2016 Prospectus Excellence | Belonging | Opportunity | Respect Welcome to our school

At Ebor our core values centre around three words: ‘Aspire, Believe, Achieve’ and they are at the heart of everything we do and everything we ask of our staff, students, the parents, and wider community.

I believe that everyone needs aspirations to succeed and this is especially true of young people. We want to encourage all learners to develop a love of learning and enable everyone to reach the highest standards of which they are capable, both academically and in other fields such as sport, arts and culture. We are committed to ensuring our students are safe and have clear direction and support.

We believe passionately in our students and we know that with the right support here and at home they can achieve great things. They have to believe in themselves and strive for success. This includes accepting the need for the highest standards of uniform, behaviour and being ready to learn, as well as having the right equipment, every day. Our expectations are high so that our students can aspire to be the best.

Self-belief, the right support, and encouragement to be proud of doing well, are the keys to success. The best achievements usually occur where a true partnership has been established between home, school and the young person – all of us working together to strive for the best possible outcome.

I want each and every member of our Ebor Academy Filey community to live our core values every day. To ASPIRE to be the very best they can be, BELIEVE in themselves and ACHIEVE great things.

I look forward to working with you.

Mr A C Galbraith Headteacher

02 Ebor Academy Filey | 2016 prospectus Mr Galbraith, Headteacher, with, from left: Olivia Yalezo, Deputy Head Girl; John Storey, Deputy Head Boy; Lewis East, Head Boy; Hannah Botterill, Head Girl.

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Ebor Academy Filey is the new name for Filey School. But there’s more, much more, happening here than just a name change. It’s like a new school. A new beginning bor Academy Filey serves Together we are working towards We take the time to EFiley and surrounding areas excellence in everything we do. listen and work with our students and provides education for It’s no less than what Filey and so they are fully prepared young people aged 11-16. its young people deserve. for the challenges ahead. In September 2015 we became We are an inclusive and diverse Aside from exams, we provide part of the Ebor Academy Trust, a school and welcome students clubs and activities to develop Yorkshire-based multi-academy no matter what their ability. friendships, encourage teamwork trust with an enviable track record Our pastoral care system means and provide social – and fun – things of success. Coupled with the every student belongs to a house: to do at lunchtimes and after school. appointment of Mr Andrew Brigg, Carr, Glen or Wold. House and And so that everyone’s clear as to Galbraith as headteacher, year leaders make sure they know our expectations of our students – Ebor Academy Filey is at each child as an individual and can and indeed their expectations of the beginning of a new help develop them as young people. us – we have a new home school chapter in community We offer GCSE courses for agreement. It lists rewards and secondary education our students in sanctions to help everyone get in the town. With all English Language and Literature, along, ensuring the formative five the changes being Mathematics plus a breadth of years of secondary education, intoduced it’s not merely subjects across the curriculum, where students enter as children a different school – it’s together with vocational and leave as young adults, are practically a new school. qualifications and BTECs. among the best years of their lives.

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New ways of working, new approaches to secondary education and high calibre partners. It adds up to an exciting new start for Ebor Academy Filey. Stronger together artnership working is a key priority for schools and the national Pcomponent of the proven centre, based at the University success of the Ebor Academy Trust of York, has the largest collection and now, as part of the trust, Ebor of resources in the country. Academy Filey will benefit from This means science teachers, our collaborative approaches. teaching assistants and We have many new faces in the technicians from Filey will teaching team: 16 new members attend courses to top up their of staff started in September knowledge, so they can pass on 2015 and our first rate teacher latest thinking to students. The development programme ensures opportunity to make teachers a continual focus on excellence. more effective is part of a rigorous learning opportunities across Science lessons are being action plan for the school. the subjects. Coupled with new revolutionised thanks to a Chromebooks are now being computer suites, new servers and partnership with the National used in Geography, History and wi-fi across the site, Ebor Academy Science Learning Centre. Science, RE. The Humanities faculty is the Filey students will be ideally placed technology, engineering and first to receive the new kind of to make the most out of innovative maths – STEM for short – is a major laptop computer, which will enhance teaching and learning techniques.

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Additional activities mean stimulating days at school, shared knowledge and deeper friendships. We want to cultivate a thirst for knowledge. A love of learning ur school day offers enhanced queuing for their meals, Oopportunities for learning. students are allocated On top of the usual curriculum, tables where they serve each other. students choose from a variety The move helps students get to of additional subjects or have know others outside their friendship opportunities for additional support. groups and teachers and students Among “elective” subjects are eat together. Hot dinners at school sport, music, arts and literacy. are compulsory in Years 7 and 8. There are “stretch” projects “Drop Everything And Read” is a for independent learning and new initiative to help literacy and “collective” learning sessions where encourage students to get into the different year groups attend habit of reading. Our completely masterclasses in core subject areas. refurbished library offers a welcoming A new behaviour code has been and comfortable environment for introduced, promoting positive students wanting some quiet time. learning habits. It provides clarity We are proud of our new school, Our mission is for our students and consistency for all students. and PROUD is a term we also use to to aspire, believe and achieve. To create a more social environment, promote the virtues of Perseverance, We are at the beginning of an family service dining has been Responsibility, Ownership, exciting journey at Ebor Academy introduced at lunchtimes. Rather than Understanding and Determination. Filey – come and join us.

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A solid foundation for the future; an exciting time for everyone. Trust , and believe bor Academy Trust is a multi- Quality of teaching and learning: Eacademy trust serving children We believe involving the teachers aged 2-16. We are developing in our group fosters new thinking. academy hubs in York, Selby We encourage innovation and on the Yorkshire Coast. whilst ensuring appropriate Our belief is that all children levels of consistency. should be given the opportunity Closing the attainment gap: Our to achieve their best within school-to-school support team a safe and caring school works with our academies towards community. When they leave closing the attainment gap. This the academies in our group, we school-led approach is driven by ensure that our children and our teaching school accreditation young people have developed – we are a founding member of the a range of qualities, attitudes Ebor Teaching Schools Alliance. and skills that will prepare them Recruitment: As School Direct effectively for their future. providers, we have operational Ebor Academy Trust was experience of the process established in 2013 with a designed to create a pipeline commitment to four pillars to of new recruits through the develop sustainable excellence allocation of training places. in education: the quality of Collaboration: By working together teaching and learning, closing we are able to draw on a wide set the attainment gap, teacher of skills, offering opportunities to recruitment, and collaboration: both teachers and future leaders.

10 Ebor Academy Filey | 2016 prospectus Ebor core values All academies in the Ebor Academy Trust subscribe to a core set of values. These are:

Excellence To inspire and instil in others, the desire to be the best we can.

Belonging To work together as a community, having a unique and valued part to play within our academy alliance.

Opportunity To give, and be given, the opportunities to grow, flourish, and celebrate success.

Respect To value, respect and care for others and ourselves. Ebor Academy Filey Muston Road, Filey YO14 0HG Tel: 01723 512354 www.filey.ebor.academy email: [email protected] For admissions, please contact the North Yorkshire County Council admissions Follow us on Twitter @Ebor_Filey team on 01609 533679 or visit www.northyorks.gov.uk/admissions