SIXTH FORM

SIXTH FORM

HABERDASHERS’ASKE’S FEDERATIONTHREE SCHOOLS ONE VISION

KNIGHTS A C A D E M Y

THE HIGHEST STANDARD OF ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE

“I HAvE bEEN pROvIDED wITH quAlITY TEACHING OvER THE YEARS AND TO THIS DAY I STIll FEEl pRIvIlEGED THAT I AM SuRROuNDED bY TEACHERS AND STuDENTS wHO ARE COMpETENT, CARING, wARM‐HEARTED AND ARE wIllING TO HElp ME NO MATTER wHAT.”

— SEKu bRObbEY (pREFECT) —

INTRODuCTIONWelcome to the Haberdashers’ Aske’s Federation. Our three Academies provide an education for children aged 3 – 18 in South London. We have been educating young people in this part of London since 1876 and throughout that time our approach has been epitomised by high standards and academic excellence, a tradition that continues today.

Our values of aspiration and achievement, personal responsibility, self-discipline and mutual respect are evident in all our work and result in young people who develop and grow as independent, resourceful and resilient individuals.

Our commitment is that, working in partnership with you, we can ensure your child gets the best possible start in life. All children and young people who attend our schools have the opportunity to gain academic qualifications to equip them well for the next stage of their life, but we provide so much more than that.

Our vision is that by the time young people leave us they will have experienced a whole range of opportunities that not only build their mind, but also build their character. As a result they are fully prepared to be successful in their adult lives as workers, as parents and as partners.

Adrian Percival – Chief Executive

STATEMENT OF vAluES, AIMS & ETHOS

The Haberdashers’ Aske’s Federation is a Federation of three all-through schools each at the heart of its community that share a vision for the education of children and young people. Our vision is built from our values of aspiration and achievement, personal responsibility, self-discipline and mutual respect. We are forward-looking and value innovation, but always within the context of our long tradition of providing excellent education. Based upon these values, we aim to ensure all the children and young people who come to our schools:

• Are happy and safe at school and are able to learn successfully within a supportive environment.

• Are able to achieve their full potential personally, academically and socially.

• Develop and grow as independent, resourceful and resilient individuals.

• Are equipped with the skills, qualifications and love of learning they will need to be successful in the world they will join as adults.

We will achieve these aims by providing a safe environment where all children and young people can succeed and through:

• Provision of a curriculum that is stretching, relevant and provides each student with the opportunity to excel.

• High expectations of every member of our community.

• Excellent teaching, leading to the highest standards of academic excellence.

• The best standards of behaviour based upon our values of mutual respect, self-discipline and self-confidence.

• A respect for tradition that embraces innovation and challenge.

THE AcAdEmy OFFERS ALL cHILdREN THE cHANcE TO AcHIEVE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL.

pRINCIpAl’SwElCOME

Knights Academy is a vibrant, diverse school community with a relentless focus on high expectations and aspirations. We provide a happy and nurturing environment, so that as well as maturing into well rounded, healthy young people, our students develop a passion for learning.

We wish you a warm welcome to the Knights Academy sixth form. We provide a high quality curriculum which puts great emphasis on academic achievement. Our students annually achieve results which are well above the national average and which place us in the top 5% of the country for ‘value added’.

We enable our students to achieve success by focusing on the individual and by providing an ‘outstanding’ curriculum, including an elite science and elite business programme at post 16. Through the excellent provision offered through our sport specialism and the extensive extra curricular activities, our students develop confidence and selfesteem.

We are a school that is built on an ethos of tradition and innovation,respect and responsibility, collaboration and inclusion. It is these moral values that we instil in our students which enables them to contribute to our school community and the communities in which they live.

Dr Tesca Bennett - Principal

“SINCE HER AppOINTMENT, THE pRINCIpAl HAS SuCCESSFullY INjECTED A NO-NONSENSE AppROACH TO IMpROvING THE ACADEMY.”

— OFSTED 2014 —

“STuDENTS ARE EquIppED wITH THE SKIllS, quAlIFICATIONS AND lOvE OF lEARNING THEY wIll NEED TO bE SuCCESSFul IN THE wORK THEY wIll jOIN AS ADulTS.”

— FEDERATION AIM —

Thank you for choosing Knights Academy as your potential Sixth Form. Moving into the Sixth Form is a defining moment that marks a pivotal point of transition. We know that post 16 education is key to progressing to further and higher education and gives our students the confidence and skills to succeed in their futures, whatever pathways they choose. We want you to be prepared for future success, encouraging you to gain the academic preparation and skills needed to succeed and thus, when you leave, you will take with you the unique ethic that lies at the heart of a Haberdashers’ education.

The Haberdashers’ Aske’s vision of aspiration and achievement, personal responsibility, self discipline and mutual respect is exemplified by all our students at the Knights Academy Sixth Form. At Knights Academy we place great emphasis on individual achievement, both inside and outside the classroom. We ensure that every individual realises their full potential: be that through academic excellence; sporting prowess or a significant contribution to the Knights school community . We encourage students to take part in as many opportunities as possible of our wide enrichment programme. Knights Academy is highly aspirational and we expect all our students to work to the best of their abilities. Students are supported by their form tutor on a daily basis, by their

subject teachers and the Sixth Form leadership team.Our house system encourages all students to become involved in competitions, charity and community events and influences the younger years to aspire to the high standards of leadership and creativity shown by the Sixth Form.

As a sixth former at Knights Academy you will be encouraged to become part of the Sixth Form leadership team. We have a fantastic student leadership team and group of prefects aiding the support networks who really do make our sixth form a dynamic and an exciting place to study. The Sixth Form leadership team shapes and supports the ethos of Knights Academy by leading initiatives like the School Council, the younger years Mentoring scheme and the Debate team. The culture is dynamic, positive and vibrant.

We look forward to welcoming you to our Knights Academy ‘family’.

Mrs E Martino - Assistant Principal Sixth Form

OppORTuNITY & INNOvATION

lEARNING EXpERIENCE

We aim to provide an outstanding learning experience, by following our core principle of ‘developing students who are creative, independent, knowledgeable and responsible. We nurture, inspire and unlock the potential of our students’ which in turn will transform and develop their lives and prepare them for the challenges that lie ahead.

Knights sixth form provides a safe, rigorous and challenging learning environment for students of all abilities and backgrounds to achieve as well adjusted young adults. Our expectations are extremely high in terms of student attainment, behaviour and uniform and we insist that students behave respectfully toward others and their environment.

At Haberdasher’s Aske’s Knights Academy we believe that everyone has the right to an ‘outstanding’ education. We are committed to delivering the highest quality provision to enable our students to succeed, not only in their sixth form studies, but also within the school as inspiring role models and beyond their time at Haberdashers’.

Knights Academy is a reflection of the dynamic and multicultural area in which it is located.

We are extremely proud of the diversity and achievements of our students, alumni and staff and we endeavour to continuously improve and provide relevant, exciting opportunities for development.

Our students come from a range of backgrounds, we have always made sure that our teaching is accessible, flexible and innovative.

quAlITY EDuCATION IN THE HEART OF SOuTH lONDON...

“I AM pROuD TO SAY THAT THE HOuSE SYSTEM wITHIN THE ACADEMY AllOwS STuDENTS TO INTERACT vERTICAllY, FROM YEAR 7 THROuGHOuT THE SCHOOl up TO YEAR 13 vIA INTER-HOuSE COMpETITIONS AND ACTIvITIES SuCH AS SpORTS DAYS AND OuR bRIllIANT Club.”

— pANASHE NYAMARIwATA (YEAR 12 STuDENT) —

“THE ACADEMY SEES ITS wORK AS AN INTEGRAl pART OF RAISING ASpIRATION IN THE lOCAl COMMuNITY.”

— OFSTED 2014 —

Our learning facilities are of the highest standard. At Knights Academy members of the Sixth Form have access to the most up to date and well resourced classrooms, state of the art computer suites, laboratories, sports hall and playing fields, together with dance, drama, music, business and other specialist accommodation.

The separate sixth form area, ‘The Loft’, comprises a spacious study area with ICT facilities and a private terrace offering magnificent views of the City of London and the Docklands.

The Loft also provides a level 3 key texts library to supplement the facilities available in our Learning Resources Centre and Careers Help desk.

The Learning Resource Centre provides support for students with their studies. We ensure that the facilities enable all our students to access the broadest variety of materials to enable them to obtain the best possible outcomes. We provide a support programme to enable the best use for the facilities to help you throughout your studies. Major features of the service include:

• Study spaces including networked PCs• Fully qualified librarians• Access to a range of electronic learning resources• Self-service photocopiers and networked printing• WIFI

THE lEARNING RESOuRCES CENTRE (lRC)

FACIlITIES

SpORTS

Sports at Knights Academy is an important and exciting part of the student experience. Whether you simply want to be active, fit and healthy or you are an Olympic athlete you’ll be delighted with what the Academy has to offer. Knights Academy has a sports specialism boasting a fully equipped gym on site and offers many opportunities for our sixth formers to excel in this area, as well as offering the Millwall Football Academy Programme.

ACADEMIC TuTOR

All our sixth formers are assigned an academic tutor, who will oversee the students well being and support all academic and personal issues.

In addition they have an ‘academic buddy’ in the form of a year 13 student. Academic buddies have similar subject and career plans and help students transitions into sixth form life, our expectations, course content and University applications. We find that by involving our student leaders in mentoring, the experience of sixth form is even further enhanced.

CAREERS SERvICEWe believe that good quality career guidance will raise the aspirations of all our students. At Knights sixth formers have access to a dedicated Careers Consultant who helps them become effective career planners and managers of their own progression through learning and work.

In providing unbiased IAG (Information, Advice and Guidance) our consultant alongside their academic tutor has contributed to raising student achievement and increase their confidence, whilst helping them prepare for higher education and the workplace. The IAG at Knights includes aspects of work related learning, enterprise education and financial capability to further assist our students with self development, career exploration and career management.Colleges.

We have a long standing tradition of sending our students on to Higher Education. Choosing the right place and course can be a complex process. Our sixth form team provides UCAS expert advice and guidance for all our students, to enable them to choose the pathway that will enable them to succeed.

The application process starts in year 12 and involves information days, meetings with parents, presentations from University Admissions Officers and visits to Universities and Colleges.

ENRICHMENTThe Enrichment Activities programme at Knights Academy is varied and ranges from academic and subject support/ booster sessions through to sporting and intellect stretching activities. Popular choices include: a full range of music and PE enrichments, Sports Leadership, Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme, Debate Club, Brilliant Club, Alumni Newspaper production and Knights Reading Mentors .

It is our expectation that all students undertake at least one enrichment. We would encourage you to set up and run your own enrichment as this supports the school community and contributes to your leadership skills, your CV and UCAS applications.

lIFE ATKNIGHTS

“KNIGHTS ACADEMY HAS pROvIDED ME wITH ONE‐ON‐ONE SuppORT IN EvERY STEp OF MY uNIvERSITY ApplICATION pROCESS. THE ADvICE FROM MY TuTOR AND THE HEAD OF SIXTH FORM wAS CRuCIAl IN SECuRING A SuCCESSFul ApplICATION.”

— bEvERlEY bARTElS (AluMNI) —

MIllwAll FOOTbAllACADEMY pROGRAMME At Knights Academy we run a Football Academy partnership with Millwall FC. This programme gives the opportunity for post 16 students to study A levels and BTEC’s, and play with the Millwall Lions and compete in the Football Conference Youth Alliance League, English Schools Cup and the London Cup, as well as professional football clubs in friendly matches where our players can showcase their abilities. The programme lasts for two years and at the end of the term students may gain a professional contract with the club.

The Millwall Football Academy programme aim is to develop adaptable players that are able to cope with technical, athletic and physiological demands of the professional game.

The Elite Business programme is aimed at students who have a strong career/university pathway in the direction of business, finance and economics as well as entrepreneurship. In addition to their AS Level subject offer, the programme allows our most business able students to gain access to extra sessions which are delivered by teachers and university lecturers, as well as successful entrepreneurs and successful business people. All with the aim of enhancing their future career prospects.

The programme is designed to develop Business and Enterprise skills, by experiencing the working environment in a range of organisations, learning from Elite Business people, it also gives our students the opportunities to visits Universities and Business Schools and attend workshops in the City.

The Elite Science Programme is aimed at students who have a strong career or university pathway in the direction of medicine, medical sciences or pure sciences. In addition to their AS Level subject offer, the programme allows our most able students to gain access to extra sessions which are delivered by teachers, university lecturers and speeches from Industry.

The programme gives our students the opportunities to visits Universities and Medical Schools and attend Master Classes from a range of experts in the scientific field.

ElITE SCIENCE pROGRAMME

“THE buSINESS ElITE pROGRAMME HAS GIvEN ME A DEEpER uNDERSTANDING OF THE CONTEXTuAlISATION OF buSINESS AS A SubjECT AS wEll AS uSEFul IDEAS FOR FuTuRE CAREER pATHwAYS.”

— DE‐CORDObA MITCHEll‐ROwE - ElITE buSINESS AluMNuS —

ElITE buSINESS pROGRAMME

Students at the Academy are extremely fortunate to have a number of substantial sponsorship and scholarships available to them and we encourage all our eligible students to apply for them. Some examples are outlined below:

COCHRANE SCHOLARSHIPS

Open to students who have been accepted for university courses in the qualifying subjects, namely: medicine, dentistry, metallurgy, electronics, material sciences, physics, chemistry and engineering. They are made on merit and the awards made are usually for £1,000 per annum for the full duration of the course.

UNIVERSITY ARTS BURSARIES

Open to students who have been accepted for university courses in the qualifying subjects, namely: humanities, English and the arts, languages, business studies, sports studies etc. Again these scholarships are made on merit and are in the region of £1,000 per annum for the full duration of the course.

HABERDASHERS’ ASKE’S HATCHAM COLLEGE CENTENARY SCHOLARSHIP

To commemorate the centenary of the founding of the Hatcham Schools. The purpose of the Scholarship, awarded annually, is to help a pupil to undertake a course at any place of higher education on leaving school. It is a one off award usually of £750 – £1,000.

HABERDASHERS’ ASKE’S BOOK AWARDS

This has been generously donated by the Haberdashers’ Company to students gaining a place at University after sixth form education. The award is valued at up to £100 and is supplied to help students with the considerable cost of buying books and other educational material at the start of their degree course.

SCHOlARSHIpS

“I arrived Knights Academy sixth form as an external student in year 12. I feel this was one of the best decisions I made. I have been pushed to reach my full potential by many members of staff and my peers. I feel that coming to Knights Sixth Form has given me the best start in furthering my education in many ways. I hope I will continue to develop the attitude that I have learned here, which is to ‘strive for the best’ and remain determined”.

— Lèsharn Alleyne - Head Girl 2014/15 —

“Through extra curricular activities from The Duke of Edinburgh Award and trips abroad, to the Debate Club and ‘The Only Way is Ethics’ lunch time discussion group; Haberdashers’ Aske’s Knights Academy Sixth Form provides its students with more than good grades as means to succeed in their future once they leave the Academy. In my 6 years of being a member of the Academy, I have felt no less support and guidance from my teachers and other members of staff today, as I did on my first day in year 7. The Academy as a whole has contributed greatly to my personal and academic achievements throughout my secondary and further educational life. The time I have spent and the experience I have gained here at Knights Academy is completely invaluable”.

— Ediz Suleyman - Head Boy 2014/15 —

We hope that you will take the time to visit us in person during our open days or evenings so that you can experience our warm welcoming school and unique student leader model first hand.

THE WORSHIPFUL cOmPANy OF HABERdASHERS

The Haberdashers’ Company is one of the Great Twelve Livery Companies and has a long history closely connected to the development of the City of London. Arising from this, and in the 21st Century the Company plays a major role in the provision of support for education and is a vibrant participant in new educational initiatives. Alongside this remains a continuing commitment to charitable work that continues to play an important part in the work of the Company. Education is of prime importance to The Haberdashers’ Company. The schools that it supports in the maintained and independent sectors are of the highest national standard academically and prepare pupils for a full life. The Haberdashers’ Company supports pupils, past and present, of the Company’s schools, other educational establishments and young people in education. The Company, as Trustee of the various educational charities that provide for the schools, is responsible for ensuring that the revenues are spent properly and that building projects are good value for money. The Company’s Education Committee maintains close links with the schools and is kept advised of broad educational issues and initiatives. The Haberdashers’ Aske’s Federation is a multi-academy trust and all information on governance can be found on the Federation website: www.haaf.org.uk

OuR SpONSORS A RESpECT FOR TRADITION THAT EMbRACES INNOvATION AND CHAllENGE.

We hope that you will take the time to visit us in person during our open evening so that you can experience our warm welcoming school and unique student leader model first hand.

An electronic format of this prospectus as well as details regarding course entry requirements and the Sixth Form policy can be found on the Federation website: www.haaf.org.uk/Sixth-Form-Life2

Design by schoolprospectus.co.uk tel: 0845 262 2030

KNIGHTS A C A D E M Y

HABERDASHERS’ ASKE’SKNIGHTS ACADEMY

Launcelot RoadBromleyBR1 5EB

Telephone: 0208 461 9240Fax: 0208 461 9241www.haaf.org.uk

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