London Academy of Excellence Tottenham

It is our pleasure to welcome you to the London Academy of Excellence Tottenham. The mission of our new school is a simple one - to provide students with a first class academic education in the heart of Tottenham. To support this, LAE Tottenham is proud to have the backing of our principal educational sponsor, Highgate School. Alongside Highgate, we have developed an ethos that focuses primarily on outstanding academic achievement, but also prioritises the development of young peoples' skills and personal qualities thereby supporting them to make a positive contribution to society.

Students at LAE Tottenham study a curriculum made up of facilitating or hard A Level subjects, giving them the opportunity to aim for the very best destinations for university and employment. The expertise shared through Highgate and our nine other partner schools aims to break down all barriers to top class higher education, regardless of the background of our students, ensuring that students not only gain a place at a top university, but feel that they belong when they arrive.

We are also extremely fortunate to receive significant support from Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, including a state of the art school building adjacent to the new White Hart Lane development, the centre of regeneration in the North Tottenham area.

The London Academy of Excellence Tottenham is a new, academically selective 16-19 free school opened as part of the redevelopment of White Hart Lane in September 2017.

London Academy of Excellence Tottenham is the place for academic rigour. We exist to provide the very best opportunities for our students with a particular focus on developing confident learners who achieve top A Level grades thus opening the door to the best further education available to them. Beyond this, we aim to ensure that once students access the most competitive courses at top universities, they have the confidence and resilience to feel that they belong.

We aspire to provide our students with the same opportunities as students at the leading independent schools. We provide a fully enriched curriculum offering opportunities which broaden the experience of our students.

We have strong links with a number of independent schools including our ten partner schools. Traditionally these schools have been the most successful at securing places for their sixth formers at Oxford, Cambridge and other Russell Group universities. These links are invaluable in developing the social capital of our young people and coupled with our strong links with the universities themselves, this ensures that the provision at LAE Tottenham is amongst the very best on offer.

We believe in:

• Academic Rigour - the importance of intellectual challenge.
• Social Responsibility - acting for the benefit of others.

We focus on:

• Aspiration
• Endeavour
• Community
• Reflection

We believe in:

• holding high ambitions.
• working hard to achieve.
• being a Tottenham school.
• reviewing our own development.

We create:

• A university driven curriculum containing demanding A Level subjects
• A culture which promotes learning as an intrinsic good
• partnerships with 10 leading independent schools to support the very best academic outcomes possible
• A culture in which working hard is the norm
• A focus upon homework and independent study
• An authentically professional working environment
• A co-curriculum that reaches out beyond the school gates
• Higher academic aspirations in the local community
• An authentic student leadership programme
• An environment which challenges comfort zones thereby developing confidence and resilience
• Wide-ranging opportunities for creativity in and beyond the curriculum
• A pastoral system in a small school setting in which everyone’s individual qualities are celebrated

LAE Tottenham provides a stimulating learning environment for academically aspirational young people. In order to best prepare students for top universities and employment beyond, there are three core aspects to life at LAE Tottenham:

An academically rigorous curriculum, Extensive opportunities for enrichment through weekly Clubs and Societies (C&S) and Sport and Exercise (Spex), 3) A focus on giving back to the local community through weekly projects.

Pastorally, students are supported through tutors via a house system, which provides them with a clear point of contact for pastoral issues. Students receive regular tutorials focused not only on preparation for higher education and employment but also in helping them to develop the personal skills for success. In addition to this, an SEN Learning Support Lead, a Pastoral Support Officer and a School Counsellor are available to ensure that LAE Tottenham offers a supportive learning atmosphere.

The curriculum offers only facilitating or ‘hard’ A Level courses, in order to give students the opportunity to progress to top universities. The curriculum consists of Art, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, D&T (Engineering), Economics, English Literature, French, Further Maths, Geography, History, Maths, Physics, Politics, Psychology and Spanish.

All students have the opportunity to choose four A Level subjects, with a further option of the Extended Project Qualification. It is envisaged that the majority of students will continue with four courses until the end of year 12, then studying three in year 13. Some students may drop to three qualifications from the end of term one in year 12 and others will continue with four subjects to the end of year 13.