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Welcome to
The Halley Academy
a caring community where everybody feels empowered and supported to be the best version of themselves
I am delighted to welcome you to The Halley Academy. We are an aspirational, disciplined and inclusive academy where human-scale education, a dynamic curriculum, and excellent teaching and pastoral care, maximise student achievement.
Our core values – respect, achievement, collaboration, integrity and resilience – permeate everything we do. We believe in the potential of every student. We champion the highest outcomes for all young people. Our staff are driven by the belief that education can transform our students’ lives.
It is a privilege to lead a proudly diverse, caring and collaborative learning community where everybody is empowered and supported to achieve.
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Our Mission
Together we inspire, learn and achieve.
The Halley Academy is a place of opportunity where respect, resilience, integrity and collaboration matter. We are a caring community where everyone feels safe, valued and empowered to explore, experience and achieve.
We are proud, articulate, confident, independent learners equipped to take our place in wider society. As lifelong learners we develop our international mindedness and intercultural understanding. This is so that we are in a position to pursue our aspirations and interests as responsible members of a global society who respect and appreciate diversity.
Our Heritage
Our school was Britain’s first purpose-built comprehensive school and opened in 1954 for “the children of the heroes of the Second World War”. Its architecture reflected the British optimism in the aftermath of World War II and its history still holds great importance today.
