Mission, Aims and Values
Mission:
To continue to develop a thriving, safe, outstanding Special Academy, creating innovative learning and personal pathways into life, work and society for all our pupils.
Aims:
We aim for our pupils to:
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Achieve their potential in all areas of school life: academic, social, emotional and physical development.
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Develop lively and enquiring minds.
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Develop their self-esteem and self-discipline, allied to a positive ethos of community involvement and responsibility.
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Acquire a growing awareness of and sensitivity to the needs and rights of others.
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Become responsible for their own actions and decisions, whilst developing moral and ethical values.
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Habitually demonstrate tolerance, friendship and integrity.
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Leave the Academy on a secure pathway to employment, further training or education.
We achieve our aims by:
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Providing a welcoming, stimulating and enabling learning environment.
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Collaborating in impactful ways within and beyond The Kaleidoscope Learning Trust.
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Exemplifying best practice through a cycle of continuous improvement.
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Providing opportunities for staff to develop professionally and personally.
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Creating a nurturing, safe and friendly atmosphere by providing an environment where children, young people and adults are respected and valued as individuals.
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Bringing out the best in every child and young person by meeting the full range of individual needs set out in their EHCP.
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Providing different experiences, challenges and activities which build cultural capital and promote personal development.
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Developing tolerance and respect for self and others.
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Equipping children and young people for lifelong learning and employment.
Values:
At Cloughwood Academy our ethos is built on a system of Rights, Expectations, Consequences and Rewards. We believe that everybody has the right:
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to be safe
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to be able to learn
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to be respected
We promote the accepted British values of:
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Commitment to the Rule of Law
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Democracy
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Tolerance of different cultures and religions
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Mutual respect
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Individual liberty