Welcome to Ark Charter

Welcome to Charter Academy, a school that has high expectations for all who attend. Charter is a special place. We are an academy with heart, with heritage and most importantly an academy where faith is important. A Charter child is ambitious, they have moral purpose, are influential in their community, show love toward one another and strive to achieve all that they can be in the world.

At Charter we understand that to be successful, we must provide our students with the highest level of challenge and the highest expectations of behaviour. Our academy is disciplined, never shying away from being responsible for our actions. At Charter our vision is that our students grow to be confident, articulate and resilient young people, assured in their strength of courage, value of justice and necessity of respect.

We offer an ambitious academic curriculum that exposes all students to the richness of education and allows them to experience a diversity of subjects. This exposure allows our students to identify their strengths, discover their passion and sets them on the path to university or the career of their choosing.

Charter academy is a proud member of the successful Ark network of schools. A UK-leading Trust, the Ark network gives us access to outstanding support and guidance, participation in world-class teacher training opportunities and a sense of collective belonging as schools regularly come together to participate in academic, sporting and musical events.

"Encourage one another, bear with one another and build each other up."  1 Thessalonians 5:11

"Encourage one another, bear with one another and build each other up." 1 Thessalonians 5:11

Through our Christian values of Truth, Compassion and Respect, we aim to enhance the lives of our school family and the wider world. We will learn to thrive through the teachings of Jesus to empower, enrich and educate so that we all flourish and explore life through our faithful community. We embrace all faiths and none and commit to making everyone welcome and a valued member of our diverse community.    

Being a Church of England school, we live out our Christian values every day in several ways. One of these is through our Collective Worship programme. Collective Worship allows us to take time every day to engage and reflect on our ethos and values. We gather every day to pause and consider the world around us. 

Our vision recognises that our students have challenges to face, and they need to be able to flourish through the education they are provided. As a diverse community, we needed to recognise that some of our cohort are faithless so our vision strives to ensure that despite this, we can help them explore their spirituality and live with one another in a happy and safe environment 

Everyone at the academy promotes and reflects our values, leading to high achievement for every student: 

• Staff believe that every child, whatever their starting point, can succeed in education.
• Staff do ‘whatever it takes’ for their students to succeed, and students develop the same attitude for themselves and for others.
• Responsibility is shared: staff and students are always ready and willing to help each other.
• The Academy values and feels part of the Ark network.
• The Academy has its own strong sense of identity, with its own distinct uniform and wider branding which is used consistently.

Every day students are engaged in enjoyable, worthwhile and meaningful activities. We know we are doing our jobs if students have a sense of pride in themselves and the academy.

Our Christian values guide the culture and ethos of our Academy to ensure that we can realise our mission. They are a central part of the life of the Academy and should be evident in every aspect of Academy life.

Compassion

We are friendly, generous and considerate of others and ourselves.  We have the courage and strength to willingly celebrate and listen to others. We look out for each other’s physical, emotional and mental wellbeing and bring out the best in each other.

Respect

We are polite and honest to each other.  We accept that we will not always agree and that it is OK to have different opinions. We come to lessons with high expectations of ourselves and of our teachers.  

Truth

We aim to live with integrity. We say what we mean and mean what we say. We seek truth and self-knowledge, aiming to understand the world around us and our place within it.  We aim to educate, empower and enrich our students' lives to open doors. 

Lord God creator of all things, we pray for our school Ark Charter Academy. We thank you for what it is, what it stands for and everybody associated with it.  

We thank you for the opportunities you give us to encourage each other, bear with each other and build each other up.  

For all those who have passed through its gates, those who are here and for those yet to enter, may we all be part of its history, heritage and success. 

Bless each of us as we spend time, working, learning, sharing and caring to become the best versions of ourselves.  

In all we do, may it be the best we can do and help us to look out for each other. Help us live as a faith filled community. We pray that we continue to be guided by the school values of truth, compassion and respect and look forward to your continued favour over Charter Academy, its staff, students, families and the community of which it is a part. 

We pray this in your name 

Amen.