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Careers and Employability
Careers and Employability lessons are delivered at designated times, with follow-up activities available for students on the Unifrog platform.
Throughout the academic year, we collaborate with colleges, universities, employers, and training providers to give students valuable insights into pathways beyond ages 16 and 18.
Visits include:
Trinty College, Oxford
Buckinghamshire New University
BMW
Banbury & Bicester College
Prodrive
Collins Aerospace
Ace Apprenticeships
Year 7 Career Detectives
Futures Fair
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Character and Culture
Character and Culture personal development aims to meet the requirements of SMSC, PSHE, and RSE. We use Chameleon PD and Peer Scroller to deliver lessons through a planned curriculum.
Key themes are explored throughout the year in assemblies, with engagement from a range of external companies to support the delivery of various topics during extended tutor sessions.
Speakers include:
The JJ Effect
The Prevent Guy
Drugsline & DSMF
South Central Ambulance Charity for First Aid
St Giles SOS
Sex, Lies & Videotape
Split Banana
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Character Counts Education
Our core values—confidence, ambition, respect, and determination—are explicitly reinforced throughout the Character Counts weekly sessions and further embedded in character assemblies. Students also explore additional character values throughout the year with a Character Value of the Month. Character development is evidenced through house competitions, community projects, and character celebrations.
Activities include:
Assemblies linked to character values
Extended Tutor sessions aligned with character values
Character Golden Mean discussions
Character Virtues Calendar in Action
Character Conversations on topical issues
Character Moral & Ethical Dilemmas
Character Quote discussions
Character & Careers
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Enrichment
NOA’s character clubs offer students both sporting and academic opportunities to deepen their knowledge and understanding beyond the curriculum. Each enrichment activity is designed to support students in developing key character values.
Clubs for Character include:
Music Clubs include Wind, Brass, Samba and many more.
PE Clubs include Football, Rugby, Fitness Suite and many more.
Creative Writing & Book Club
Mandarin & Italian Club
Duke of Edinburgh
See the Clubs for Character Brochure 2025
A variety of enriching trips throughout the year including residentials including KS3 Camp, Normandy, Iceland, Geneva and the Ski Trip.
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Student Leadership
Students have the opportunity to take on leadership roles across various areas. Our leadership team consists of representatives from six distinct leadership groups, each contributing to the school community in meaningful ways.
Leadership Roles include:
Careers Leader
PSHE Leader
House Captains
Sports Captains
Librarian Leaders
Prefects
Head Team
Senior Prefects
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House System
Throughout the academic year, a variety of competitions encourage healthy rivalry and foster a strong sense of community. At the end of the year, the winners of the house competition are celebrated with a school trip.
House Competitions include:
World Book Day Competitions
Tutor League Attendance challenges.
Sparx Leader Boards - English, maths and science
Bedrock Leader Board
Homework Heroes
Learners of the Term
Santa Run
Cross Country
Sports Day
Netball/Football/Basketball/Badminton STEM Challenges
Historical Inter house competition
Science Challenge Competition
Bake off Competitions
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