UCL AcademyOpened September 2012Learning to make a difference together

Admissions and Student Profile

• Heavily over-subscribed with more than 1000 applications each year for 180 places leading to a catchment area less than 1 mile

• 30% Free school meals

• 60% Disadvantaged students

• 70% English as an additional language

• More than 70 languages spoken

Pastoral Care

• The UCL Academy’s Pastoral system is based on 5

Houses, each with its own dining and social area

• The Head of House is based in the House area

• Each House has a number of small House tutor groups

• These are vertical House Tutor groups mixing

Foundation level (year 7) and level 3 ( year 12)

• However, the Foundation level students will meet their

tutor twice a day , once on their own and once with

level 3 students

International Middle Year Curriculum into the

Academy Connected Curriculum

• Developed for use in British Schools around the world

• Built on the success of the International Primary Curriculum

• The 3 year IMYC has 30 units each lasting 6 weeks

• From these units UCL Academy will select a curriculum that best

suits our students.

• Each unit centres on a ‘Big Idea’

Academy Curriculum

STEM

Maths

Science

Engineering

Creative

Design

Food

Art

Music

Drama

PE

Language

English

Modern Foreign LanguagesMandarinSpanishGerman

Culture and Humanities

History

Geography

RE

Philosophy

International Mindedness

Learner Attributes

Our Learning cycle

The Big Idea

Entry Point

Knowledge Harvest

Learning Goals

Research and Record of Learning

Activity

Reflective Journaling

Assessment for learning

Exit point

Unit of work

6 Pillars of fabulous learning• Progress

• Authentic challenge

• Pragmatic rehearsal

• Enquiry

• Feedback

• Metacognition

Based on Collaborative Learning Sets of Six

Teaching is Research based with real life problems to solve

Teaching and Learning

Assessment at the Academy

Assessed Through:

• Knowledge - testing factual knowledge

• Conceptual Understanding

• Subject specific skills – assessed through ‘I Can’ statements

• Learner Attributes

• K + U + S + A = attainment with a trajectory

• Progress judgements made based on attainment marks

7 8 9 10 11

SECURE

EXTENDED

DEVELOPING

BEGINNING

I CAN STATEMENTS

SUBJECT CONSISTENCY

PROGRESS ASSESSMENT

ATTAINMENT

GCSE A*-A

GCSE B-C+

GCSE C- - E

GCSE <E

ACADEMIC RIGOR

NC

Level 4b

Assessment

New Level 3 – What makes us distinctive?

• The opportunity to take real responsibility for your own learning through our unique level based approach to study

• Leadership opportunities, as a mentor for younger students at the Academy and through volunteering and community projects

• A range of self directed activities designed to build confidence in your own abilities and to provide you with the kinds of experience that employers and university admissions tutors will really value.

• State of the art facilities in a brand new Academy building

• The chance to specialise in science and mathematics subjects, with complementary options in arts, languages and humanities

• Access to the facilities and expertise of our university sponsor, UCL• Personalised support through our learning advisors and Careers

service

Typical Level 3 Programme of Study

Programme of study

STEM Options

1 AS 2 AS 3 AS

Culture/Hum

4 ASEnrichment

MentoringMandarin Chinese

Volunteering

International projectsClubs and Societies

Subject choices for Level 3At least 3 subjects from the STEM Option:

• Mathematics• Further Mathematics• Physics• Chemistry• Biology• Geology• Engineering• Electronics• Psychology• Economics• Product Design• Computer Science• Statistics

Choose 1 from Arts, Culture and Humanities Options:

• English• Art• History• Geography• Spanish• Philosophy• Economics• Classical Civilisation• Psychology

The Building

Science Lecture Theatre

Foundation Level Superstudio SpaceForum area will enable 90 students to make

presentations, listen to keynote lectures and master classes

Project tables for Learning sets Individual study carrel

Informal seating

Invisible Acoustic barriers

• Directional speaker system• Silent Disco equipment• Project table speakers

5 small medium and large learning spaces leading from the open learning area

“Working in collaboration with UCL, one of the

world’s leading universities”

The UCL Academy

Student mentors

Academic staff leading projects

Guest lectures

Student Union led projects

Careers sessions at UCL

UCAS supportResearch projectsAdolescent well being and healthNeuroscience

informed teachingLibrary facilities

Lab facilities

Internships

Developing Teaching

and Learning

Raising aspirations

Encounters with excellence

Broadening and deepening the curriculum

Shared experiences

and understanding

What’s different about working at the UCL Academy?

• Longer working day• 6 Planning days• Expectations that staff will be proactive in their own professional learning• Funded Academy based MA programme in Leading Innovation and Change• UCL Academy contracts and pay scales including an additional £1500 • Employee Assistance scheme• Season ticket loans• Laptop and iPad• Teaching staff are:

– Honorary Lecturers at UCL and can use UCL Library– Join the Housman, UCL Senior Common Room– Linked to UCL’s Academic departments

Medicine at King’s College

Our Pioneers 2012-14

Computing at Bristol

Dentistry at King’s

Architecture at Liverpool University Chemistry at UCL

with 3A*s

Engineering at Heriot-Watt

Computer Studies at St John’s Cambridge

Economics at LSE