Welcome
Welcome to The Ongar Academy
It is an absolute pleasure to welcome you to our academy.
The vast majority of the academy's team of staff, myself included, only joined the academy in September, however, strong, mutually respectful relationships have already been established, standards and expectations set, and as a direct result, significant progress across all the key areas is now occurring.
However, we are only at the beginning of a very long journey and that is the most exciting aspect of all! This is because the potential The Ongar Academy's future has is immense and moving forward, our team of staff, our students, our families and our community will continue to work in collaboration whilst striving to achieve this.
This is not only in the classroom either but whilst organising and conducting extra-curricular and enrichment programmes, trips and visits, and whilst reestablishing The Jack Petchey Award Scheme, the Duke of Edinburgh Award across Years' 9 and 10, and a work-related learning programme for Years' 10 and 11.
Furthermore, we are already bringing in high-quality external speakers and guests to present to and engage with our students, some of whom come from our own surrounding community - a community we are also now starting to reconnect with especially as our academy sits right at the heart of it and has so many associated links and historic ties with.
Post-covid, the role of the education profession has never been more important in the lives of young people. My colleagues and I respect and understand this which is why we will only continue to give each and every day our best moving forward and without exception.
With sincerest best wishes,
Mr C Wakefield
Headteacher