This past academic year was meant to see us all celebrating 21 years since the school’s opening. Alexandra Park School was coming of age. In the Spring of 2020 we were busy forward planning a series of events to run through 2020/21, acknowledging this important milestone. Oh how things can change. March 20th 2020 and the first lockdown came along and the rest is history…
One of our aims this year has been to maintain APS as a stable haven of relative calm in an increasingly excitable world.
Weldome back to this first newsletter of the 2020/2021 academic year.
As Andy Williams croons on his 60’s classic, “It’s the most wonderful time of the year”, Christmas offers the opportunity for us to spend quality time with family and friends.
We are a school that prides itself on excellence across all departments and subject areas. Our recent examinations are one measure of this. Two recent awards also highlight this strength.
It has once again been a summer of school improvements and school successes, both giving us cause to celebrate. Let us start with our wonderful students - and didn't they do well?
A huge congratulations to all students who have represented APS in any sporting event this year...
How does one judge a school? Surely not by its Year 7 students, as schools will not have had time to work their magic...
Much like a parent being asked which of their children is the favourite, as Headteacher of Alexandra Park School it is not appropriate to single out one department for praise. However just this once...
One of the foundations of the APS 'success for all' ethos is the recognition that a rounded education involves considerably more than enhancing the knowledge and the skills which form the heard of the school curriculum. This drives the efforts we make to advance key values and to enrich students' experiences, both inside and beyond the classroom.