusto nunc hendrerit in. Maecenas We deliver a curriculum that is • The expertise to collaborate dignissim suscipit posuere.

Nullaand vel mi non coherently designed, sequenced • The confidence learnthat independently tellusto porttitor faucibus. implemented, is predominately, but not

Sarah Skinner | Chief Executive Officer

reté

exclusively, knowledge based and is built on a E XC ELLEN C E foundation of strong pedagogy. Our

curriculum develops a child’s love of lifelong Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur learning, of fascination and wonder, and adipiscing elit. Nulla quis efficitur dui. Sed ut enables them to be excellent in all they do. dui fringilla, mollis tellus eu, accumsan nibh.

Praesent consequat, eros eget dignissim We are rightly proud of our students’ porttitor, quam ante aliquam augue, eget achievements and celebrate them often, in tincidunt ipsum eros at odio. class, assemblies and through our regular

newsletters and parental communication. The Etiam eget diam porta, lobortis dui commodo, pinnacle of excellence is inclusion within viverra ex. Mauris eget leo ut nunc cursus Arete, a publication showing excellent work tristique sit amet ac purus. Sed quis blandit from across the Academy, used both to dui. Maecenas ut dapibus ante. Etiam eu nisl celebrate achievement and as models for quis libero laoreet hendrerit eget non lorem. excellence for other students in class. Arete in Phasellus eget lectus mi. Pellentesque congue its basic sense means ‘excellence of any kind’. eget arcu in eleifend. Vestibulum vitae elit In its earliest appearance in Greek, this notion vulputate, consequat risus a, euismod felis. of excellence was ultimately bound up with

the notion of fulfilment

NDER ONSTRUCTION Suspendisse ullamcorper arcu quam, a of purpose or function: malesuada metus mattis tincidunt. Mauris the act of living up to elementum urna a nisl sagittis pharetra. one’s potential.

This is what we expect from our students every day. This is what they deliver.

Excellence of any kind U

C

R ESPECT

Duis a blandit dolor, a suscipit nibh. Nullam varius, mi a tempor hendrerit, elit sapien facilisis nisl, sed molestie nunc ligula non velit. Vestibulum sed purus quis odio euismod porta id a dolor. Duis blandit gravida pharetra.

Fusce quis turpis consequat mauris scelerisque volutpat. Proin interdum, mi id laoreet interdum, risus nisi rutrum nulla, vel efficitur ante elit ac est.

Nulla molestie dignissim bibendum. Quisque tincidunt, magna eu accumsan consectetur, elit massa dignissim tortor, et pellentesque est ex ac enim. Ut pulvinar finibus nisl, eget laoreet dui gravida eget. Donec quam ante, mattis at eros nec, finibus consectetur neque.

Etiam quis velit vitae diam maximus dictum.

Nulla sed faucibus nibh, volutpat tempor dui.

Ut ac pulvinar felis. Phasellus urna risus.

C O LCH ESTER A CA D EM Y

Resilience • Respect “At Colchester Academy we pursue a culture•ofExcellence excellence that permeates every classroom and department.”

“It’s a really nice place to learn and staff C O LCH ESTER listen to our feedback and act on it.

A example, CA D E Y have a Duke of For weMnow Edinburgh Award scheme running.”

Resilience • Excellence • Respect Year 10 student

“I was nervous about coming to such a big school at the start but everyone is so friendly - I love it here.”

Year 7 student

C O LCH ESTER A CA D EM Y

Resilience • Excellence • Respect

Sou th Su ffolk Learn in g Tru st

Excellence through Collaboration

OUR PROMISE We are a partnership of four High Schools and one Primary School based in South Suffolk and It is vital that our students feel safe and happy in the Academy andessential we work hard to ensure this is the “We “We believe want that your enrichment child to opportunities are an part of W E L C O M E

case. We have a large and strong pastoral team who work tirelessly across the school to support Essex which aspire to offer the best possible your child’s education.

Our range is broad and ever changing” achieve academic success, but

students in all aspects of Academy life.

Our work starts, before students enter the Academy, with our education for our young people.

1. of Attend enrichments for aprivileged minimumto ofbe 1 term 1. Attend Post 16 Options Evening 1. Apply transition to Colchester Academy I am honured, and the programme, giving students a taste life in a secondary school. weinduction know week that they will also 2. TakePrincipal

part in a of STEM opportunity 2. Take part in work experience 2. Attend the Colchester Academy and 3. Learn CATrust values 3. Takewelcome part in a you residential to this trip fantastic school. We 3. Be a role model for Year 7 students Our vision forthe the is to provide need to develop theiran 4. Read a book in it’s entirety 4. Takebelieve part in that a future careers activity 4. See a Shakespeare play each student is unique and we excellent education for the young people in our what 5. Choose 5. Meet yourconfidence, tutor and meetunderstand new friends your option electives endeavour to provide an education which 5. Visit a university learning community through highly effective supports, challenges and engages our young it is to be a responsible collaboration, based upon mutual challenge and people. citizen and learn how to

support.

Together we have an unrelating focus on the

think creatively if they are to individual and create a culture where we All learners in our Trust will be challenged and develop students’ character, with absolute be successful in the next my’s purposesupported and it reflects of Respect, Resilience and Excellence.

YEAR YEARgiving our young people YEAR commitment, the to our be core the values best that they can be and YEAR YEAR YEAR stage on of all their lives.” futures, from thosecurrency biggest way we can positively impact our students’ with they need for their future. develop into responsible citizens with a passion es, our approach of excellence and stretch and challenge is tailored to meet the

R ESPECT for lifelong learning.

We can promise you unswerving dedication

from aU talented group of staff who believe Duis a blandit dolor, a suscipit nibh. Nullam NDER C ONSTRUCTION fications to progress passionately in giving the very best varius, mi a tempor hendrerit, elit sapien Values in education and a child’s intellectual development, it includes bility. Students are offered a broad and a balanced curriculum at KS3 where they opportunities to all of the young people facilisis nisl, sed molestie nunc ligula non

ake sure that students have the base skills and knowledge they need to support them within our community, both inside the velit. Vestibulum sed purus quis odio euismod We believe that developing the attributes below classroom and beyond, to enrich their porta id a dolor. Duis blandit gravida pharetra. education with many and varied in all members of our learning community is Fusce quis turpis consequat mauris uide them in choosing the most relevant and appropriate subjects that allow them to opportunities.

scelerisque volutpat. Proin interdum, mi id essential in achieving our vision: whilst maintaining a focus on academic rigour. Students and parents receive regular and laoreet interdum, risus nisi rutrum nulla, vel

Our culture of high aspirations, achievement efficitur ante elit ac est.

• Resilience and success for all, allows our students to

, sequenced • and implemented, that is predominately, but not grow and develop, inspiring them to be Nulla molestie dignissim bibendum. Quisque Creativity resilient young people ready to enrich society tincidunt, magna eu accumsan consectetur, During their time with us, students will be happy and secure, 1.

Practice, embrace and emody the CA values 1.

Attend Options evening 1.

Write a personal statement • Integrity once they leave school.

Visit the Olympic elitand massa dignissim tortor, et caring pellentesque self-disciplined responsible, respectful, and kind.

2.

Attend Year 7 camp 2.

park 2.

Construct a CV • Respect, tolerance and empathy

est ex ac enim.

Ut pulvinar finibus nisl, eget and expedition carers are kept informed of progress regularly, 3. Go to a theatre performance 3. UndertakeOur in aparents DofE style 3.

Have a mock interview C O L C H E S T E R

consectetur • A positive attitude and 4. passion foranlearning laoreettodui eget. quam ante, given opportunities begravida involved in4. the school community, Complete act of kindness Lorem ipsum dolor sit 4. amet, Graduate from KS3 Donec Apply for Post 16 education adipiscing elit.

Integer at risus elementum, mattis at erosand nec, finibus consectetur neque. up to off date news events are confident that • Excellent communication 5. skills Read a minimum of 3 books 5. Learn a piecekept of poetry bywith heart 5. and Attend a careers meeting scelerisque lectus sollicitudin, ultrices nisi.

In is receiving Etiam quis velit vitae diam maximus dictum. their child an excellent education from committed • The expertise to collaborate A sed C A D Academy E Mvolutpat Yis more tempor varius tortor nec nunc cursus posuere. Nullam faucibus nibh, dui. a and caringNulla staff.

Colchester than just • The confidence to learn independently risus metus, auctor ac porta et, Ut ac pulvinar felis.itPhasellus urna risus. school, is an educational journey.

Sarah Skinner | Chief Executive Officer Resilience • Excellence • Respect “We believe that enrichment opportunities are an essential part of your child’s education. Our range is broad and ever changing”

6

7

8

9

10 11

Colchester Academy Hawthorn Avenue Colchester C O L C H E S T E R

Essex CO4 3JL A C A D E M Y Telephone: 01206 861217 Email: general@colchesteracademy.org.uk

Twitter: @ColchesterAcad Resilience • Excellence • Respect www.colchesteracademy.org.uk