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At E-ACT Blackley we believe that our role is to equip children with the life skills that they will need to be successful, both now and in the future. We offer a variety of experiences for our children, from working with our artist-in-residence to sports coaching with Manchester City. We run cookery clubs, craft clubs, coding clubs, and many more. Our academy is a caring community that values personal, social, moral, and emotional development as well as academic and creative achievement. Our aim is that all children will leave the academy at 11 with good SAT results, but most importantly, with a lifelong love of learning. Our vision is to provide high-quality art lessons that inspire and challenge pupils, equipping them with the knowledge and skills to experiment, invent and create their works of art. As pupils progress, they should be able to think critically and develop a rigorous understanding of art. We believe that children deserve the highest standard of education and we work hard to deliver such high standards every day in a safe and secure environment. Keeping our children safe is at the heart of everything we do and we take all aspects of safeguarding extremely seriously. All parents are required to apply to their home LA regardless of where the school/academy they are applying for is situated. Manchester residents will apply to Manchester LA. The LA will liaise with other Admissions Authorities in Manchester and other Las where required. Manchester LA will inform parents/carers in writing of the outcome of their application. Parents/carers of children who are admitted for nursery provision MUST apply through the Local Authority for a place at the academy if they want their child to transfer to the Reception class in Blackley Academy. A published Admission Number (PAN) is the number of places a school/academy has in the year of entry. Places will normally only be offered up to the published admission number. A child cannot be refused admission to the normal year of entry on the grounds of prejudice to the provision of efficient education and efficient use of resources unless the published admission number has been reached. Outside of the year of entry, it is expected that the PAN will continue to be applied. However, if circumstances at the academy have changed since the year of entry, a place may be refused even if the admission number has not been reached. Waiting lists will be held in criteria order according to the oversubscription criteria. Waiting lists will not be operated on a “first come first served” basis. The amount of time an applicant is on a waiting list will not affect their position on it. Each added child will require the list to be ranked again in line with the published oversubscription criteria. Priority will not be given to children based on the date their application was received or their name was added to the list. Looked after children, previously looked after children or those allocated a place at school with a Fair Access Protocol will take precedence over those on the waiting list. Waiting lists are maintained at the academy level and coordinated with the LA. All applications for In Year Admissions (Reception to Year 6) should be made directly to the LA. The LA will coordinate all applications. The Academy shall update the LA regularly of any in-year allocations, their numbers on roll, and vacancies. If there are more vacancies at the academy than applicants then all applicants will be invited into the academy for an admissions meeting. The Fair Access protocol is designed to facilitate the school placement of young people not on the roll of a school who are seeking admissions to a Manchester school or academy, live in the city of Manchester, and who fall into one of the categories mentioned below. It does not come into force if the pupil admission is during the standard transition process or for non-complex midyear admissions. E-ACT Blackley Academy is open to all learners aged three to eleven. E-Act Blackley Academy’s curriculum aims to entice children into learning and create a natural flow between all subjects. As your child’s first and most important educator, you are vital in helping them to become a confident, successful learner. We will involve you in academy life wherever we can, inviting you to see and share in the projects your child is working on so you can continue inspiring them outside of school hours. At E-ACT Blackley Academy we have created this bespoke Behaviour Tool Kit to help all children and adults feel safe, happy, and secure. It has been made in consultation with children, parents, carers, and staff. Our Behaviour Toolkit is what guides us in our daily practice. Academies have a wide range of policies and procedures that have been derived following guidance from the Department for Education. They are reviewed regularly by E-ACT and are approved by the board of trustees. View full school

We are an ambitious, inclusive, and forward-thinking 11-18 secondary academy in Tulse Hill, Lambeth serving our local community. The academy opened in September 2013, in a brand new purpose-built accommodation, with state-of-the-art facilities to match our high-quality educational provision. City Heights E-ACT Academy will grow year on year until 2020. When full, our academy will offer high-quality sixth form provision including being part of SL6 (South London Sixth, a collaboration of local sixth forms). As an E-ACT academy, we are part of the nationwide family of 25 academies, which allows us access to outstanding educational resources and expertise to help provide exceptional opportunities for all our students. We are proud to be a values-driven academy which is reflected in our vision statement. Our vision at City Heights E-ACT Academy is simple. We are an academy anchored at the heart of our community. Developing tomorrow’s leaders, compassionate and articulate ready for university or a career of their choice. City Heights E-ACT Academy is a language specialist school, which promotes bilingualism. All students at the academy study a language (Spanish, French or Portuguese). In addition to this specialism, we also have a small inclusive additional learning needs provision for students with ASD, allowing them to access mainstream education alongside tailored individual support. At City Heights, we also enjoy a unique partnership with the renowned independent school, Dulwich College who work collaboratively with us to share enrichment provision and educational opportunities. Our academy is a warm, welcoming, inclusive environment, where we have high expectations and where staff go the extra mile, to ensure that all students realize their full potential. City Heights is a happy academy, anchored in the heart of our community and we pride ourselves on the relationships our staff have with our students, caring for them throughout their education. We pride ourselves on working closely with families to ensure that all our students are committed to learning and throughout their time with us, achieve our vision statement and demonstrate our academy values in all that they do. Our values are important to us and we live them day in, day out. We were delighted to be graded as ‘Good’ by Ofsted in May 2015, just 21 months into our existence. Our ambition now is for a very strong first set of GCSE results this academic year consolidating our position as a school of choice in the local community. At City Heights Academy we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all employees and volunteers to share this commitment. Our academy vision is integral to all that we do and is underpinned by our academy values, which are reflected in the actions, decisions, and behaviors of our community. Learning and teaching is our core business at City Heights E-ACT Academy – without exceptional lessons, we can’t become an outstanding academy. We believe that one lifetime is not enough to develop the craft of teaching and that as soon as a teacher stops learning they stop improving. As such, we are committed to giving the time, training, and leadership to our teachers which they need to reach these standards. View full school

Our vision is to inspire all children with a love of learning and a thirst for knowledge. We want our children to become outstanding future citizens who are confident, resourceful, resilient, and responsible. Our mission is for all pupils to be equipped with the necessary tools to be successful in the next stage of their life. At MBA the standard of education is high. Teachers are committed to ensuring that the curriculum is engaging and stimulating, providing a variety of learning experiences that enhance the young lives of our pupils. The children are eager to learn and want to do well and are proud of their achievements. Teachers have a real passion for raising the achievement of their pupils. All staff has high expectations, this results in pupils rising to the challenge, working hard, and consequently making accelerated progress. Pupils enjoy coming to school! We are proud of the positive relationships between pupils and staff. At MBA we promote the enjoyment of learning through exciting and engaging lessons. During the year we wish to extend values education to looking at individuals and groups that have demonstrated that they have the values that we feel make a good citizen. Pupils, parents, and staff worked together to decide upon values that we all thought led to us being caring, respectful citizens. Values are things we believe in that help us to make the best decisions about how to behave. They are the principles that guide our lives. Some values are quite tricky to understand and difficult to do every day others are easier to spot and simpler to do. Values Education is not just something that helps you to learn when you are younger it is a set of tools that you will carry with you all your life. Understanding values will help you to make difficult decisions even when you are a grown-up. Our curriculum has been designed to meet the needs of our pupils. We see that basic skills are an essential element to children’s progress, without the foundations of basic skills it is difficult to build upon and make progress. As a result, all children have a daily basic skills lesson. We have designed medium-term plans with benchmarks for the children to reach at the end of each year. Basic skills lessons consist of the four operations in maths, phonics, grammar and spelling in literacy and also handwriting. View full school