The Easter break is upon us and a great time to take stock of where we are and what we have achieved so far. The office is somewhat more cramped with new staff getting to grips with various tasks and actions to ensure our educational vision is met for September. Knee high in Post-it stickies, document wallets and staff applications as well as documentation and plans that
make up the structure of a school organisation.
After trawling through over 1000 applications for assistant heads, subject leaders and main scale posts, we have shortlisted and interviewed almost daily. Further, we have been accommodated in schools and academies across London over the last 5 weeks, enabling us to employ some terrifically dynamic staff. This has been quite a challenge but with the help of our sponsors and other key professionals we have completed the majority of staff appointments.
The year 7 student admission process has created a real buzz and we now know who will be coming to the academy in September. We will be sharing lots of information with parents and students after Easter about induction, timetables, uniform and lots of other key areas in preparation for the new academic year.
We have also been busy interviewing for sixth form. This will continue after Easter. If you are in year 11 and have a professional attitude or desire to achieve and be successful, then we want you! Any prospective sixth form students are able to call and receive information about our courses. It is not too late to make an application so download a form and send it in. Visit the website for more details, especially for our Media competition. Have you posted your entry yet?
We are looking forward to receiving the keys to the new academy building.
We plan to move in during late June and hope to have an opportunity to meet with the new Year 7 and their parents during early to mid-July. We will keep you posted on the building’s progress. For more details and photos please see the Building page on the website.
Enjoy the well deserved rest both for students and teachers alike. This has been a long term and a good rest this Easter shall prepare all for the summer push ahead. This will be most notable around exams for students in their local schools and for teachers, the demanding drive to create the dynamic curriculum and systems ready for opening in September.
I look forward to sharing the next phase of Hammersmith Academy’s development after the Easter break.
