Values and Ethos

Free to Flourish

Our primary aim at Roe Lee Park Primary School is that every member of the school community flourishes within a caring, nurturing ethos, with values built on mutual trust and respect for all. We aim to promote an environment where everyone feels happy, safe and secure and is supported to achieve the highest standards.

We aim to develop every child to reach their full potential in all areas of learning – intellectual, emotional, physical, social, moral, spiritual and cultural.

Mission Statement

Children, parents, governors and all staff to work together to ensure that everyone fulfils their potential and enjoys a rewarding experience.

Vision

We provide an inclusive environment with strong ambition for the achievement of all children regardless of background or need. Every child will access a creative, exciting and stimulating curriculum to give them the opportunity to reach high standards of achievement and fulfil their potential in our nurturing school.

We seek to involve parents/carers and the community in achieving this shared vision to support and encourage children on their journey of lifelong learning.

Values

Our agreed school values are:

kindness
respect
determination
honesty
friendship
enthusiasm

Our values help us to understand how we can all make a positive contribution to the school and wider community. We aspire to put these values and behaviours into practice in our daily

British Values

Our key aim is to ensure that our children become valuable and fully rounded members of society and treat others with respect and tolerance, regardless of background. The spiritual, moral, social and cultural development of all our children is promoted through our assemblies, themed weeks and events linked to current affairs. Children learn about the basic British values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty, and mutual respect and tolerance for different faiths and beliefs in order to prepare them for life in modern Britain.

Our values underpin all aspects of school life, supporting our children to:

Feel safe, happy and secure
Be high achieving learners, making excellent progress from their individual starting points
Be enthusiastic and with positive attitudes to learning
Be good role models, demonstrating positive attitudes and behaviours characterised by high self-esteem, independence, resilience and responsibility
Be respectful to children, adults and the environment

Our staff will:

Create a vibrant learning environment
Have secure subject knowledge to deliver a rich, balanced curriculum
Ensure learning is purposeful, creative, challenging, inclusive and enjoyable
Set high expectations
Support the development of the characteristics of effective learning, namely, playing and exploring, active learning and creative and critical thinking
Employ positive behaviour strategies
Celebrate achievement
Work in partnership with parents/carers
Contribute, take responsibility and develop initiatives
Consistently hold high professional expectations of themselves and one another
Be good role models

The school ethos and environment will:

Be positive, confident and optimistic
Be fully inclusive and celebrate diversity
Engender caring relationships in which children and adults are valued as individuals
Promote open and effective communication
Promote fairness, honesty and integrity
Value the learning and development of children, staff and volunteers

Roe Lee Park Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.