Haberdashers’ Aske’s Hatcham Crayford Academy will be one of three schools which comprise the Haberdashers’ Aske’s Federation. With the Haberdashers’ ethos underpinning all of our work, the Federation aims to deliver educational excellence and offers a balanced and challenging curriculum throughout, ensuring accessibility to all. The Crayford Academy will be a specialist Technology academy, educating children from Nursery to Sixth Form through the use of innovative, personalised learning and excellent, specialised teaching.
Targeted academic support will be provided to enable all pupils to achieve to their full potential. At Crayford Academy, the Haberdashers’ tradition will be an integral part of every pupil’s learning. Pupils will enjoy a positive learning experience at the Academy and this will be reflected in behaviour and attitude towards their learning and to the community as a whole.
One of the main advantages of an all through academy is that curriculum experiences have continuity and integration from age 3 to 18. All Primary phase children will have an automatic right of entry to the Secondary phase. Transition will be seamless between Years 6 and 7 and a dedicated Year 7 learning area will facilitate this. Primary and Secondary teachers will work together and share expertise, allowing excellent opportunities for sharing resources, learning from each other and pupil and teacher exchange.
Pupils in the Primary phase will follow the National Curriculum and will have access to the Secondary phase specialist provision in areas such as Music, PE, Science, Modern Foreign Languages and Technology. Emphasis will be given to providing a safe and supportive experience that encourages high achievement and personal growth.
As the Sixth Form develops at Crayford, the Post 16 students will help with mentoring younger students and organising extracurricular activities. The house system, which mirrors that of Hatcham College and Knights Academy, will promote a sense of belonging and participation. The Technology specialism will develop excellence and will provide for the highest level of attainment for pupils showing aptitude in this specialist area. In addition it will provide the impetus for excellence across the whole curriculum.
The Primary phase, which is sponsored by the Temple Grove Trust, and the Sixth Form, are fully co-educational. However, classes in the Secondary phase are largely single sex in Years 7 to 11 albeit within a co-educational campus. The rationale behind this is that the Federation strongly believes that better learning takes place in a single sex context. Boys and girls are grouped together in all other aspects of College life including plays, concerts, educational visits and enrichment activities
Please read the Crayford prospectus for more information.