We encourage a balance of academic work and participation in extra-curricular pursuits. We help our students to develop holistic skills such as leadership, problem solving, team work and community service.

Our extensive club and activities programme presents students with a wide variety of challenging and enjoyable activities. Students are given the opportunity to develop new skills and interests in areas they might never have considered before. Boarding provides a rich opportunity for us to broaden horizons, foster life-long learning and celebrate different strengths. This learning is a way of life, not just an add-on.

Every member of our boarding community is encouraged to develop strengths and interests through our wider curriculum and is supported to do so by our boarding team.

Indeed, many activities will specifically be run only for our boarders and others are organised/run by our boarders themselves as part of their leadership development. All boarders from Year 9 upwards will be encouraged to be involved in our Combined Cadet Force (CCF) and The Duke of Edinburgh Award (DofE). The Academy’s purpose built theatre and studio space presents a fantastic opportunity for our students. We have a mixture of contemporary and classic drama in a typical year, as well as regular musical and other artistic productions.

We also arrange a wide variety of trips at the weekend including paintballing, ice skating, cinema trips, bowling, tree running, go karting, laser quest, gorge-walking, crazy golf, quad biking, shopping, canoeing, archery, mountain biking, visits to Thorpe Park, Monkey World, Chessington, Legoland etc. Some activities may incur an additional charge.