Dear Parents, Carers and Students
I am delighted to report that CCA goes from strength to strength with our examinations results continuing to rise and improve year on year, both at GCSE and A level. Once again I congratulate all our students on their examination successes and wish them well as they start their A level and University courses.
We have had a fantastic start to the term at the Clacton Coastal Academy with our new Year 7 students now settled in and for the first time the majority of our students in Years 7-11 are all on the Town Campus. This has meant significant improvement work on the campus has taken place over the summer including a new mezzanine level in the Learning Resource Centre for private study and intervention; additional dining facilities with new systems and menus as well as new play facilities in the west playground. Our new student reception on the west side of the Town Campus is now fully functioning and there are many other small changes that are designed to help all of us to make our best better. Our new safety officer will be ensuring all our students can cross the road safely between lessons as well as maintaining the security of the campus during the day.
I am also delighted to be able to welcome Ms Tracey Hemming to CCA as the new Headteacher. Ms Hemming and I will be sharing the leadership of CCA between us as we continue to ensure that we offer the best education for all our students and their families. Ms Hemming has an excellent track record in education, most recently as the Deputy Headteacher of a school in Hertfordshire which was twice graded ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted. She has also been invited by the National College of School Leadership and the Teaching and Learning Agency to lead projects on teaching and learning. We believe that our shared vision and focus on high standards will ensure that through our joint leadership CCA students will achieve even more in the years ahead.
Ms Hemming will be focusing on the day to day operations at CCA, specifically overseeing the quality of teaching and learning; behaviour and rewards; student development and well being and the development of our curriculum and qualifications. I will be working on the strategic development of the Tendring Skills Centre and apprenticeships, the Tendring Enterprise Studio School and the future of our Coast Campus to ensure that we can continue to offer courses and training at all levels for CCA students and across Tendring. However, I will also continue to work with our students and their families on a day to day basis.
Stephen Chamberlain, Executive Principal

I’d like to say how thrilled I am to be the new Head Teacher at Clacton Coastal Academy. I’ve been given a warm welcome by the staff and students and I have been extremely impressed by both the commitment of the staff and the very positive attitudes and polite behaviour of the students, as parents you must be very proud of them and students you should be proud of yourselves. I have also been struck by the incredible range of resources and opportunities that are on offer to the students at the Academy. The calendar, over the year is packed full of exciting events, all designed to make sure that learning is enjoyed and that students have opportunities to make their best better.
Now is a very exciting time for the Academy, so many improvements have already been made in such a short time and I aim to continue that upward progress at the same rate. The Academy has a very bright future and I am looking forward to being part of it.
As Stephen has mentioned, I have a wide range of experience of schools in Essex and Herfordshire. At one of these, Burnt Mill in Harlow, I worked with Stephen Chamberlain. There, I was extremely impressed by his vision and high standards, I feel privileged to be working with him again. I know that as a team we work together very well and that we both share the same values and passion for the improvement of education and life chances for young people.
I am looking forward to meeting and getting to know all of the Clacton Coastal Academy Community in the future. My door is always open and my PA Jackie Fowler will be happy to make appointments for you to see me.
My highest priority is to ensure that the education and welfare of the students at Clacton Coastal Academy is of the highest standards. I will be working extremely hard to make sure that this is the case.
Tracey Hemming, Headteacher