Brompton Academy Additional Information

WELCOME TO BROMPTON ACADEMY

Dear Parents and Carers Brompton Academy is a mixed non selective school whose Lead Sponsor is the University of Kent. The Academy opened in September 2010 building on the outstanding success of the predecessor school New Brompton College, which was placed in the top twenty Medway and Kent’s schools for oversubscription. Brompton Academy remains one of the most over-subscribed schools in Medway. Brompton Academy is part of the established University of Kent Academies Trust (UKAT). The Trust has two UKAT Academies, Brompton Academy and Chatham Grammar (CG). The opportunities through UKAT are plentiful and both academies benefit from a variety of bespoke programmes of support and intervention provided by the Lead Sponsor, the University of Kent. UKAT offers wider curriculum opportunities, excellent shared facilities, graduate and postgraduate student ambassadors support and mentoring programmes and a comprehensive shared UKAT Sixth Form offer. The University of Kent is successfully driving the vision of the Academy to ensure that the young people and families of this area benefit from the educational, and community opportunities afforded by the twenty one million pound government investment that has enabled us to build

a brand new 21st century school. Such investment will ensure the Academy delivers outstanding standards and will accelerate our development as a fast paced, innovative and energetic organisation, with student attainment, achievement, wellbeing and happiness as our core and guiding principles. I invite you to share in this success and, in so doing, know that your child will benefit from first class learning experiences and opportunities. The Academy will ensure that hard work combined with a calm and purposeful modern learning environment provides students with the determination and motivation to succeed. This ensures high levels of achievement and attainment for all students, preparing them for life and work in the years ahead. As you make the important decision of choosing a secondary school for your child, remember that the Academy experience will be exciting, motivating and fun. The Academy will value and care for students holistically, challenge them to do their best, and invite them to get actively involved in the life and work of the Academy. I want to assure you that the staff and I are all members of a listening school – we care what parents and carers think, we are active in responding to community needs and we will embrace the full concept of community spirit.

We deliberately cultivate a businesslike atmosphere of hard work, friendliness and mutual respect in which students can effectively take responsibility for their own personal development. Will the Academy be different from other schools? Please judge for yourself. As Principal of Brompton Academy, I know the importance of getting it right the first time for all our students. After reading this brochure, visiting us and talking to our staff and students, I hope that you will entrust your child’s education to the Academy. I have no doubt that the Academy will offer your child the best possible opportunities for developing themselves both academically and personally in a supportive and positive family learning environment. Dan Walters Principal

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