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Saltley Academy is founded on the principle of all respecting the dignity and rights of every individual. Respectful relationships are at the core of this learning community, which will enable our young people to respect all whom they meet and to understand and develop the skills they need to embrace the responsibilities of being an outstanding learner and an active, contributing, and content citizen. With the skills and personal qualities that are required for a happy and successful life and career, Saltley Academy will prepare our young people for adult life, as respectful and responsible citizens in multi-cultural Britain. In a school where real success is recognized and celebrated, Saltley will have the highest expectations of every individual’s academic progress and personal standards, where we all encourage each other to believe in what we can achieve. Providing every opportunity possible for all members of the Academy, we aim to be a shining example of excellence in teaching and learning. Developing the best qualities in our Academy community, all of us will develop our ability to be enthusiastic, positive, creative, respectful, and honest individuals. Encouraging the key skills of confidence, communication, and collaboration, our young people will thrive as disciplined, resilient independent learners, who are responsible for their learning and behavior. Our young people will know that they have the support and guidance of our dedicated staff, who will inspire them to reach their true potential, and who will help them to excel in all they do. At Saltley Academy, we are committed to ensuring that students have a broad and engaging curriculum to meet their individual needs, help them secure outstanding achievements and prepare them to be outstanding learners and citizens. We are committed to ensuring that the experience students have through both school and homework activities provides them with a breadth of knowledge, skills, and experiences that enable them to reach their full potential academically, culturally, socially, morally, and spiritually. As a Rights Respecting School, Articles 29 (the goals of education) and 31 (the right to leisure, play, and culture) are central to the aims of our curriculum. This means that they will study the full National Curriculum in Key Stage Three, which at Saltley in Years 7 and 8, so that students have the opportunity to study their Key Stage Four courses, mostly academic GCSEs, in more depth from Year 9. Saltley Academy is committed to a series of assemblies, special events in school, and visits to ensure that all students are prepared for adult life as happy, successful citizens in modern Britain. This will include a program of ‘Dimension Days’ to expand students’ learning experiences and special events, such as charities, our Christmas Assembly (in school), and our Grand Iftari (out of school time). Please see the policy for the spiritual, moral, social, and cultural development of our students and with it the ‘Saltley Guarantee’ of experiences to support this. This includes independent advice and guidance, careers education, and, in Year 10, one week of work experience. We also have extensive links with Post 16 providers, including Washwood Heath Academy’s sixth form, and universities. The Academy is also committed to encouraging healthy lifestyles and life choices by developing our students’ ability to take sporting, leisure, and cultural opportunities as part of their lives through extensive access to supervised activities through lunchtimes and after school. Students also have the opportunity to achieve the Arts Award and we are working to ensure that this is possible, even if students do not opt for arts subjects at Key Stage Four. View full school