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The High Weald Academy is a small school serving a widespread rural community set in the heart of Cranbrook. We are committed to delivering high quality education and strong pastoral care, where our students are encouraged and supported to achieve both personal and academic success. We have a strong community feel and pride ourselves in having an inclusive culture with a welcoming and family ethos. High Weald Academy has high expectations of all students and aims to ensure that students achieve the highest possible academic results as well as supporting them to develop as good citizens able to take their place in the world. We have an active and supportive parent body who are advocates of the work we do and promote the academy positively in the local area.
The academy currently has just under 300 students. The School Farm is outstanding and wins a range of accolades and prizes as a result of the work we do with the community and local primary schools. It also gives opportunities to learn in a different context within and beyond the curriculum.
The High Weald Academy is on a trajectory of improvement. Our key priority and focus is to remove the barriers to learning in order to secure good and better progress and outcomes for all students no matter what their starting points or challenges. Working with the Brook Learning Trust, a small multi-academy trust, this is an academy that is committed to ensuring that children achieve well and are given every opportunity to develop a diverse range of skills and abilities that will serve them well in adult life. The Trust provides opportunities for collaboration between both staff and students across the three schools it works with. At a time of flux in education we have a strong belief that schools can no longer exist in isolation and that partnerships of this kind are a way of providing stability, support and innovation.
We welcome the opportunity to show you round and to talk to you in person either today or on a future visit. Choosing a secondary school is a huge decision and it is important that you are able to make the right choice for your child. Do tell us about your son or daughter's interests, abilities and personality and we will show you how The High Weald Academy can provide an environment in which they will thrive.
Lisa Barker - Head of School
28 April
Some more down at the farm.... Moving the pigs outside in the freshly filled beds; fencing barricades to prevent unnecessary diversion of piggy traffic! 'Drenching' the Ewe's and lambs AKA worming them! Generally working hard to clean out the water troughs, make good of the surroundings and whilst under the supervision of Mr Cooper and Mrs Whelan (who HAS picked up a shovel and a broom on occasion herself) enjoy the stunning surroundings in the sunshine.
24 March
Mrs Whelan and a group of the Year 7's have embraced the farm over the past few months helping Mr Cooper during some of the busiest months of the year. The "Farm Gang" have enjoyed their regular visits, working together as a team and showing a great sense of maturity and responsibility at the farm. They have also learnt a thing or two about lambing!
21 March
Some of our Year 7 pupils made their reward session following a week of outstanding work ethic and exemplary behaviour. They got to visit Mr Cooper down at the farm and meet some of the lambs. Ewe three did us proud!
18 March
The staff and students of HWA have done a magnificent job in supporting Comic Relief today. We invited the students to judge our Staff Bake-Off competition at break time by voting for their favourite cake. Mrs Gray was announced as the Star Baker with Mr Whelan coming in 2nd, Mr Endicott 3rd and Mr Kent 4th. Well done to you all – the cakes were amazing and they certainly went down well with the cuppa! The activities continued at lunch with the Red Nose Quiz and the Nose & Spoon Race. Thank you to Mr Endicott for making it a challenging course using the balance boards too – it certainly made it a level playing field for the contenders. The winners of the race were Lizzie - Year 11, Jamie and Bobby - Year 7. The quiz winners were Ellie and Julia - Year 11 and Finley, Henry, Ryan and KB - Year 9. Well done to you all. In total, we have raised an amazing £272.42 for Comic Relief today and would like to thank you all for your generous support. https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/high-weald-academy?utm_source=Sharethis&utm_medium=fundraising&utm_content=high-weald-academy&utm_campaign=pfp-email&utm_term=fed8bd808bb44c039d47da01a18adc67.
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High Weald Academy, Angley Road,
Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 2PJ
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