Our School Vision

In October 2021, families who were with us at the time, were asked to reflect on ‘Learning for life in all its fullness’ and what that meant for them as a family.  We spent a lot of time with our teachers, teaching assistants, children, governors, lunchtime assistants, office staff - everyone involved in the life of the school - to reflect on this. 

What came clearly from all stakeholders were some key points - firstly the idea of growth.  Growth of the character of a child, growth of their academic ability, growth of their friendships and so on.  The values which the children could articulate were the Fruit of the Spirit which are taught consistently across the school.  The strong sense of family within school was really clear.

A team of people then worked on these ideas and have come up with a new vision for the school, a new mission statement and a clear set of values which are now embedded within our behaviour policy.  We feel that they encapsulate what we aim to achieve as a school.  We are aware that we do not always get this right - we are not perfect - but this is our aim for all children and, together with you, we want to do all we can to reach these goals. 

So, based on the words of Ephesians 3: 17 - 19,  our vision is

 ‘Rooted together in love, we flourish and grow.’  

The love in our vision speaks of God's love, our love for one another and ourselves and for our wider world.  Our worship and life together echoes the commandments to love God and to respect and love one another.

Our School Values

Our school values are taken from Galations 5 v 22-23.  They are Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Gentleness, Goodness, Faithfulness and Self Control.

These are explored in detail within our collective worship times, are reinforced daily through our Fruit of the Spirit trees in every classroom, and form the backbone of our behaviour expectations and policy.  If you want to know more about the Fruit and how it applies to life in school, the best people to ask are our pupils - as they articulate it really well.  However, if you are looking at our school from a distance and are unable to speak to our pupils - follow the links below as they will tell you more about them, and how we might explain them to our pupils.