Leighton Park School wins ‘Future Ready’ award by Independent Schools Association

Leighton Park has been recognised as a national leader for preparing students to thrive in a fast-changing world, winning the Independent Schools Association (ISA) Award for Future Readiness. The award aims to celebrate best practice in preparing students for their life beyond school and ensuring they have the skills and the mindset to thrive. The school won Senior School of the Year in the same awards last year.

Alex Wallace, Deputy Head (Academic) who was at the conference dinner to receive the award on Thursday 14th November enthused: “I am absolutely delighted and incredibly proud of the whole school community who have contributed to the winning of this award. It has been an excellent evening!”

As a values-led school, we create unrivalled opportunities for personal development and character education, while working with partners to create a better world. This focus draws on our heritage as a Quaker school and the impressive history of Quakers who set up forward-thinking companies like Cadbury and Rowntree; extraordinarily successful businesses that also treated staff and suppliers fairly and created social good. Equally important, Quakers helped found leading charities and campaigning organisations, such as Amnesty International, Greenpeace, Oxfam and the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust. Quakers won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1947.

Our vision is to prepare our students to be future change-makers through innovative and comprehensive educational approaches that extend beyond the traditional curriculum. Our goal is to nurture self-awareness and community engagement, empowering students to imagine a better world, and with the skills to make a meaningful difference.

Alex continued: “The award reinforces the strength of the curriculum we have created. It is wonderful to see the work of our Approaches to Learning (ATL), Creativity Activity Service (CAS) and Oakleaf Diploma programmes being recognised. It is the skills developed in these subjects which will ensure our students can thrive in their lives beyond Leighton Park.”