Learning Overview

Breda Academy is a Professional Learning Community focused on learning and teaching, leading to improved outcomes for students. The school aims to secure clearly understood, consistent approaches to planning for learning and teaching, which ensure continuity and progression in learning and high expectations for all students.

The learning and teaching in Breda Academy is based on positive relationships and mutual respect. Students are helped to develop effective and efficient study habits that stimulate their intellectual curiosity, both inside and outside the classroom. They are taught by caring teachers, each with their own individual strengths and preferences, within an overall framework that makes learning relevant and achievable through the effective use of learning objectives, success criteria and other Assessment for Learning strategies.

Lessons are well planned in terms of pace and structure, with students supported, challenged and stretched by a variety of active classroom methodologies in an atmosphere characterised by high expectations and mutual respect. Students are helped to become resourceful, resilient learners, well prepared for the challenges of further and higher education and the world of work.