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Our Vision and Values Our Motto

Inspire to Excel

Our Vision

Duke’s Aldridge Academy provides an outstanding education within a vibrant community where the expectation is to excel. For each individual we promote achievement, success, strength of character, tolerance and a love for learning. We provide the support, challenge and breadth of experience which ensure our students become creative, resilient and successful adults.

Our Values

We are a values-driven organisation with a commitment to non-selective, inclusive
schools providing children and young people with an exceptional educational
experience.

We value:

• our students, their potential, their contributions and their aspirations
• the community we serve and its right to locally provided, high quality education
• the cultural diversity and richness of our community within the context of British
  Values
• academic rigour at all stages to create a learning environment that provides challenge,
  engagement and achievement
• respect, fairness, courtesy and the right to equality of opportunity as the entitlement of
  each member of the academy community
• ‘professional integrity’ and transparency
• our staff and their right to professional development and growth

The academy enjoys a rich mix of culturally diverse students drawn from one of London’s most ethnically vibrant wards. This socio-economic profile shields a positive and vital aspect of our academy’s community. The academy’s specialism is for expressive arts (music, media and art).
The outcome of the last Ofsted inspection in October 2019 was that ‘this school continues to be good’. We continue our journey to the goal of outstanding in the next inspection.