‘To ensure we have a happy school where students feel safe and to be the best school in Portsmouth, providing the best life chances for our community.

Our Mission

‘To be an academy our community is proud of and is known nationally for its ambition, determination and development of character, where all our students are confident, respectful and have high aspirations for themselves.’

Our Values & Ethos

As an organisation, we are values based and expect everyone to work to our core values of determination, ambition and respect.  Alongside these core values students have developed a 'CVA Way' which they expect each other to uphold all of the time.

Our approach is underpinned by a sense of moral purpose and commitment to doing what is right for children and young people, supporting colleagues to achieve excellence and acting with integrity in all our dealings within and beyond the Academy, in the interests of young people everywhere.

We summarise this ethos as Excellence in All We Do. This ethos underpins our core values:

• Ambition – to achieve the best for ourselves and others
• Determination – to overcome obstacles and reach success
• Respect – to treat those around us we want to be treated ourselves