Welcome From Our Headteacher Ms Patel
It is my pleasure to welcome you to Gracewood Academy, a co-educational, comprehensive 11-18 Academy set on 20 acres of beautiful grounds in Potters Bar, Hertfordshire.
Gracewood Academy is an inclusive, first choice community school that cares for and meets the needs of all its students, who achieve ambitiously as a result of great expectations and excellent teaching. We build strong character to support students to navigate the world around them so that they can lead happy, successful and healthy lives.
We offer a highly effective, knowledge-engaged, curriculum consistently driven by the explicit teaching of vocabulary and reading. Our teaching is informed by educational research into how children acquire and retain knowledge and it is enhanced by exceptional character development. As a result, children develop skills so that they can embrace the challenges and demands of future work and life.
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Values
Our ethos as an Academy is clear and we are unwavering in our dedication to it. We believe that every student should have access to an education comprised of ‘the best that has been thought and said’. A knowledge-rich and stimulating education combined with enriching extra-curricular experiences and a strong pastoral support team will enable us to ensure all students can live a life of choice and opportunity. We are creating an Academy with the highest standards of teaching and behaviour to ensure no child is left behind.
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We have a strong focus on developing our staff and have an unrelenting focus on hard work to ensure students leave us with great exam results. However, we also are determined to deliver a wide range of opportunities for every student to flourish outside of the classroom. From sports, to performing arts, music, trips and speakers - we have something for everyone.
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