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
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Read MoreLast year, students from Alec Hunter travelled to Morocco with World Challenge. Following the devastating damage and tragic loss of lives caused by the powerful earthquake that hit the region this month, World Challenge are collecting donations to support local communities.
Read MoreAlec Hunter students celebrated their successes on Thursday 24th August as they opened their envelopes, and many parents and staff members were present to share in their joy.
Read MoreThis year, another group of keen Germanists in Year 8 are continuing the PenPal letter exchange with our partner school, IGS Aurich.
Read MoreI 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 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.
Read MoreCongratulations to all the students below who have been awarded Chef of the Month. This award is open to all students studying Food and the winner is selected by staff.
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