Church of England

Malcolm Arnold Academy is a Church of England school, and forms part of the Diocese of Peterborough https://www.peterborough-diocese.org.uk

At MAA, our distinctive Christian vision ensures all children and adults flourish because:

• we lead through service; being connected and committed to our educational mission
• we are educating for life in all its fullness (John 10.10)
• we are educating to do good, seek peace and pursue it (Psalm 34.14)
• we include, invite and inspire those of all faiths and none by living our values and serving the common good, together.

Collective Worship

Our distinctive Christian ethos is one that seeks to meet the needs of all, wherever they may be on their journey of faith. Collective worship includes:

• Daily collective stillness and reflection with year group, in roll call
• Daily collective worship reflection/prayer with tutor group
• Daily stillness and listening to our tutor read aloud
• Weekly Worship assembly aligned with Church of England calendar
• Regular celebration of House identities and achievements
• Additional, special worship assemblies and Services to mark Church calendar event

We have strong links with our community, St Matthew’s Church Northampton http://www.stmatthewsnorthampton.org.uk/ and All Saints Church http://www.allsaintsnorthampton.co.uk/  with Rural Dean, Father Oliver Coss often in school leading services and joining in with our full time Chaplain. 

At MAA, our distinctive Christian vision ensures all children and adults flourish because: 

• we lead through service; being connected and committed to our educational mission 
• we are educating for life in all its fullness (John 10.10) 
• we are educating to do good, seek peace and pursue it (Psalm 34.14) 
• we include, invite and inspire those of all faiths and none by living our values and serving the common good, together. 

Our distinctive Christian ethos is one that seeks to meet the needs of all, wherever they may be on their journey of faith and belief. Collective worship includes: 

• Daily collective stillness and reflection with year group, in roll call 
• Daily collective worship reflection with tutor group  
• Daily stillness and listening to tutor read aloud 
• Weekly Worship assembly aligned with Church of England calendar 
• Regular celebration of House identities and achievements 
• Additional, special worship assemblies to mark Church calendar event 

During Collective Worship we aim to:

• Offer the opportunity, without compulsion, to all students and adults to grow spiritually through experiences of prayer, stillness, worship and reflection.
• Enable all students and adults to appreciate that Christians worship in different ways, for example using music, silence, story, prayer, reflection, the varied liturgical and other traditions of Anglican/Methodist worship, festivals and, where appropriate, the Eucharist.
• Help students and adults to appreciate the relevance of faith in today’s world, to encounter the teachings of Jesus and the Bible and to develop their understanding of the Christian belief in the trinitarian nature of God and its language.
• Enable students as well as adults to engage in the planning, leading and evaluation of collective worship in ways that lead to improving practice. Leaders of worship, including clergy, have access to regular training.
• Encourage local church community partnerships to support the school effectively in developing its provision for collective worship. 

Themes:

Daily collective worship takes place during form times and at other times during the school day. The theme for the week is discussed during form time and shares a key message, bible story, assembly, importance of the theme in world religions and reflection on what the theme means to students and staff in their day to day lives.

Collective Worship Documents

• ExampleCollectiveWorship

Our Christian Vision and Ethos

Malcolm Arnold Academy is a school in the heart of Northampton with simple-to-state approach: insisting on impeccable behaviour, a knowledge-based curriculum, guided instructional teaching and meaningful music and sporting experiences.

As a Church of England Academy, we include, invite and inspire those of all faiths and none by living our values and serving the common good, together;

The Student Leadership Team at the Academy include Head Students, Deputy-Head Students and six ambassador groups: 

• Faith and Culture 
• Charity 
• Eco 
• Inclusion 
• Cultural Arts 
• Sports 

The Malcolm Arnold Academy Ambassadors Programme involves representing one of the six areas, with the responsibility of leading projects to promote and increase participation. 

Ambassadors will also have the responsibility of developing links with the local community such as local businesses, community groups and primary schools.  

The Student Leadership Team and Ambassador lead courageous advocacy across the academy, activities include the Green Christmas Hamper campaign, working with the AOM to reduce energy bills and the Christmas card competition, Macmillan Coffee Morning, improving the school's biodiversity and an online art exhibition of work that looks at several themes including LGBTQ+ and BLM. The Student Leadership Team are currently completing Project Party which is led by the University of Northampton for leadership and events planning. 

we are educating for ‘life in all its fullness’ (John 10.10)

we are educating to ‘do good, seek peace and pursue it’ (Psalm 34.14)

Our Values

Ambitious, broad and rich education

Valuing the professional integrity of people

Impeccable behaviour

Respected and valued; we belong

Valuing knowledge and wisdom

Meet the Chaplin

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Curriculum

Our curriculum vision is rooted in our school vision.  

Malcolm Arnold is dedicated to broadening the horizons of all students, helping them to achieve at the highest level both academically and in their talents outside the classroom. Our knowledge rich curriculum enables all of our students to gain the most powerful knowledge, regardless of their background. We are ambitious for all of our students and want them to lean challenging content from a broad and balanced curriculum. Our curriculum allows our students to ‘do good, seek peace and pursue it’ and to ‘live life in all its fullness’.

Students leave us with the knowledge and skills to be well-educated, ambitious and socially responsible citizens who will continue to learn, have a successful career and contribute positively to the economic, cultural and social flourishing of their communities.

RE Curriculum

At KS3 all students follow a knowledge rich Trust wide curriculum and all students complete the short course GCSE during year 10 and 11.

A knowledge-rich Religious Education enables the RE curriculum to have a clear purpose, to be clear about what it is that students are learning and how this relates to the community of scholars which inform the ways of knowing in the subject.

RE at Malcolm Arnold Academy has an academically rigorous connection to the scholarly disciplines that are needed to study worldviews. In viewing RE as informed by the disciplines of Theology, Philosophy, History and Human Sciences students learn about religious and non-religious worldviews and in doing so they learn to think, analyse and discuss knowledge through the disciplinary lenses of Theology, History, Philosophy and the Human Sciences.

Students in RE not only learn what people think and believe but they learn to understand and analyse this conceptual knowledge through the disciplinary lenses. In turn they use these ways of knowing to reflect and develop on their own worldview.

Prayer Spaces

Prayer spaces enable our staff and students, of all faiths and none, to explore life’s questions, spirituality and faith in a safe environment.

Our Chapel is used as a place of reflection and is at the centre of our whole school services that we have on a termly basis. It is also the home of our Chapel Choir, led by Simon Toyne, where you will often hear the beautiful voices of the students out in to the Academy. We also have two new purpose-built prayer rooms where students can pray at lunch time.

Documents

Gallery

Church of England Documents

SIAMS

• Malcolm Arnold Academy SIAMS Report
• SIAMS Appeals and Complaints Policy
• SIAMS COVID 19 Policy
• SIAMS Evaluation Schedule
• SIAMS Information for Schools
• SIAMS Inspection Deferral Policy
• SIAMS Methodist Principles of Education 210909

www.churchofengland.org/about/education-and-schools/church-schools-and-academies/siams-inspections

Policies

• Malcolm Arnold Academy SMSC Policy
• Malcolm Arnold Religious Education Policy

Bible Group and Collective Worship leaders