At Alec Hunter Academy, we pride ourselves on the positive relationships we engender between our young people and the adults who work with them on a day-to-day basis. We believe that students learn best when they feel valued and when the expectations of them are high. We anticipate that our learners will attend school with a positive attitude to learning, that they will embrace challenge where they encounter it and will be enthusiastic, resourceful, adaptable and resilient.
Our membership of the Saffron Academy Trust gives us the opportunity to work in partnership with a dynamic group of schools, all of which are determined to contribute positively to each other’s development. This has had a significant impact on our journey of improvement to becoming the thriving, oversubscribed school that we are today, graded ‘Good’ by Ofsted in both 2017 and more recently, in November 2022. Central to our ethos is the desire to see our learners both achieve academic success and cultivate personal qualities that will allow them to flourish in the modern world. The most important of these is the notion of ‘kindness above all else’, a principle which we promote consistently with our students.
We hope that our young people will leave Alec Hunter with happy memories, having enjoyed a range of experiences that have prepared them for the next phase of their education and for their adult lives.
Trevor Lawn BA (Hons), PGCE, NPQH
Headteacher
I am delighted to be able to share with you the great news that, following our Ofsted inspection on 8th and 9th November “Alec Hunter Academy continues to be a good school”.
Read MorePlease click to read Issue 92 of the Herald.
Read MoreOn the 15th September, seven students were presented with prizes and certificates to celebrate their participation in the Deakin Youthbridge Award.
Read MoreOn Friday 18th November, students were invited to wear non-uniform and odd socks to school in exchange for a donation. A bake sale was also organised by our Anti-Bullying Ambassadors that took place at break time.
Read MoreThe European Day of Languages Biscuit Competition was open to Year 7, 8 and 9 students and their task was to design a biscuit that reflected European values.
Read MoreTeamwork, problem-solving and imagination were just three of the skills a group of Year 8 students brought to the Faraday Engineering Challenge at Saffron Walden County High School on September 15th.
Read MoreWe are delighted to announce our new Year 11 Senior Support Leaders.
Read MoreOn 14th July, it was great to see the return of our summer Skills Day, with each of our year groups involved in exciting activities in areas beyond our normal timetable.
Read MoreIn April, students from Years 7-10 were invited to enter "Poésíæ 2022", a Global Modern Foreign Language poem recitation competition.
Read MoreFifty-five students from Year 8 and Year 9 are taking part in a German Pen Pal Project with students from IGS Aurich, a comprehensive school in the town of Aurich in north-west Germany.
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