His grandmother is a passionate Portland campaigner and councillor. So it will come as little surprise that 14-year-old Josh Pepper has decided to...
Read more Following in grandma’s footsteps: Atlantic Academy’s Josh Pepper puts himself forward for Portland’s first Youth Town CouncilThis advertorial has been published in the Bournemouth Echo & Dorset Echo No two days are the same for teachers working for...
Read more Aspirations Academies Trust teachers reveal how they make positive differences to young lives – and you can too if you work for us!New figures have revealed exactly how well students at schools up and down the country progressed academically in the years leading up to...
Read more Atlantic Academy flying high after being ranked as one of UK’s top performers in Government school league table!Schools Week article by Lesley Bishop, Principal of Atlantic Academy. The underachievement of white, working-class boys has made the headlines again this Christmas....
Read more If we are serious about ending the perennial problem of white working-class boys’ academic underachievement, there are no shortcutsAtlantic Academy pupils as young as 11 are to be given a political voice and the opportunity to make an impact following the...
Read more Atlantic Academy pupils to launch Portland’s FIRST Youth Town Council and they will have a budget of £1,000 to use on community projects‘Portland 4 the Planet’ is a new pilot project for students at Atlantic Academy. Through the project students will learn about the key...
Read more Atlantic Academy pupils to get involved in a special project aimed at getting young people more involved in the climate change debateHe truly learnt to appreciate the strength of words and their power to heal when he found himself overcome with homesickness after moving...
Read more Poet Jack Thacker reveals his No Limits journey with pupils at Atlantic Academy and gives his tips to get to grips with poetryHe is a passionate champion of global environmental causes from climate change to deforestation and ocean pollution. But it was an eco-friendly skill...
Read more Atlantic Academy student Tiffany Lee impresses Prince Charles with hedgelaying skills at Sandringham Estate and lands in the Dorset Echo