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St Aldhelm's Academy
Our Church of England school project in Rossmore, Poole
St Aldhelm’s Academy is our Church of England school project in Rossmore, Poole.
Principal Designate Cheryl Heron was appointed in September 2009.
From the website:
St. Aldhelm’s Academy will provide 900 places for 11 to 16 year olds and a Sixth Form for 200 young people.
The Academy is sponsored by the Church of England (the Diocese of Salisbury) and Bournemouth University. This will bring together the core values of the Church of England, with the innovation and commitment to learning of Bournemouth University.
St. Aldhelm’s welcomes all young people and expects them to seize every opportunity that they will be given, and create their own, during their time at the Academy.
The Academy will be organised around Houses. Each young person will be a member of a House where they will spend more time learning in a smaller community, have control over their own learning and will be well known by the House staff team.
Our specialisms will be Sport and Mathematics. They have been chosen to encourage all young people to develop the basic mathematical understanding which underpins our technological culture and, at the same time, to respect and value their health and physical well being.
We aim to equip our young people with the right skills and personal qualities to prepare them for life, the world of work and to play an important role in their community. St. Aldhelm’s will offer a personalised, innovative and relevant curriculum for each young person in our care – offering a variety of academic and vocational courses.
The Academy will open in September 2010 in the current buildings of the former Rossmore Community College, but will gradually move into new or remodelled accommodation on the same site over the subsequent 3 years, with a target date for completion of September 2013. These changes to the buildings will offer specialist 21st Century teaching spaces with access to modern technologies.
Onwards and Upwards
