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Principal's Welcome

At The de Ferrers Academy we strive to inspire through the delivery of a 'World Class' education ensuring that every student achieves their potential - at times, 'Whether they want to or not'. We aspire to be a beacon of excellence within the community we serve where everyone feels valued, included and proud.

Our vision

To ensure that all the children and young people in our care have the opportunity to fulfil their potential through achieving highly, regardless of their ability or background.

Our  values

"WORK HARD, BE KIND, CHOOSE WISELY" are the foundations of our Trust and the communities we serve.

Following on from 10 years as a specialist Technology College, de Ferrers became an Academy in January 2011. It has grown into a large, split-site, co-educational institution catering for the full range of students from ages 11-18. In 2015 de Ferrers became the first school of The de Ferrers Trust (a Multi Academy Trust).

There are over 2400 students on roll, including an expanding Sixth Form of over 450 , and each Year 7 entry since 1985 has been oversubscribed.

The three campuses are less than three kilometres apart and the Academy day is punctuated by breaks, which allow time for travel between sites.

Years 7-8 are taught on the Dove Campus, situated in Harehedge Lane, Years 9-11 on the Trent Campus, in St Mary's Drive and Years 12-13 at our state of the art Sixth Form Centre in the town centre. This allows students to gain all the advantages and opportunities available in a large Academy and also helps them to familiarise themselves with amenities on one campus, in the first instance. There are specialist rooms and equipment on each campus.

Excellent funding has allowed the Academy to enhance resources and equipment and widely promote the use of new technologies. There are digital projectors and flat screen TVs in all curriculum areas with over 500 computers and laptops across all sites. All campuses are covered by a managed wireless WiFi system, with a fast 1GB broadband link between them.

In 2012, the Academy became the first school in Staffordshire to provide all sixth form students with access to a personal 1:1 iPad for use in lessons and at home. Currently, all students in Years 9  to 13 (Trent and Sixth Form Campuses) have their own iPad, as well as all teaching staff and most support staff. The Academy became an Apple Regional Training Centre in 2013 and in 2015, 2017 and 2021 it was awarded status as an Apple Distinguished School (*for outstanding leadership and use of learning technology).

The Academy is also a member of the East Midlands Chamber Schools, National Forest Teaching School Alliance and works closely with The University of Nottingham on Initial Teacher Training

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Making a Difference

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Join us in backing by pledging to buy better, use less, and recycle more on 18th March 2023
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Our Year 12 students are hosting this fabulous event for our Year 11 offer holders. We are looking forward to welcoming our offer holders from far and wide to our fabulous campus! https://t.co/VwAKbnnBuS
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“A huge and heartfelt thank you to all of our wonderful Science technicians at de Ferrers, you are our angels behind the scenes who make the most amazing Science experiences possible for our students.”
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The multicoloured science timetable is out. Must mean that Miss Port is planning for with our academy pass and resources. https://t.co/5vT4G6YIe7
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Our ICT technician team are the glue that holds all of our network systems together, working across our 3 campuses and our Trust primary schools to keep everything running smoothly 24/7
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'Our DT technicians support in the facilitating of lessons by preparing ingredients, resources and equipment. Without this support, valuable lesson time would be taken up doing this, ensuring maximum teaching time is used'
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A massive thank you to all of our amazing technicians in Science, DT, ICT, Art & PE for everything they do to support staff & students and enrich our curriculum
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Incredibly proud of our A Level PE student Alex! Well done! We are all very excited about your journey! https://t.co/xHe7UxzQ5f
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Making decisions about your future career can seem overwhelming, but National Careers Week is a great time to start thinking about it. Here are some of the ways pupils and students can get valuable information about careers from trusted sources: https://t.co/H5k8OxOzAm
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We’re supporting and recognise the essential work of school and FE college technicians. https://t.co/wTjBJ5xVot
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You can now download and read the latest news from across our 3 campuses in our latest newsletter for 3rd March 2023: https://t.co/l8XoMGjWhv
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Happy national secondary offer day to all the Year 6 families who will be joining us in September! Can’t wait to meet you all soon! Welcome to the Team DFA family! https://t.co/m0Kiqali8w
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Huge congratulations to our Cadets who completed the first aid course this week. For many of them this is their first badge achieved. https://t.co/aEarhNDQ5f
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A brilliant night for all! https://t.co/VNXiq2jLaH
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We have some great opportunities for teachers in a variety of academic disciplines across our Academies. If you would like to find out more about joining a progressive Trust striving to deliver excellent educational practice to our students visit https://t.co/glUX2BFpeO
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You can now download the latest academy newsletter for 10th February 2023 from our website: https://t.co/u7kK7GZmTE
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Thank you and for a wonderful morning of Music. Inspirational stuff!! https://t.co/D2KBQur5yz
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Start of Silver expedition planning with year 10 students https://t.co/EcwaNpR9DZ
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Another 35 Year 7&8 & girls enjoyed two great games against and a bite to eat afterwards! https://t.co/7M0Abemcc2
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Year 7 setting off to Birmingham for their trip to Symphony Hall this morning. They had a fantastic time! 🎼 🎵 🎶 https://t.co/wtgXsHqiWY
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