Student welfare, academic progress and achievement is at the heart of everything we do at our Academies.

The Basildon Academies are situated across two sites: the Lower Academy (KS3) and the Upper Academy (KS4 & 5).

At the Basildon Lower Academy, we pride ourselves on offering a unique experience of Key Stage 3 education. We aim to merge the best of the primary and secondary sectors to give our young people a Key Stage 3 full of active learning, enrichment and quality cultural capital experiences.

Our Academy values are to drive:

• Social Mobility - equality of opportunity for our young people to succeed
• Moral Purpose - resilient positive decision makers
• Cultural Capital - equity of opportunity and life experiences
• Spiritual Awareness - reflective citizens and active curious learners. 

Our Key Stage specialist sites enable us to offer our students age appropriate curriculum choices, support, challenge and enrichment. The Basildon Lower Academy offers a unique model of education.  We have developed a model of separate Learning Zones for each year group.  Each year group have their own dedicated and specialist learning environments, physical zones, and teaching and support teams.

This unique model supports the implementation of consistency, structure and order. It also enables staff and students to build and foster positive, strong relationships that are underpinned with high expectations and support.  Our staff become experts in their students and their needs.

Our dedicated team works together with parents and carers, governors and our wider community to ensure that each student develops the knowledge, skills and independence to achieve. We believe that there are no limits to what they can learn.  Every student has the right to the very best possible learning experiences and everyone can succeed.

We recognise the power and impact that quality enrichment can have on young lives and minds. Our enrichment programme is an essential and valuable part of our school day. All students engage in an enrichment each day as part of their curriculum.

The age appropriate enrichment curriculum supports a ‘Passion for Learning’ in Key Stage 3, a ‘Passion for Purpose’ in Key Stage 4 and a ‘Passion for Life’ in Key Stage 5. Our enrichment curriculum builds student resilience, self-esteem, sense of belonging and love of learning.  It provides equity of opportunity, stretch & challenge, employability skills and broad experiences supporting our student cultural capital and social mobility.

I believe passionately that our students’ interests should be at the heart of everything we do. I have high expectations of all at our school, and I am determined to ensure that we provide the very best opportunities for your child to reach their full potential, during their time here and beyond.

It is a privilege to lead Basildon Lower Academy, and I am excited about everything we can achieve together. I look forward to meeting many of you and welcoming you into our happy, vibrant, and successful school community.

R Rees
Headteacher