“At Erasmus Darwin Academy we are committed to Excellence for All in terms of the broadening of student’s horizons and skills sets. This means ensuring that our students build on their academic success by gaining those broader skills and experiences which will help them become well-rounded, employable citizens in Modern Britain.”
Mark Maydew, Principal of EDA (Extract from Academy Development and Improvement Plan)
“The curriculum is enlivened by extra-curricular activities which pupils really value.”
“The school’s curriculum offers a wide range of learning experiences, both in and outside of the classroom.”
Ofsted February 2018
“Even though we have a strong tradition of delivering academic excellence at EDA, we are not an ‘examinations factory’ or a ‘qualifications conveyor belt’…Increasingly at the academy, we believe
that extra-curricular learning , in terms of developing our young people into well-rounded citizens, is just as important as what happens in the classroom.”
Mark Maydew, Principal of EDA (Taken from the introduction to EDA’s Extra-Curricular Directory)
“I have only been at EDA for a month, but I have done so much sport, it is brilliant. If you love sport you’ll love EDA”
New Year 7 student, October 2018 (As featured in our Open Evening presentation)
“Erasmus Darwin Academy is a highly respected and greatly valued Licensed Centre for the Duke of Edinburgh’s award. They offer a wealth of fantastic opportunities for their young people to
complete the various levels of the DofE award, and the range and quality of these opportunities they provide continues to grow year on year.”
The Duke of Edinburgh Trust
“Erasmus Darwin Academy is an extremely valued partner. We have a long-standing and successful relationship, developed over a number of years of working together to deliver fantastic and rewarding experiences for its students. EDA is passionate about and believes strongly in its ethos and values, and the fact these are so strongly aligned with those of the Outward Bound trust makes for an extremely effective and productive long-term partnership”
Kevin Long, The Outward Bound Trust.
“Congratulations on gaining Gold status as a Champion School for the National Citizen Service. This is clear recognition of the way in which you go above and beyond to recruit students onto the scheme and actively encourage them to engage in such amazing activities and events”
Nicole Terry, NCS Co-ordinator
“I love working at EDA because their commitment to and quality of careers provision is second to none and they always want to be ahead of the curve with developments. Staff really do have a passion for preparing students for the future world work.”
Mike Gilbert, Careers Adviser
“After watching your performance of Grease last night, I can only say that I was blown away by the energy, enthusiasm, and professionalism of the performance. As a school show, the quality of the singing, dancing, acting and live band was unbelievable and it was so heart warming to see so many students participating. I am still on a high this morning!”
Member of the community (with no personal ties to the school)
“Erasmus Darwin Academy has achieved Gold Award in recognition of it’s excellent music provision”
North West Music Hub (in partnership with the Arts council)
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