Aim, Purpose and Values

Our aim is to enable students to become:

• successful learners who enjoy learning, make progress and achieve
• confident individuals who are able to live safe, healthy and fulfilling lives
• responsible citizens who make a positive contribution to society

Our purpose is to:

• Share a vision of learning as a lifelong journey: we are all learners
• Engender a positive attitude and commitment to learning: resilient, responsible, reasoning, resourceful, reflective learners
• Pass on valued skills, knowledge and understanding: to prepare children for the opportunities and challenges they face as the next generation

Our agreed school values are:

• Learning: An entitlement to relevant and purposeful learning, high expectations and outcomes, widening horizons and raising aspirations
• Well-being: An ethos of personal development and emotional intelligence, excellent care and guidance, intrinsic motivation to discover routes to happiness and success
• Togetherness: An environment founded on equality and inclusion, rights and responsibilities, an awareness of belonging to our immediate and global communities

We are an educational community where:

• high standards of learning and teaching enable all children to develop as purposeful, independent learners
• we can all feel safe and inspired
• mutual respect and co-operation flourish
• teaching motivates children to achieve highly, reflect on their progress and value their own success
• equality of opportunity is promoted and valued
• there is partnership with families, parents and carers, other professionals and outside agencies to ensure individual needs are met
• all children are supported to make good progress, whatever their individual starting point and needs
• we strive to overcome potential barriers to learning for individuals and groups of pupils