Acton High School

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While Acton High is proud to be able to trace its history back for more than a century, our recent successes are where we find the greatest cause for celebration. Summer 2017 saw Acton High’s best A-Level results and vastly improved outcomes at GCSE, particularly in English and Maths.
Our students excel not just in their academic endeavors, but also creative and performing arts and sports, and other extra-curricular activities. We encourage that broad approach to excellence, helping students realize and develop their talents across a spectrum of subjects and activities.
We are proud also of our school ethos. We are a community comprehensive that serves a culturally diverse and rich population. We celebrate that in all we do and our annual International Day in July is an important event in the school calendar.
We have high expectations of our students. We recognize the variety of barriers students can face but do not accept them as excuses. Instead, we work with students and their families to overcome and remove those barriers and propel our young people to succeed. We expect our commitment to students to be matched by their commitment to school, and our Acton Way codifies our expectations of how every member of the school community works to support one another.
Our approach is designed to prepare students for the rest of their lives by giving them the qualifications, skills, experiences, and values they will need to thrive. It works. Our alumni go onto top universities, apprenticeships, training, and employment.
Our weekly Parents’ Update provides a regular bulletin of news and events from school and I encourage you to read recent editions to gain a full flavor of life at Acton High. If we sound like the kind of school in which your son or daughter would thrive, contact us and arrange to come and find out more.
o, be a center of excellence where all students gain the qualifications, skills, and experiences necessary for them to maximize their potential. The school of the first choice for the local community where all can fulfill their dreams and aspirations. A place where young people are put in charge of their lives and their futures as engaged citizens and leaders of the future.
Acton High School was founded over 100 years ago in 1906. The school owes its creation to local people's efforts to improve conditions for the growing number of young people in Acton. Over a century later and Acton High School remains at the center of the community. The following research into the school's history resulted from a special year-long collaborative project between the local Acton History Group, local historian Maureen Colledge, Borough Archivist Dr. Jonathan Oates, and Acton High School students and staff.
Our approach to teaching and learning is firmly rooted in evidenced-informed practice. We consider what academic research tells us about what approaches have the most impact on student achievement. At Acton, teachers plan to learn experiences that focus on developing students’ expectations of what they can achieve, which is seen through the Stretch tasks available in each lesson. Teachers also prioritize students’ oracy and academic language, embedding time for quality classroom discussion in our lesson planning. We believe that students will make excellent progress when they are clear about their learning journey we provide students with the Steps to Success for each topic so students know how the different components of their learning fit together into a broader picture. Developing students’ metacognition is a vital part of our planning as we want to enable our students to think for themselves about their learning and how best to engage with a challenging task. Students’ progress is also maximized when teachers provide detailed and meaningful feedback after topic Checking Points and more formal Assessment Points four times a year. Each lesson, we reward our students with the coveted Golden Ticket this ticket is put into the weekly prize draw in assembly which celebrates those students who have demonstrated effective learning behaviors: communication, participation, collaboration, and self-regulation.

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