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Everyone Successful.<br />
Every Day.<br />
EDUCATION WITHOUT LIMITS<br />
PROSPECTUS<br />
THE <strong>ACE</strong> ACADEMY • ACHIEVE • CONTRIBUTE • EXCEL • 1
Welcome<br />
Everyone Successful.<br />
Every Day.<br />
Thank you for the interest you have shown in The <strong>ACE</strong> Academy. We are incredibly<br />
proud of our Academy and our developing reputation for providing a safe, supportive<br />
and aspirant learning environment for all of our students, where everyone can be the<br />
best that they can be. Our students and staff work incredibly well together to achieve<br />
the best possible results for every individual child.<br />
Our Sixth Form is growing year on year and it is our expectation that students starting<br />
in Year 7 will be with us for 7 years, moving into Sixth Form after gaining excellent<br />
GCSE results at the end of Year 11. All of our students enjoy state of the arts facilities<br />
designed specifically to enhance the excellent teaching at A level and Vocational<br />
courses, which therefore creates incredibly strong foundations for them to progress<br />
to University or other forms of higher education and training. Our strong relationship<br />
with the University of Wolverhampton through being the largest member of Education<br />
Central Multi Academies Trust, also plays a pivotal role in ensuring our students are<br />
ready for the next stage in their learning career, whether it be at our local Universities<br />
or further afield.<br />
<strong>ACE</strong> stands for ‘Alexandra College of Enterprise’ and therefore we hold the<br />
development of skills based learning relative to being an entrepreneurial success,<br />
in high regard. As a result, our students enjoy a number of enterprise events and<br />
opportunities to engage with local and national businesses as an integral part of their<br />
curriculum experience. We are very proud of how our students rise to these challenges<br />
and the positive image they project of themselves and the Academy as a result.<br />
As an Academy we have a strong commitment to traditional values and a focus on<br />
continuous improvement and development. That said, we embrace innovation and<br />
new technologies that can enhance our students learning experience.<br />
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At The <strong>ACE</strong> Academy we fully appreciate that ‘Better Never Stops’. Our ambition is to<br />
deliver a world class education and allow our students to become highly successful and<br />
qualified people, with as strong sense of moral purpose.<br />
We make no apology for placing a high priority on excellent behaviour, attendance<br />
and the highest possible standards as an expected norm. We care about our students’<br />
development and achievements and endeavour to provide first class support and<br />
further opportunities for our students to thrive. We want our students to enjoy their<br />
learning experience and demand more from us to satisfy their desire for success.<br />
We really do believe that we can offer a high quality education experience to every<br />
child who chooses to attend the Academy and wants to be a part of its ethos, vision<br />
and values. We care about our students’ development and achievements and we<br />
endeavour to provide first class support and further opportunities for our students<br />
to thrive. Our staff regard it as a real privilege to serve this community.<br />
We look forward to welcoming you to the Academy and working with you in securing<br />
the best possible education and success for your child.<br />
Core Values<br />
The ‘<strong>ACE</strong>RS’<br />
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Achievement<br />
•<br />
Challenge<br />
•<br />
Enjoyment<br />
•<br />
Respect<br />
•<br />
Self-discipline<br />
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Our Vision<br />
The <strong>ACE</strong> Academy will become the ‘Academy of choice’ for the Tipton community<br />
and surrounding areas, where students experience ‘education without limits’ and are<br />
inspired to achieve beyond their expectations.<br />
We will be an outstanding place of learning and we celebrate and experience success<br />
through the achievements of our students and staff, resulting in a legacy of excellence<br />
through every single person striving to be ‘the best that they can be’ every day.<br />
The Academy will therefore, prepare young people to play an active part in a<br />
technologically mature society by providing them with exceptional knowledge, skills,<br />
attitudes and moral purpose to significantly contribute to our global society and<br />
experience 70+ fantastic years in an internationally competitive world.<br />
ACHIEVE, CONTRIBUTE, EXCEL<br />
‘Better Never Stops’<br />
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DRESS<br />
SMART<br />
BE<br />
SMART<br />
Policies<br />
Please visit our website www.acesch.co.uk for Academy policies.<br />
Policies are located under the ‘Policies’ tab.<br />
Pastoral Care<br />
Appearance and uniform<br />
There is an expectation that all members<br />
of the Academy will strive to look their<br />
best. For students this will mean wearing<br />
the Academy uniform correctly and with<br />
pride travelling to, from and within The<br />
<strong>ACE</strong> Academy.<br />
There should be no evidence of dye or<br />
tints applied to the hair, and it should be<br />
an appropriate style and length. Make<br />
up and jewellery should not be worn.<br />
Please refer to the Academy website for<br />
guidance on our uniform policy.<br />
Advice is always available from the<br />
Academy and parents are encouraged<br />
to ask when uncertain. Students can<br />
and will be disciplined if they are not<br />
wearing the correct school uniform in<br />
the Academy, to and from the Academy,<br />
as well as and on trips.<br />
Year Teams and Tutor<br />
Groups<br />
Children are allocated to a Tutor group<br />
and a House when they enter the<br />
Academy and will stay with that tutor<br />
group and House throughout their<br />
Academy career. All aspects of support<br />
for academic progress and pastoral care<br />
take place within that tutor group and<br />
Year team. Your child’s tutor should<br />
be your first port of call for any issues,<br />
concerns or queries that you may have<br />
regarding your child. It is our expectation<br />
that the tutor should know your child<br />
better than anyone else in the Academy<br />
and provide the necessary support for<br />
them to flourish.<br />
A Head of Year, Behaviour Manager and<br />
an Administrator will also be part of the<br />
team that is responsible for the pastoral<br />
care and academic progress of your child.<br />
They will work with tutors to ensure that<br />
students remain engaged, enthused and<br />
inspired in their education at The <strong>ACE</strong><br />
Academy.<br />
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Curriculum Structure<br />
Each student will follow a timetable that spans two weeks, 50 periods in total, 25 periods per week. Each period is an hour long.<br />
Our aim is to provide, a rich, broad and balanced curriculum that motivates our students to want to learn and achieve more.<br />
It will also allow our students to identify real areas of strength that they may wish to pursue in their own time or through the<br />
variety of wider-curricular clubs and activities that the Academy provides.<br />
Key Stage 3<br />
Teaching hours per<br />
fortnight<br />
English Maths Science PE History Geography RE French ICT<br />
Music/Art/<br />
Drama<br />
Technology<br />
8 8 7 3 3 3 2 3 2 6 3 2<br />
Students who require additional literacy or numeracy will not study French and will have extra Maths and English lessons.<br />
*<strong>ACE</strong> time includes SRE, Citizenship and Financial awareness<br />
Key Stage 4<br />
Teaching hours per<br />
fortnight (Yr 10)<br />
Teaching hours per<br />
fortnight (Yr 11)<br />
English Maths Science PE Citizenship Option 1 Option 2 Option 3 Option 4<br />
7 8 10 3 2 5 5 5 5<br />
8 7 10 3 2 5 5 5 5<br />
All students study a GCSE in Maths, English, Science (2 GCSEs) and Citizenship (including SRE and RE).<br />
<strong>ACE</strong><br />
time*<br />
Post 16<br />
Students’ subject choices are guided within range of both Academic and Vocational<br />
Qualifications at Level 3, each subject has 10 hours curriculum time. Our offer at<br />
Post 16 also includes a personal development course named ASPIRE, preparation<br />
for ‘the next stage of their learning career’ with individual and group ‘Information,<br />
Advice and Guidance’, plus a varied range of enrichment opportunities.<br />
Students can choose up to 4 Level 3 options from:<br />
Business Studies<br />
French<br />
PE<br />
Drama<br />
Geography<br />
History<br />
Health and Social Care<br />
Art<br />
Music<br />
Media<br />
Design Technology<br />
Sociology<br />
IT<br />
Accounts<br />
Chemistry<br />
English<br />
Physics<br />
Photography<br />
Travel and Tourism<br />
Textiles<br />
Biology<br />
Psychology<br />
Maths<br />
Hair/Beauty<br />
Law<br />
Provisional Exam Results<br />
The most recent examination results and<br />
Students have a choice of 4 options these include:<br />
information on OFSTED can be found<br />
Business Studies<br />
Drama<br />
RE<br />
Music<br />
under the ‘Ofsted’ section of our website.<br />
Computer Science<br />
Geography<br />
Health and Social Care<br />
ICT<br />
French<br />
Resistant Materials<br />
Art<br />
Media<br />
PE<br />
Third Science<br />
Food Technology<br />
Design Technology<br />
Statistics<br />
History<br />
Travel and Tourism<br />
Sociology<br />
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“We are all<br />
better than we know.<br />
If only<br />
we can be brought<br />
to realise this,<br />
we may never be<br />
prepared to settle for<br />
anything less.”<br />
Kurt Hahn<br />
Wider curricular Success<br />
We are very proud of our students’<br />
achievements in activities outside of<br />
the normal academic curriculum too.<br />
Students across various year groups have<br />
taken an active part in community life in<br />
the following ways:<br />
We actively encourage them to take part<br />
• Organising and delivering a Citizenship<br />
in activities that enrich their curriculum<br />
campaign at local Methodist Church<br />
experience and represent the Academy<br />
with Adrian Bailey, local MP<br />
and themselves with pride.<br />
• Musical performances the local<br />
In addition to various sporting accolades Methodist Church for the elderly<br />
here are some achievements from last<br />
year that have made our Academy<br />
community very proud.<br />
• Flag bearer at Tipton Cemetery to<br />
celebrate the cemetery winning a<br />
community award.<br />
Year 9 students of History designed a<br />
monument which has been shortlisted<br />
for the ‘Football Remembers’ competition<br />
to design a National Memorial Arboretum<br />
in Staffordshire. If the students win, their<br />
design will be built in the arboretum and<br />
their prize awarded by Prince William and<br />
Theo Walcott.<br />
Please visit http://www.acesch.co.uk/news<br />
for more information about our wider<br />
curricular success.<br />
Everyone Successful.<br />
Every Day.<br />
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Admission of Primary<br />
School Students<br />
Our admissions process is part of the Local Authority co-ordinated scheme.<br />
The Academy’s admission number is 300. Where the number of applications<br />
is lower than the admission number, all applicants will be admitted.<br />
If The <strong>ACE</strong> Academy is over subscribed, after the admission of students with statements<br />
of special education needs where the Academy is named in the statement, priority<br />
for admission will be given to those children who meet the criteria set out below, in<br />
priority order:<br />
1. Children who are in public care and children who were previously in public care<br />
but ceased to be so because they were adopted (or became subject to a residence<br />
order or special guardianship order).<br />
In all cases, if the number of applicants<br />
exceeds the number of places available,<br />
places will be allocated on the basis of<br />
distance between home and Academy,<br />
as measured in a straight line from home<br />
to the main entrance to the Academy.<br />
Priority will be given to those living closest<br />
to the Academy.<br />
2. Children with a particular medical condition which can be met most appropriately<br />
by the Academy. Applications must be accompanied by a medical declaration<br />
form signed by the child’s General Practitioner or Consultant confirming the<br />
condition and detailing the child’s needs. All applications under this criterion<br />
will be assessed by the Governors to decide whether the child’s needs can be<br />
met most appropriately by the Academy.<br />
3. Having a brother or sister at the Academy (but not in 6th form) at the time of<br />
admission.<br />
4. Distance measured in a straight line from a child’s home to the Academy’s main<br />
entrance (as determined by the Head Teacher).<br />
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Admission to Sixth form<br />
Up to 20 Post 16 places will be made available for students who are not currently<br />
attending the Academy.<br />
Post 16 Student and Academy Life<br />
At The <strong>ACE</strong> Academy we are committed to providing an outstanding education.<br />
You’ll find a warm, friendly atmosphere where you’ll make friends and can be yourself.<br />
With a range of experiences in and out of the classroom from morning until early<br />
evening, we will help you enjoy and succeed at this stage of your career. You can<br />
expect to do lots of things you haven’t tried before. You will make friends for life as<br />
well as getting the right experiences you need for the future. As a Post 16 student,<br />
your leadership will guide others through the Academy.<br />
Post 16 Advice and Guidance<br />
The Academy is a big family; it is full of people you can trust and rely on for help.<br />
There are teachers who will challenge you to think for yourself and people who will<br />
prepare you to take your first step into the working environment.<br />
The Post 16 team is able to offer advice and guidance about:<br />
• Careers and employment opportunities<br />
• Further study, including university level courses<br />
• Student funding and financial support<br />
• Travel cards and the Academy buses<br />
• Support to overcome any learning difficulties, from dyslexia to physical difficulties<br />
• Having your say while at the Academy<br />
• The program of sporting and social activities.<br />
Post 16 Study<br />
When undertaking Post 16 qualifications you will find that learning is more challenging,<br />
and requires deeper thinking. This is a big leap for those students who have previously<br />
completed GCSE study. Our Post 16 centre will support you to use your time efficiently.<br />
We will work with you to further develop the genuine skills of independent learning,<br />
both at home and using our fully equipped study areas. An AS or A-Level subject<br />
receives 5 hours of tuition per week. To be successful we would expect students to<br />
look to put in a similar amount of independent study and expect all students to use<br />
their non-contact time effectively to do self-directed study.<br />
Post 16 Personal Tutor<br />
You will have a personal tutor who will be the key person to share your successes and<br />
support you throughout your time with us. We want you to make the most of your<br />
time here.<br />
You will meet with your personal tutor and the other members of your tutor group<br />
at scheduled times to discuss issues we hope will be relevant to life during and after<br />
you leave the centre. We also aim to build up important life skills such as study skills<br />
and interview skills. In addition you will meet regularly with your tutor for discussions<br />
about your progress.<br />
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A member of the Education Central Multi Academy Trust, University of Wolverhampton<br />
Everyone Successful.<br />
Every Day.<br />
The <strong>ACE</strong> Academy, Alexandra Road, Tipton, West Midlands DY4 7NR.<br />
Telephone: 0121 521 1540 Facsimile: 0121 521 1541 www.acesch.co.uk