Post in Hengrove School New Academy. Can it follow the success of The City Academy?

2007 Sep 21 14:36 UTC

Following the news yesterday "SCHOOL OPENING DATE IS PUT BACK"

http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=145365&command=displayContent&sourceNode=145191&contentPK=18446726

I'm hoping this might spark some discussion on this site.
Could we see the same success as The City Academy?

The City Academy, Bristol which I have been round is very impressive. I started
mentoring there just before the new Academy was opened.

The City Academy, Bristol, which opened in 2003 specialising in Sport, is
sponsored jointly by John Laycock and the University of the West of England. In
2001, the predecessor school had only 22% of its pupils achieving five or more
good GCSE passes. For the past two years, the City Academy, Bristol has
raised this proportion to more than 50%.

The numbers of students staying on post-16 has also increased significantly,
from 76% in 2004 to 93% in 2006, with successful higher education applications
trebled in the same period (from 7 to 21).

This year, 42 6th formers have applied to university – three times the number
ever achieved by the predecessor school. The Academy delivers a range of
vocational options taken by all students across the 14 – 19 age range.

153 businesses are working alongside the Academy in delivering programmes that
are based on “real life contexts”. This support includes mentoring support for
every Key Stage 4 student.

The University of West of England provide two governors who together support
the Academy with its self evaluation processes and ensure that practice is
rigorously monitored at every stage of delivery.