Pupil Personal Development
Our pupils’ personal development is foundational and sits at the heart of our vision to ‘Encourage one another and build one another up'.
Our carefully crafted provision seeks to enable excellent personal development for all pupils. Each one is nurtured, inspired, encouraged and enriched throughout their time with us, equipping them for future flourishing and personal fulfilment.
| Personal Development | Description |
|---|---|
| Living Well | Our School Values articulate the high expectations of thinking, behaviour and relationships in our school. The consistently taught and understood standards create a shared understanding of how to live well in the community, so that all can flourish. Behaviour is outstanding; our school is a well-ordered and happy community. |
| Learning Well | Our ‘Learning Powers’ are skills which are key for future flourishing, both in education and in the workplace. These ‘Powers’ are taught explicitly and implicitly so that children consciously and subconsciously both understand and develop core learning skills. |
| Flourishing intellectually and physically | We seek the highest possible outcomes for each pupil, inspired and enabled by a well-planned, relevant and engaging curriculum. This enables our pupils to grow incrementally in justified self-confidence in their ability to learn and make progress. Our PSHE (Personal, Social and Health Education) is central to our pupils' personal development. Our curriculum enriches learning, providing pupils with memorable and inspiring experiences and bringing learning to life. |
| Flourishing emotionally and spiritually | Our school is a safe and nurturing place for all. Children develop loving, accepting and empathetic relationships with their peers and with staff, and can be supported by our trained Nurture Lead and our Mental Health first-aider if they experience emotional difficulties. We teach children to reflect deeply on matters of life and faith, enabling them to ask fundamental questions and develop their own perspectives. |
| Flourishing socially and morally | Our pupils have the capacity to be leaders and change-makers of the future. Children develop social confidence and the ability to make points or arguments clearly and constructively, listen attentively to the views of others, and behave with courtesy and good manners. We teach our pupils the importance of roles and responsibilities in our community and further afield, and the positive contribution each one of us can make. All pupils from Reception to Year 63 enjoy a block of Forest School weeks; they develop their personal and social confidence, as well as their creativity and decision-making in our local woods. |