The Adeyfield Academy (formerly Adeyfield School) is an 11–18 mixed,

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and

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with academy status in Adeyfield,

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, England. It is part of the Atlas Multi Academy Trust. The school was founded in 1953, initially as a

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and is now an all ability-

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. The school works in consortium with two neighbouring schools to enhance post-16 provision. The consortium consists of Adeyfield School, Astley Cooper School and Longdean School. Staff development and wellbeing is also coordinated at consortium level. The school has many awards, including an International Schools status. As a result of this, a club called "The YEC", standing for "Young Earth Citizen" was formed to link Adeyfield with other schools around the world. One project that they work on is to write articles for an online magazine.

Leadership

*Margaret Chapman – executive head teacher (Atlas Multi-Academy Trust) *Dawn Mason – head teacher *Salma Riley-Haque – vice principal *Imogen Walbank – vice principal *Aza Hoque – assistant principal *Charlotte Rose – assistant principal *Liz Polson – assistant principal *Ben Dumpleton – associate assistant principal *Jo Day – associate assistant principal

Ofsted

The Adeyfield Academy's last Ofsted inspection was January 2023. The Adeyfield Academy was rated GOOD by Ofsted. Key comments: * Students at Adeyfield enjoy being part of a close-knit school community. * Expectations for behaviour, courtesy and personal presentation are high. These are both modelled and applied consistently by staff. * In lessons, pupils benefit from consistent routines and knowledgeable teaching. * Trust and school leaders are ambitious and have raised expectations for what pupils can achieve. * Pupils’ character and resilience are developed very well. * Working relationships in classrooms are strong, characterised by mutual respect between teachers and pupils Text was copied from this source, which is available under a
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Uniform

Adeyfield was one of the last secondary schools to have school jumpers. This changed in late 2007 to school ties (of the school colours, jade green and silver), white shirts, and black blazers.

Housing system

The school has six houses: *Attenborough (Green) *Hawking (Blue) *Kahlo (Orange) *Parks (Red) *Seacole (Yellow) *Turing (Purple)

References

External links

* * http://thegloalyec.org.uk Secondary schools in Hertfordshire Academies in Hertfordshire Dacorum Educational institutions established in 1953 1953 establishments in England {{Hertfordshire-school-stub