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.