Year 11 Progress Evening is Wednesday 11th December.
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We believe strongly in nurturing children throughout their time at The Portsmouth Academy to build positive habits, develop an awareness of their strengths and support them in developing areas they would like to improve. We work with our students so that they are aspirational and ready for their next steps and, most importantly, understand their role and place both within their local community and beyond.
We are unique in Portsmouth at specialising in teaching ‘thinking tools’, which help our students to develop their full potential.
The thinking school approach to education is unique to this secondary school in the city of Portsmouth, and we believe that it genuinely transforms the life chances of our children, not just because of the excellent outcomes our students achieve but also as it teaches them the critical thinking skills they need to be resilient in an ever changing world.
Our experience, and international research, tells us that young people in thinking schools:
• Achieve a higher self-esteem and greater confidence
• Feel more positive and learn well together as a community
• Maintain their motivation and curiosity to learn
• Improve their academic performance
• Become independent learners who can ‘think for themselves’ and cope with an increasingly complex world
In our school, we value the relationships between staff and students which enable every child to ‘Aspire and Achieve’, and so experience the joy that comes with personal success. We firmly believe in a school culture of Respect, that teaches Respect for each other and Respect for our learning. Together we are united in the pursuit of our goals.