Vision and Values
Our vision is to ensure that all of our pupils are well prepared for the next stage of their lives, spiritually, academically and as fine citizens. We have high expectations for the children, their families and our staff. Leaners will flourish in a school family that is underpinned by Christian values, enabling them to build confidence, resilience and a sense of belonging. Our vision is underpinned by a strong desire to help children know more, remember more and do more, exploring themselves and others in a way that inspires scholarship, faith, curiosity and citizenship.
They will live our motto: Dream. Build. Grow.
As a Church of England Academy, the journey we plot for our children and staff can be summed up beautifully by marrying the school motto with our distinctive Christian vision, to enable all of us to flourish. Our vision is perhaps most easily encapsulated in the seven strands of the SIAMS Inspection Framework.
Dream
Aspiring to learn with courage and faith, so we can live life in all its fullness
Build
Inviting the Holy Spirit to guide us on our journey through life
Grow
Share the power of our deepening faith through discipleship and service in our school, the community and the wider world
| Dream, by… | Build, by… | Grow, by… | |
Vision and Leadership
| Aspiring for the whole school community | Steering our decisions through our Christian values | Creating opportunities to put our faith into action |
| Wisdom, Knowledge and Skills | Finding a faith, achieving and attaining | Questioning, listening and responding |
Sharing our faith with others
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Character development
| Knowing our worth, our strengths and our limitations | Allowing the gifts of the spirit to permeate who we are and what we do | Negotiating, being buddies, lifesavers, ambassadors, taking on roles and responsibilities |
Courageous advocacy
| Wanting to be the best for ourselves and others | Using the holy spirit as our driving force | Using our beliefs to promote charity, equality, justice, peace and faith |
| Community and living well together | Seeing the value of learning together and bringing the best out of one another | Recognising uniqueness and adapting to differences | Knowing that His is the one true way, for me. |
Dignity and respect
| Accepting that ‘life in its fullness’ is unique to each of us | Knowing and developing the gifts of the spirit, whilst recognising life’s diversity | Treating each other as we would wish to be treated ourselves |
| Impact of Collective Worship | Being open to growing a faith | Encountering and responding to the Christian Faith | Translating our faith into action through what we have learnt in collective worship |
| Effectiveness of Religious Education | Seeking knowledge of faiths, to help develop our own
| Enabling learning and spirituality to flourish through a broad, relevant and enriching RE curriculum | Understanding how peoples’ faith has effected the lives/actions of others and how I can use my faith for good |