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Choosing a
high school
for your
Year 6
child for
September 2021
Choose something extraordinary!
Why choose King’s Leadership Academy Hawthornes?
K ing’s Leadership
Academy is an 11-16
school serving South
Sefton. It is a mem-
ber of The Great
Schools Trust, a fam-
ily of five schools, who work together to deliver a character-driven, knowledge led curriculum for our
students. Our Aspire Values inform all of our work. Our goal is to create successful citizens who can
make meaningful contributions to our communities. Our specialism is a unique one: to make leaders
and students of great character.
Strong routines, high standards, a powerful curriculum
A t King’s
Leadership
Academy, we
believe in work-
ing hard and the
highest of
standards. We
start early and follow a rigorous, academic curriculum for all of our students. We expect our students
to buy into our values of professionalism, self-awareness and endeavour in order that they achieve
their aspirations to the maximum. Punctuality, a smart
appearance and impeccable manners are key to this.
We believe in the fundamental importance of good rou-
tines, respectful relationships and personal integrity
from all members of our community: students, staff and
parents and carers. As Aristotle said two thousand years
ago, ‘excellence is a habit…’
We focus strongly on the key skills of literacy and numer-
acy in Foundations (Years 7 and 8) to prepare our stu-
dents for the challenge of GCSE. Our curriculum is a rich
and varied one. Leadership is a discrete weekly lesson, as
is oracy and public-speaking. Every Thursday, our Enrich-
ment Programme offers students the chance to pick
from a wide range of experiences, such as Performing
Arts, Baking and Computing.
Our day starts early at 8.18am when we begin our Aspire Sessions and additional literacy and numera-
cy sessions with form tutors. Every student undertakes a period of private reading, a key part of the
school day.
State of the art resources and a guaranteed online curriculum offer
A best of resources to achieve their aspirations and
s a school, we have invested heavily in a Twen- realise their potential in every subject area.
ty First Century learning environment for our stu-
dents. Every child in the school receives a laptop
free of charge, which they bring into school every During
day. the re-
cent
Every class- lock-
room is down,
equipped we
with state of worked
the art tech- as a
nology such Trust to
as seventy provide
inch comput- every student with a Zoom Curriculum to enable
er screens. every child to be taught at home by their teachers.
We believe Obviously this facility will be employed again
our students should lockdown be necessary once more. No stu-
deserve the dent will fall behind.
Curriculum to develop character : residentials, educational visits and the Royal Marines
L earning does not just happen in the classroom.
We offer our students the broadest of experiences
beyond the classroom. In Years 7 and 8, every child
takes part in a residential experience free of charge
in the Lake District and North Wales. In terms of
the development of resilience and leadership,
these sessions challenge our young people in expe-
riences they may never have encountered before.
We also strongly believe that our city and region
offer an incredible resource to our school. Students
regularly visit museums, galleries, sporting venues,
cathedrals, local businesses, our universities and a Another unique offer is the chance to be part of the
host of other venues to enhance their curriculum Royal Marines Cadet Corps. Our CCF has been run-
experience and classroom learning. ning for four years now and is a firmly established
and integral part of
school life. We ben-
efit hugely from our
partnership with
the Royal Marine
contingent based at
HMS Eaglet in Liver-
pool.
Cultural life of the school
T All students have the chance to learn the skills of
he cultural life of debating during Enrichment and Public Speaking is
the school is key to a timetabled lesson in Foundations.
broadening our stu-
dents’ horizons. Our
award-winning choir
perform at a wide
variety of events
throughout the year.
Our newly refur-
bished drama thea-
tre hosts school pro-
ductions and our an-
nual Shakespeare off
by Heart Festival.
Sporting life of the school
T here are many and varied opportunities for We also host the South Sefton Sports Partnership,
sport at KLAH. Cross-country, athletics, football and which enables many opportunities for our students
to work with primary schools and develop their
netball, table-tennis, fitness sessions to name but a
few. Fitness and healthy life-styles is a key part of
our curriculum. skills and qualifications in sports leadership.
In five years time...
W hile leaving in 2026
may seem a long way off,
pendent school sixth forms
across the country.
another feature of life at our This year we have five Year 11
school is our partnership students on the scheme, our
with the Springboard Trust, third year of the programme, a
an organisation that pro- record number of candidates.
motes scholarships to inde-
Contact aspire-sport@kingshawthornes.com to arrange a tour of the school
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