Our school's two homes
As we confirmed in November 2012, the Archer Academy will open at Beaumont Close, East Finchley in September 2013, in the building formerly known as the Institute Arts Centre. We have subsequently confirmed that we have secured a further piece of land at Stanley Road, also in East Finchley, on which we will be building brand new, teaching and sports facilities.
Together, these two locations form an urban campus, from which we can deliver an ambitious 21st century education for our 21st century pupils. It's a fantastic solution which offers real advantages for pupils and teachers, as well as allowing us to regenerate a neglected site for the benefit of the whole community.
The two campuses will be fitted out as a lower school and an upper school, with the long term plan being for the younger pupils to be housed at the Stanley Road campus and the older year groups to be based at Beaumont Close. The result is a school with the facilities, budget, staffing levels and breath of curriculum of a large establishment, but with the everyday feeling of a smaller, more nurturing environment.
Each campus will be equipped with the teaching facilities that its pupils require for their day to day lessons – classrooms, labs, workshops, hall, kitchen, dining and recreation areas and so on. So travel between the two campuses will be kept to a minimum; the main exception being that pupils based at Beaumont Close will travel to Stanley Road for outdoor sports lessons and some recreation time.
As Mick Quigley puts it: "This is a wonderful opportunity for our pupils. Our urban campus school will give each age group their own space in which to grow learn and develop, whilst at the same time having access to outstanding, purpose built, large-scale school facilities; quite simply, the best of both worlds."
You can read more about our plans for Beaumont Close here and for Stanley Road here.
Together, these two locations form an urban campus, from which we can deliver an ambitious 21st century education for our 21st century pupils. It's a fantastic solution which offers real advantages for pupils and teachers, as well as allowing us to regenerate a neglected site for the benefit of the whole community.
The two campuses will be fitted out as a lower school and an upper school, with the long term plan being for the younger pupils to be housed at the Stanley Road campus and the older year groups to be based at Beaumont Close. The result is a school with the facilities, budget, staffing levels and breath of curriculum of a large establishment, but with the everyday feeling of a smaller, more nurturing environment.
Each campus will be equipped with the teaching facilities that its pupils require for their day to day lessons – classrooms, labs, workshops, hall, kitchen, dining and recreation areas and so on. So travel between the two campuses will be kept to a minimum; the main exception being that pupils based at Beaumont Close will travel to Stanley Road for outdoor sports lessons and some recreation time.
As Mick Quigley puts it: "This is a wonderful opportunity for our pupils. Our urban campus school will give each age group their own space in which to grow learn and develop, whilst at the same time having access to outstanding, purpose built, large-scale school facilities; quite simply, the best of both worlds."
You can read more about our plans for Beaumont Close here and for Stanley Road here.
