Q3 Companies

Learning will be based in five Companies which will give a balanced learning framework for each student. Subjects will be grouped as follows:

Communications:
English, Media and Languages

Arts:
Music, Drama, Visual Arts and Fashion Design

Discovery:
Design & Technology, Mathematics and Science

Lifestyle:
Sport, Hair & Beauty, Business and Health & Social Care

Social Design:
Geography, History, R.E, Citizenship/Headstart, Sociology and Psychology.

Each Company will have its own Strategic Director who will be responsible for all aspects of Learning and Personal Development. Innovation, Design and Enterprise will be integral to the learning environment, allowing students to learn and grow through experience.

A wide range of learning opportunities at level one through to level four will be available, supported by strong links with Higher Education providers. Typically, a new Year 7 (2008) student who is placed in an express group would by 2012 already have completed AS level work.

Following the A2 programme, the student would be working with a local university on a number of modules. In addition, the student will be allocated a business mentor to support in-school projects taking place in the Design and Business Enterprise Centres of Excellence for Young Designers and Business Leaders.

The Academy will reinforce the statement that ‘Education must be about opening new doors, not constantly reopening the old ones’.