Academy Transformation Trust
Pool Hayes Academy is part of the Academy Transformation Trust family of academies.
We believe every child matters and deserves a first class education. Our team knows first-hand how to make education better for schools, pupils and their teachers.
For us, the future of UK education relies upon schools working closely together to share best practices, giving every child the best chance in life. We set up ATT to make this vision a reality.
As a not for profit trust, we work with our growing family of primary and secondary academies and further education providers in the Midlands, East of England and South East.
Our mission is to provide the very best education for all pupils and the highest level of support for our staff to ensure every child leaves our academies with everything they need to reach their full potential.
Find out more by visiting www.academytransformationtrust.co.uk
A-Level student heads for a life in America
My name is Joe Reynolds, over the past week I had the opportunity to travel with a football squad to Charlotte, North Carolina. Over the week we played against multiple American colleges, with players from both America and Europe. In my squad, (ages 16-18) we had players from England, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Wales, and Croatia. Our schedule during the week was strict, compact, and busy, acting as a simulation to what we are soon going to be living in the college student life.
Waking up at 6:30 in the morning for an early breakfast and then heading off to training at 8:00. Our training sessions were around 2 hours, and the days that we did not have training, we would have a game. We played against 5 teams: Queens University, Appalachian State, Charlotte Soccer Academy, University of Charlotte, and the University of Greensboro.
The experience was absolutely breath taking, and I am extremely excited to be gaining a scholarship in America after I finish my A-levels. I will be going when I am 18, and returning after 4 years, whilst I study artificial intelligence as a degree. Therefore; if for any reason my football career does not go as planned, I have a strong educational background to fall back on. This experience has been supported by Pool Hayes sixth form and I have been encouraged to take every opportunity I am given whilst studying my A levels here. It has confirmed my ambition to move to America to study and hopefully continue my career aspirations within the football world.
