School Ethos and Values
Our curriculum:
- Is appropriate and relevant to all our students
- Is progressive and flexible, interleaved and sequenced to develop knowledge, skills and understanding which lead to valuable, sustainable learning for all students
- Provides opportunities to develop literacy and numeracy knowledge and skills across curriculum areas
- Recognises the increasing pressures of the digital age on students, and supports their understanding of how to stay safe
- Promotes the spiritual, moral, social, cultural, mental and physical development of students
- Promotes opportunities across the curriculum for the development of positive health and wellbeing
- Provides a broad range of subjects/courses that engage, challenge and raise student aspirations
- Promotes learning and an enjoyment of learning through a wide range of contexts and experiences
- Promotes reading
Our school will support and inspire students to:
- They have the confidence, resilience and knowledge to support their own mental and physical wellbeing and make healthy lifestyle choices
- They have high aspirations, an ambitious vision for their future, and recognise education as central to this
- They are developed spiritually, morally, socially and culturally
- They have a positive work ethic and thus achieve their academic potential
- They are happy and enjoy school
- They are respectful, tolerant and empathetic towards others and uphold British values
- They know their own strengths and areas for development
- They can make informed decisions and understand their rights and responsibilities
Our vision for our students as lifelong learners:
- Confident individuals with respect for self and others, able to relate to others, to manage themselves and to communicate effectively
- Responsible citizens with the commitment to participate responsibly in economic, social and cultural life; who have a moral purpose in life and values by which to live
- Successful, confident learners with enthusiasm and motivation for learning, able to link and apply skills and knowledge to new situations
- Effective contributors with resilience, creative ideas and problem-solving skills
Hall Fold, Whitworth, Rossendale,
Lancashire, OL12 8TS
01706343218
office@whitworth.lancs.sch.uk