Curriculum

“Akeley Wood Senior School provides an outstanding quality of education for its pupils and very successfully meets its stated aims… teaching and assessment are outstanding overall.”   

 Ofsted June 2009

Akeley Wood Senior School aims to help every individual to fulfil his or her academic potential. This is achieved through skilled, dedicated and enthusiastic teaching in small classes and by differentiating the expectation and (as far as possible) the work for each child as appropriate.

Most importantly, the school believes in the education of the whole child. It is our job to discover and nurture each pupil's abilities, wherever they may lie. So Music, Art, Drama, and Physical Education (for example) all play an important part in school life, both as part of the curriculum and as activities outside the curriculum. Some children will succeed more in these areas than in the academic life and the confidence thus gained will be carried back into the classroom.