Welcome to Braunton Academy

Thank you for your interest in Braunton Academy. I hope that you find the information in this website both interesting and informative. We are a successful 11-16 Academy School with specialist status in Mathematics and Computing. In addition we are holders of the ‘International School Award’ in recognition of the strong and active links we have with schools and colleges around the globe.

Students make great progress

On January 27th 2013 the Minister of State  for Schools, the  Rt Hon David Laws MP,  sent a letter of congratulations to Braunton Academy for its excellent GCSE performance in 2012. Our data when analysed in fine detail in a document called 'Raise on Line'  showed that we were amongst the 100 best improving schools in terms of their academic progress from Y7 to Y11 in English, Maths and three other best GCSEs. Furthermore it is pleasing to note that Braunton Academy ranked 16th in this top 100 list.

We know our students personally

As a staff team we demand much of ourselves and have very high expectations of the students in our care. Our relatively small size means that we know our students as individuals. We have an excellent and well qualified teaching team who enjoy the support of a highly effective team of teaching assistants, technical, site and administrative staff. We especially value the supportive collaboration with our parents, ensuring that this partnership is strong and to the benefit of your son or daughter. Our ‘Home-Academy Agreement’ clearly defines our shared commitments to this important relationship to maximise the support for learning.

We offer rich learning opportunities

We take great pride in our record of academic success and the opportunities that we offer our students through our varied curriculum and our extensive range of extracurricular activities. The school continues to perform well with a sustained good track record of exam results over the past decade. OFSTED judged the school to be ‘good and improving’ with an ‘outstanding’ grade for safeguarding.

Our young people flourish

During the time students spend at Braunton Academy, we see them develop both academically and personally. Many of our students take on roles of responsibility and leadership or represent the school in the wider local, national or international community. The vast majority of our learners progress to further education with a considerable number proceeding onto University or other higher education institutions.

Success for all in our learning community

Our aim is to build on the school’s excellence and I look forward to working hard with the staff and the young people in our care to provide a first class education that meets the needs of all of our students in a very fast changing world. We are very ambitious for our learners and we want success for all in our learning community.

Come and see our success as we work

Our Open Evening in September, for prospective Y6 parents and students,  provided an important opportunity to meet the staff and many students who were very keen to show you how much they enjoy their learning at Braunton Academy. Guided tours can be booked to view Braunton Academy while the students and staff are ‘at work’ in their classes. A series Y6 Family learning evenings to help parents support their child on transition start in January 2013. Please contact my PA, Ms Johnson, to book a tour or find out about Y6 Family learning evenings.

I look forward to meeting you and working closely with you should you choose to send your child to Braunton Academy.

Yours sincerely,

David Sharratt MA (Principal)