The Adeyfield Academy (formerly Adeyfield School) is an 11–18 mixed,

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and

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with academy status in

Adeyfield Adeyfield was the first planned neighbourhood to be built in the postwar new town expansion of Hemel Hempstead, in the English county of Hertfordshire. The keys to the first houses to be occupied, in Homefield Road, were handed over to their te ...

Hemel Hempstead Hemel Hempstead () is a town in the Dacorum district in Hertfordshire, England, northwest of London, which is part of the Greater London Urban Area. The population at the 2011 census was 97,500. Developed after the Second World War as a ne ...

Hertfordshire Hertfordshire ( or ; often abbreviated Herts) is one of the home counties in southern England. It borders Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire to the north, Essex to the east, Greater London to the south, and Buckinghamshire to the west. For govern ...

, England. It is part of the Atlas Multi Academy Trust. The school was founded in 1953, initially as a

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and is now an all ability -

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. The school works in consortium with two neighbouring schools to enhance post-16 provision. The consortium consists of Adeyfield School, Astley Cooper School and Longdean School. Staff development and wellbeing is also coordinated at consortium level. The school has many awards including an International Schools Status. As a result of this, a club called "The YEC", standing for "Young Earth Citizen" was formed to link Adeyfield with other schools around the world. One project that they work on is to write articles for an online magazine.

Uniform

Adeyfield was one of the last secondary schools to have school jumpers. This changed in late 2007 to school ties (of the school colours, jade green and silver) white shirts and black blazers.

Housing system

The school has a total of 4 houses that all students are shorted into. In these houses students have the opportunity to win house points that going into a collective for their house. They can do this by earning golden stars, achievement points, participating in house events and sports day. At the end of the academic year the points are tallied up and a award is given to the house who has achieved the most. The houses are: * Parks = Red house = Named after Rosa Parks * Mandela = Yellow house = Named after Nelson Mandela * Einstein = Blue house = Named after Albert Einstein * Whitlock = Green house. Named after local gymnast Max Whitlock

References

External links

* * http://thegloalyec.org.uk Secondary schools in Hertfordshire Academies in Hertfordshire Dacorum Educational institutions established in 1953 1953 establishments in England {{Hertfordshire-school-stub