Be the Best You Can Be

Our school motto reflects our educational values. It is inclusive of all that belong to our community and, as such, it is our aim that all members of our school show respect for one another.

The Abbey School Experience

Using the principles of curriculum design we have developed an innovative and forward-thinking approach to planning the student experience. Our starting point using this framework was to think about the attitudes and values that we want our students to have mastered by the time that they leave our care.

Abbey Attitudes
 

Leaders are determined that all pupils, including those with SEND and/or disabilities, experience a broad and interesting curriculum.

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Abbey Values

Integrity

This is the practice of being honest and showing a consistent and uncompromising adherence to strong moral and ethical principles and values. Integrity infers that an individual can coherently account for their own actions and performance based on these standards.

Persistence

The fact of continuing in a course of action in spite of difficulty. For students to persist they need to be engaged, determined and resilient to disappointment. Our curriculum aims to encourage perseverance through progressive increase in challenge and praising effort where worthy. We encourage Abbey students to focus on the long term rewards of persistent hard work.

Altruism

Selfless regard and respect for the wellbeing of others. Students should be able to demonstrate empathy for those around them, an action which benefits the community both within the school and the wider world. Being truly altruistic means benefiting another at personal expense.

Responsibility

Students need to be able to appreciate their own personal accountability for their own actions. This includes understanding what they could have done differently to have achieved a different or improved outcome. Taking responsibility empowers students by allowing them to independently self-manage and appreciate the role they play in determining their own achievement.

Creativity

The use of imagination or original ideas to create something new. It requires passion and commitment. Creativity is characterised by the ability to perceive the world in new ways, to find hidden patterns, to make connections between seemingly unrelated phenomena, and to generate solutions. Creativity involves two processes: thinking and then producing.

Resourcefulness

This is being able to deal effectively and imaginatively when faced with new situations or difficulties. To be resourceful a student needs to apply existing knowledge and skills in innovative new ways.

Reflection

Being able to think critically about actions and what has been achieved. A reflective learner will identify ways in which their performance could have been improved upon had their actions been different.

Leaders and staff have high aspirations for what all pupils can achieve across the curriculum, including those in the sixth form.

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Pupils enjoy the wide range of opportunities to develop their interests and talents.

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Working together to build a community of successful learners

Core Values: Inclusivity, dignity, respect & ambition

Learning and growth are at the heart of The Howard Academy Trust ethos. We strongly advocate that all members of our community have the opportunity to become the very best that they can be. We recognise and value the unique talents and expertise within our community and aim to create a culture of dignity, inclusivity, respect and ambition, where all can thrive.

This is achieved through:

		Excellent teaching and learning that celebrates diversity whilst promoting inclusivity;
		Regular opportunities for collaborative high quality CPD to ensure best practice across academies;
		A proactive network for joint working across academies, for staff at various career stages;
		The highest standards of behaviour and conduct achieved through clear expectations and positive relationships;
		The unique character of each academy is valued and contributes to the THAT whole Trust ethos;
		Shared whole trust values of dignity, respect and ambition.
		High aspirations for all involved with the Trust;
		Each academy is a hub for its local community and families;
		Facing outwards and working in collaboration with other organisations and stakeholders;
		A centralised team that allows academy leaders to focus on their core purpose of education.

Promoting Fundamental British Values