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Welcome to King Edward VI Sheldon Heath Academy where you’ll discover a great learning environment in which students aged from 11 to 18 are encouraged to reach their full potential. We invite you to be part of it. We believe that all children can achieve. We provide a stimulating learning environment where we raise students’ aspirations. We ensure equality of opportunity for all. We pride ourselves on being approachable – working with parents, students, staff, and the community in a spirit of cooperation and support. We belong to King Edward VI Foundation – which provides a proud history dating back to 1552 and a national reputation for academic excellence. We have high expectations of personal conduct and responsibility. We have an absolute commitment to high standards for all. Above all, we believe in the best – for our students, their families, our Academy, and the wider community. King Edward VI Sheldon Heath Academy is committed to developing responsible, aspirational, independent, happy, and well-rounded young people with the self-belief to reach their goals. Our work will be underpinned by our core values and driven by our unequivocal belief in equality and tolerance. We will secure this through inspirational and enthusiastic teaching, the provision of a broad, challenging curriculum, and excellent support and care. We want to ensure our young people fulfill and exceed their potential, be proud of who they are, be committed to lifelong learning and leave well-equipped to navigate their way through the challenges of the 21st Century positively contributing to society both economically and socially. The Sponsor, King Edward VI Foundation, has developed a vision and ethos for the Academy. The ‘ethos’ is what the culture of the Academy will be like – the thinking and values that will shape the way it works. The vision of the Academy is how that ethos will look and work in the Academy, how it will impact the day-to-day. This vision and ethos will help us to make the Academy a place where students fulfill their real potential. The Academy will become a beacon of aspiration for the children of the local community and will work with that community to provide an entirely comprehensive education for all of its students. It will blend excellence in academic, vocational, and extra-curricular activity to allow them all to succeed in ways most appropriate to them and their talents. The Academy will ensure that all students receive a well-rounded education that goes well beyond their academic study. It will offer a rich and diverse educational experience designed to broaden their horizons and to raise awareness of what is possible for them as individuals, increasing their ambition. Through strong pastoral systems, the Academy will nurture a caring environment, which values and respects diversity and which seeks to recognize and reward all skills, abilities, and achievements. The King Edward VI Foundation has values that can be shared with the local community of Sheldon Heath to maximize the achievements of the students within the Academy. The Foundation's vision is that: A culture of high aspiration and the celebration of high achievement in academic, vocational, and personal contexts can encourage all students to achieve their potential. A demonstrable interest in and commitment to each student through effective pastoral systems makes them feel safe, valued, and prepared to learn. A well-rounded education, extending beyond academic study and offering rich and diverse opportunities, enables all students to broaden their horizons and to feel that they can succeed at something relevant to them as individuals. The development of a strong and thriving sixth form at the Academy is essential for progression in the education of its students and will enhance provision in East Birmingham as a whole. Providing opportunities for students to practice leadership skills and to make a contribution to the development of their Academy will give students pride in their school and will support positive behavior and discipline. The specialisms of Science and Performing Arts can be maximized through high-quality teaching and learning, resources, and accommodation to offer choice, diversity, and achievement for all talents. Strong partnerships with the local and wider community can be used to enhance the curriculum offered to students and to develop a sense of ownership amongst residents. Access to new technologies will give students the confidence to participate and lead in a rapidly changing society. The Academy will be in a partnership with the King Edward VI Foundation. This means that it will benefit from links with other schools which are part of the same foundation. This partnership will help students to grow academically, vocationally, socially and morally, so that they leave the Academy as independent, cooperative, responsible, and creative young adults able to cope with the challenges and changes they face throughout their lives. Together with relevant qualifications, this will prepare students for entry to Further and Higher Education and the world of work. There is another partnership that we hope will play an important role in making the Academy a success: a partnership with parents. This is essential to ensure that students can achieve their potential and the Academy will encourage parents to feel that they are valued and able to contribute to the process of educating their child. View full school

The Founding Principal, Dr. Lyn Bishop, had the vision to open a school that would leave a legacy for children in the Redland Shire. Today Sheldon College caters to students from 15 months of age through to 18 years, and it boasts outstanding achievements in the academic, sporting, and cultural arenas. With an initial intake of one hundred and ten students, the College has grown to more than one thousand four hundred and fifty students. Despite the enormity of the initial financial, competitive, and bureaucratic hurdles Lyn had to overcome, this significant growth has been achieved, including "tedious" approval processes, opposition from other schools in the district, and federal appeals. Once she had won those initial battles, Lyn had to sell her vision of the new College to parents and teachers when it did not yet exist in a physical form. Having overcome the initial challenges and winning a federal appeal to give her approval to open the College, Lyn then faced delays in building approvals. Refusing to lose sight of her dream, Lyn opened the College at the neighboring Pine Lodge Equestrian Centre. Sheldon College is now acknowledged as one of the most outstanding private schools in the country. It is a leader in its field due to its entrepreneurial approach both as a business and educational institution. Sheldon College is a Company Limited by Guarantee. A Board of Directors runs it. Sheldon College is a not-for-profit organization, and as such, there is no profit sharing, no equity, nor any shareholder capacity. Sheldon College Ltd continues to show a profit every year and has a cutting edge curriculum which brims with corporate alliances. View full school