• provide a stimulating, secure and happy learning environment with equal opportunities;

• develop everyone's intellectual, creative and physical skills to their full potential;

• encourage everyone's social and emotional growth by fostering positive relationships;

• develop the independence, self-belief and resilience of students within a wider multi ethnic society;

• develop students' self-esteem, confidence and their own voice;

• develop students’ work and life skills and thus their employability;

• create a welcoming community that offers positive support to all those who are involved with the school.

These aims and school vision will be achieved by …

• "daring to inspire” both our students and each other;

• using restorative principles* through developing forms of communication in which adults:

  • Build a sense of connection and belonging for all members of the school community;

  • develop understanding and appreciation of differences and difficulties;

  • participate actively in promoting social responsibility and building a school climate of mutual respect.

• having a broad and balanced curriculum with pathways for students to access it, based on their needs and preferred styles of learning;

• offering well planned opportunities enabling all students to make progress, which will in turn be celebrated;

• assessment to enable each student to understand their next steps in learning through informative feedback;

• recording and reporting on student progress to inform teaching;

• continually developing our expert team of staff to have the knowledge, skills, and resources to carry out their duties;

• ensuring that all staff have high expectations of the students in all areas of the curriculum - including of their work and attitude and in turn their behaviour;

• showing concern for others and valuing each person's contribution;

• working in partnership with parents and carers in the education of their children;

• effectively using technology to enhance learning and support student’s to access communication and learning;

• give real and relevant opportunities for life skills and work experience;

• offering support, advice, training and resources to all involved with the school;

• Efficient systems and technology to inform learning, performance and to ensure the smooth running of the school.

This Learning Charter is our promise to the students at Slated Row School. It articulates our school’s ethos, aims and vision. The Learning Charter gives all involved in school a shared vision and common goals.

The Learning Charter was created through observations, informal discussions, reading reports written about the school and the following work to ensure we had the views of key stakeholders:

• Students through class discussions aided by communication boards where needed;

• All staff through discussions in teams with a member of the SLT;

• Parents through the annual survey;

• Governors through a short survey, then followed up in meetings.

The questions used to gather people’s views included:

1. What is good about the school?

2. What are our responsibilities to the students and their care?

3. What do we want our students to achieve?

4. What do we have to do to achieve these?

The Senior Leadership team then compiled the key themes from the responses. These were then used to construct this Learning Charter. The Learning Charter in the form of a poster should be displayed in all classrooms along with the School Improvement Plan summary chart. This Learning Charter should be revisited biennially.