Our Ethos and Values

Our Ethos and Values

Our Ethos and Values

The Best In Everyone: Ambition, Confidence, Creativity, Respect, Enthusiasm and Determination.

Our Core Purpose 

These are the fundamental outcomes that we aspire to achieve for the students in our care.    

An enterprising future - inspiring creativity, unlocking potential and outperforming expectations. 

Our Values

  • Ambition – to achieve the best for ourselves and others;
  • Confidence – to have the courage of our convictions and to take risks in the right cause;
  • Creativity – to imagine possibilities and make them real;
  • Respect – for ourselves and others in all that we do;
  • Enthusiasm – to seek opportunity, find what is good and pursue talents and interests;
  • Determination – to overcome obstacles and reach success.

Our Vision

Through a warm, strict culture, we seek to support and challenge our students to become resilient learners who develop the character and skills that prepare them for the future. 

At NOA, our students learn to become confident, articulate, independent and resourceful; developing the skills and qualities to enjoy successful and rewarding personal and working lives in an everchanging world.

Our Ethos    

These are the beliefs our community lives by on a daily basis:

  • A positive emotional climate where everyone is welcomed and valued
  • A relentless focus on high standards.

We expect our students to ‘Work hard, be kind, develop their whole self’. 

To strive to be the best version of themselves – all day, every day.