Principal’s welcome
As Principal for the Haberdashers’ Aske’s Crayford Academy and on behalf of the Haberdashers’ Aske’s Academies Federation, I would like to welcome you. The Crayford Academy will be an all through school which will eventually accommodate well over a thousand students ranging in age from 3 to 18 years old.
I am proud to say that I have been part of the leadership team of the Haberdashers’ schools and Federation for over a decade and have a strong commitment and understanding of the Haberdashers’ traditions and ethos. Be assured that the Crayford Academy will be joining a strong Federation which includes the highly successful Haberdashers’ Aske’s Hatcham College and Haberdashers’ Aske’s Knights Academy at Bromley. This will allow the new Crayford Academy to directly draw upon and benefit from the expertise of these two excellent schools. The students of Haberdashers’ Aske’s Crayford Academy will be true Haberdashers’ students and will enjoy all the benefits of being so whilst at school and afterwards as members of the Aske’s Alumni Association.
All Haberdashers’ schools have a national reputation for educational excellence and we strongly believe in the benefits of offering an all through 3 -18 education for our students. The vision for the Federation is that it will eventually comprise of three, all through 3-18 academies, where students will be encouraged to strive for the highest levels of achievement. Within the Federation, all three schools promote the Haberdasher ethos of mutual respect and educational excellence, whilst developing their own specialism and individual characteristics. The Crayford Academy is fairly unique in that the Primary phase of the academy will be established prior to the Secondary phase. This will provide an ideal opportunity for the Primary phase Head, Mrs Susan Bush and her staff, to work with the younger students of the academy in establishing the Haberdashers’ ethos.
As a Design and Technology specialist myself, I am excited by the prospect of leading the new Crayford Academy which has Technology as its specialist focus. I am also delighted to have recently appointed an outstanding Director of Technology, Mr Philip Saville, whose role will be to drive the specialism so that it impacts positively both across the Academy and across the Federation as a whole. The Academy will aim to be a centre of educational excellence and a national leader in Technology education, employing excellent teachers and enjoying the highest level of resourcing.
In addition to the Technology specialism, the Academy will seek to provide an outstanding curriculum, which is broad and balanced in its scope and content. All students will be encouraged to develop their own individual skills and talents and will be supported in achieving their goals and aspirations.
I am looking forward immensely to working with students, parents and the local Crayford community in creating a school, Haberdashers’ Aske’s Crayford Academy, of which we can all be proud.
Yours sincerely