Secondary
Education with drive and ambition
Thank you for reading this prospectus Chobham Academy is the first new school to have been built as a legacy for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Chobham Academy is dedicated and committed to setting aspirational standards of excellence and fulfilling high expectations. Our students receive: • Expert teaching and pastoral care • Master classes in English, Mandarin, advanced science and maths • Extra tuition on a one-to-one basis or in small groups, where this is needed • University coaching, from age 14 so that they make good decisions early on about their education • The opportunity to continue their education at our Sixth Form As parents, you will receive reports home five times annually so that you are fully informed about your son or daughter’s education. I hope that you are excited and enthused by what you learn about Chobham Academy in this prospectus. The Academy couples an astonishing campus with the guarantee of excellent education that is the hallmark of every Harris Academy. Please do come along to our Admissions Event if you would like to find out more. We very much look forward to meeting you.
Ms Rebecca Hickey, Executive Principal
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Uninterrupted Education from Nursery until University East Village is London’s newest neighbourhood, but within it Chobham Academy is an academy grounded in the best traditions of hard work, good manners, smart uniform and academic achievement. We see our students through their whole education, from nursery until university. For students entering the Academy in Year 7, this means the opportunity of a place in our Sixth Form where they will continue to be taught by the teachers they already know and respect. Class sizes are kept as small as possible and we have a firm emphasis on excellent behaviour so that students can learn in a calm and purposeful environment.
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Admissions Chobham Academy is an independent school that is free to attend. There are 180 places in Year Seven and we will welcome students of all abilities and backgrounds. Ninety of these places are reserved for our own Year 6 students who will automatically transfer from the primary to secondary phase. Our admissions process and policy is available on our website.
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We believe that when a school gives its students the confidence to believe that they are capable of excellence, this is exactly what they go on to achieve.
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A Personal Best Culture Teachers take the time to get to know and understand each student. Whether they need to be stretched, are struggling or are somewhere in the middle, we always work to inspire the best in them. There are six Chobham Academy values that define the way in which our students learn and behave: • Excellence: Be exceptional in everything we do • Respect: Be dedicated to positive relationships • Integrity: Be true to our word • Innovation: Be challenging in our approach • Collaboration: Be one team • Trust: Be open and transparent
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A Welcoming Environment Children learn best when their school environment is safe, inclusive and welcoming. We have a culture of mutual respect between students and staff and zero tolerance of bullying in any form. To help promote a ‘small school environment’, we have a House system. Students are placed into one of our five Houses, each of which is led by an Assistant Principal. We run all manner of Inter-House competitions and students are encouraged to win points for their House through good attendance, excellent behaviour and positive contributions to Academy life. We are also fortunate to have the support of 5 remarkable London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic medal winners, after whom our Houses are named and who are involved in the Academy: Beth Tweddle MBE – Gymnast Jonnie Peacock MBE – Sprinter Anthony Joshua MBE – Boxer Ed Clancy MBE – Cyclist Christine Ohuruogu MBE – Sprinter
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We provide students with a high quality education that gives them the drive, determination and ability to succeed now and in the future.
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Bringing Learning Alive The curriculum is personalised and challenging. There is a clear emphasis on literacy and numeracy. The Academy follows the Singapore maths curriculum used by many of Britain’s top schools and, for literacy, the well-established Harris WORD programme. The core Chobham Academy offer leads towards the well-respected and highly academic English Baccalaureate, with good GCSE passes in English, Maths, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, History or Geography and a Modern Foreign Language – Spanish, French or Mandarin.
University coaching starts from the time that students begin choosing their GCSE options, so that they make good decisions early on about their education. Through the Harris Federation’s links with Oriel College, Oxford and Harris Manchester College, Oxford, students are also able to join our Oxbridge mentoring scheme. But learning does not begin and end at the Academy gates. Students regularly participate in trips, work placements, activity days and Master Classes in all manner of subjects. In addition to what they learn in the classroom, these initiatives help to bring learning alive.
Some of our other subjects include Art, Design Technology, Religious Education, Drama, ICT, PE and Dance, PSHE/Citizenship and Music.
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Extracurricular Activities Our broad range of extracurricular activities includes art, drama and debating societies and a range of choirs, bands and orchestras. Our specialism is in English and Performing Arts and our facilities – particularly our theatre – are remarkable. We ensure that there are lots of ways for students to participate in our specialisms, whatever their particular area of interest. Sailing, tennis, chess, dance, netball, sports leaders and trampolining are just some of the sporting activities students are able to try their hand at. Students who want to are also able to participate in the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme and Outward Bound Courses. We want every student to have the chance to shine. Whenever there is demand for a new club or activity, we always try to find a way to make it happen.
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An Astonishing Campus Our main building is circular in shape and light, bright and airy throughout – often with floor to ceiling windows in classrooms.
There is a fabulous theatre, a large sports hall equipped for everything from dance to basketball, a suite of music rooms and a lecture hall for our Sixth Formers.
While the whole Academy works together as one, students of different age groups have their own entrances and exits, their own classrooms and toilets and their own playgrounds.
Outside there are playing fields, tennis courts and playgrounds for different age groups which have lots of games and equipment for students to use during break and lunchtimes. With its location in the East Village, the Academy has easy access to all manner of magnificent sports facilities in the Olympic Park.
There is a panoramic roof terrace from which students and staff can see and be inspired by many of London’s most iconic buildings as well as, in the immediate vicinity, the whole of East Village.
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Strong Governance We are accountable to an Academy Governing Body (AGB). The AGB is an independent body and is responsible, with the Principal, for setting and monitoring the educational direction of the Academy and the targets to be achieved over time. The AGB includes representation from the teaching and non-teaching staff, parents and the community. The AGB is Chaired by Mr Alan Bates, who writes: “As a Project Director for Lend Lease on the Athletes Village, I was closely involved with the development of Chobham Academy. I am determined that it will turn out happy, well-educated children with the desire and drive to succeed.” To contact our Chair of Governors, please write to him via Chobham Academy – the address is at the back of this prospectus.
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The Harris Federation The Harris Federation is a not-for-profit charity. Led and run by teachers, we established our first school over 25 years ago. There are now more than 40 happy and highly successful primary and secondary academies in our federation. All of these are in and around London. With each school that has joined us, the expectations we set ourselves have increased. Every Harris academy so far inspected by Ofsted is rated ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’, with three quarters of our inspected secondary academies judged ‘outstanding’. Our primary schools are newer, but almost half are ‘outstanding’, with the rest ‘good’. As well as joint working between the teachers at our academies, there are many shared experiences for our students. These include federation-wide sports days at the National Sports Centre; Harris Experience, a unique programme that readies our most able students for life at top universities; and inter-academy events such as one-to-one reading partnerships between our primary and secondary schools, World Maths Day and Debate Mate. You can follow the Harris Federation on Twitter: @HarrisFed.
Each summer for sports day, the Harris Federation hires the Crystal Palace Sports Stadium. With well over 10,000 students and staff spectators in attendance, Academies compete in team and individual sports.
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Our Sponsors Chobham Academy is a brand new school with drive and ambition. It is sponsored by Lend Lease, which was responsible for the design, development and construction of East Village and is run by the Harris Federation, a charity with a long and outstanding track record in education.
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From the very first days of our planning for Chobham Academy, our objective was to create a school that would be a focal point for families in East Village and the surrounding neighbourhoods for generations to come. How did we go about putting this in place? Primarily, we created a spectacular building providing a wonderful learning environment that helps to make sure that students of all ages enjoy coming to school and get the most out of every moment of their education. And secondly, we have the Harris Federation leading education at the Academy – you are able to read about their outstanding track record on their website. All the pieces are in place for Chobham Academy to have an outstanding future. I hope that when you read this prospectus you will share our enthusiasm for what is to come and you choose Chobham Academy for your child’s education. Mr Dan Labbad Chief Executive Europe, Lend Lease
The Harris Federation was established by Lord Harris of Peckham, who is also a sponsor of Chobham Academy. Chobham Academy is a school with a highly aspirational culture. Teachers and leaders are chosen for their unrelentingly high expectations of every student. We have always found that students thrive when their school encourages traditional values: good manners, strong discipline and smart uniform. These values encapsulate the ethos at Chobham Academy and they are combined with the very best of modern teaching and technology. Chobham Academy builds on twenty five years of experience within the Harris Federation and an exceptional track record in London education. We have in Lend Lease a superb partner, wholly committed to ensuring that the Academy excels. I hope you will attend our Admission Events with your son or daughter, where everyone at the Academy will be looking forward to meeting you. Sir Daniel Moynihan Ed.D, M.A., B.Sc. (Econ) Chief Executive of the Harris Federation
Our third Academy sponsor is Nigel Hugill who was the original driving force behind the transformation of this area, including conceiving the East Village. A former Chair of Lend Lease Europe, Mr Hugill championed the design and development of Chobham Academy for local children on a single campus and across all age groups. In addition to his on-going business interests, Mr Hugill is Chairman of the Royal Shakespeare Company and the respected urban think tank, Centre for Cities; Council member of the London School of Economics and Chair of the Committee for the Redevelopment of Tate Britain on Millbank. Mr Hugill writes: “The wall outside Chobham Academy is engraved with the famous words of the poet, Alfred Tennyson: ‘To strive, to seek, to find and not to yield’. We hope students of all ages draw inspiration from the strength of that conviction and come to recognise the sustaining values of hard work and perseverance. Taking advantage of what I believe to be genuinely world class facilities, Harris have created a curriculum which affords our students every opportunity to maximise their potential. Chobham Academy is a wonderful place to come to learn and to grow. Quite the best kind of Olympic legacy and one of which Tennyson could not but approve.”
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