Our Open Day will be on Tuesday 3rd October 2023

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Vision and Values

Vision

Our vision for Addington Valley Academy is to provide a positive environment where children and young people with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) access specialist support that enables them to learn and achieve.

Achievement, Well-being, Communication and Independence

To realise our vision, we will:

  • work with students, families and the community to provide a kind, caring and collaborative environment that engages, inspires and challenges
  • develop independence and communication skills to ensure meaningful outcomes for all students
  • support and prepare students for adulthood and life after school
  • ensure the whole school community is valued and respected

Values

Our provision and curriculum is underpinned by a communication and positive behaviour based model. It includes therapeutic approaches, sensory integration and supports students to access the core and wider curriculum and understand their world.

Initiation – how students investigate a new experience or task

Exploration – how students continue to explore a new experience of task

Persistence – how students continue to concentrate and stick with a new experience or task

Realisation – how students use the knowledge learned through a new experience or task

Anticipation – how well our students can model a familiar experience or task in their minds

We use these values to celebrate daily achievements and acknowledge progress made.

 

 

 

 

 

The progress my son has made is phenomenal, we couldn’t be happier.

We feel very lucky that he is in this school.

Parent February 2022

Latest News

School rocked today!

It was our great pleasure to welcome, Bus Terminal and Fire Boyz, two rock bands from St Giles School for a special performance at Addington Valley. The two bands made up of singers and musicians raised the roof with their …

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Doyle Class trip to the Science Museum

Doyle Class had a brilliant day at the Science Museum! ‘Space’ was their favourite topic this year so they loved exploring the space section, looking at all the space rockets and planets! They also took part in other experiments and …

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AVAFEST

We are excited to welcome two rock bands from St Giles School today for what will be their first live performance away from school. We have turned our sports hall into a concert venue and the students, with the help …

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Sixth Form DIY Session

Sixth form students have enjoyed their plumbing and DIY skill sessions with Viv from Construction and Engineering Opportunities. They have used their soldering, pipe bending and connecting skills to make their initials out of copper piping.

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