House

Everyone at Charles Read Academy belongs to a house -  a community that works together, competes as a team and supports good causes. 

The House System creates a sense of belonging and pride. It establishes a caring, supportive environment in which each student is a valued member of a small ‘family unit’, the tutor group, within a slightly larger unit, the house, within a larger ‘family’ the whole school.

The House System supports students, develops their strength within a group and create bonds with students of all different ages, which mirrors everyday life.

We promote and provide opportunity for student voice, student responsibility, team building, leadership skills and co-operation.

The house system is underpinned by the academy core values with competitions organised to develop the characters of each individual student.

Whilst we are three houses, we are one community creating a school which the students, parents, staff, governors and wider community can be proud of.

We encourage all students to embody our values of ambition and aspiration, resilience and respect, courage and confidence.

Students develop these through interacting positively with our academic and opportunity enriched curriculum. The house system is a vehicle through which we support the development of character, Cultural Capital and personal development.

Students show ambition, working hard to be the best they can be and can articulate what they need to do to improve. They always aim high, demonstrating an aspiration to achieve the best jobs, college and university places in the pursuit of excellence.

They develop courage, taking risks and removing barriers to learning. They have the courage and confidence to challenge themselves and move out of their comfort zone.

They show resilience in all they do, academically, personally and socially. They understand that failure is part of learning and approach their studies to secure continual improvement and develop their skills in relation to social situations to create healthy relationships.

Students show respect for themselves, others and for the environment, always leading by example.

2025 - 2026 House Championship Totaliser

CRA House Championship - Photo Gallery

House Highlights

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CRA in the Community

We are extremely proud of the support we provide the local community throughout the year. As an academy we take part in a number of events, including individual house charity events (three a year) and house competitions to raise awareness, fundraise and collect donations for a variety of causes and charities. 

Harvest Festival 2024

Year 7 students attended the Harvest Festival church service at St John the Evangelist Church in Corby Glen. Students and staff attend this service every year where we donate our Harvest Festival collections to the local foodbank. We are extremely proud of the CRA community for the ongoing continued support and generosity each year. This year has once again been extremely successful with Aqua, Caeli and Terra contributing a large volume of food items and household products to support those in need in the local community.

As part of the service led by Reverand Buckman, Tudor (Head Boy) and Phoebe (Head Girl) both delivered brilliant readings. 

Thank you to all students, staff and wider families who contributed to the collection, your support is greatly appreciated.

House News