Sedgehill Academy

Sedgehill Academy is part of United Learning, a group of schools that uniquely covers both the state and independent sectors. We collaborate closely across the group, allowing us at Sedgehill to draw on a very talented pool of education professionals.

In the summer of 2022, we were absolutely delighted to have been officially recognised as a Good School by Ofsted.

Our Academy is inclusive and welcoming, we value and respect students of all faiths, backgrounds and abilities. Our ambition is to bring out the best in everyone. We offer an outstanding education in a warm and supportive environment, uniting high academic achievement with strong development of character. We have high expectations for all our students and reject the view that success in life is pre-determined or that our talents are fixed.

We believe that with hard work, kindness, integrity and excellence our students will find success. These are our Academy values. Our top priority is always teaching and learning, high quality of lessons day in, day out. As a staff, we continually develop our practice and regularly talk about the pedagogy of teaching.

If you visit us, you will experience the good relationships between our students and between students and staff, as well as the strong focus on students' academic success. You will see a broad curriculum, fantastic indoor and outdoor facilities, a wide range of enrichment activities and a disruption-free learning environment. You will find a caring and friendly environment, with a culture of aspiration where everyone is striving to bring out the best in themselves and each other.

Our Values

We believe that with Hard Work, Kindness, Integrity and Excellence, our students will achieve success both inside and outside of school and beyond.

We are extremely proud of our diverse and vibrant school community, and kindness is central to the ethos of the school meaning that we welcome students from every background, celebrate diversity and share core values.

As a fully inclusive school, we aim to create an equitable environment where all staff and pupils feel like they belong and know that all members of our school will stand up to discrimination.

We ensure that our school is fully inclusive in meeting the needs of all children and we understand that our school community is enriched by its members’ varying backgrounds. We seek to raise awareness of all protected characteristics:

• Age
• Disabilities
• Gender reassignment
• Marriage & civil partnerships
• Pregnancy & maternity
• Race
• Religion or belief
• Sex
• Sexual orientation

At Sedgehill Academy, no single member of our community is the same. Our differences are what makes us strong. Kindness and tolerance are core values that we seek to promote across the whole of our school community.