Vision and Values

Rhodesway-Our Values

Our Personal Values

We will treat each other with respect:

• Valuing eachother and our different skills and backgrounds
• Promoting equality and good relationships
• Challenging discrimination
• Making the most of each individual’s strengths
• Taking responsibility as individuals and as team members
• Celebrating our successes
• Learning from our mistakes

Our Standards:

We aim to improve continuously: individually and as a school:

• Having high expectations
• Sharing our goals
• Developing and establishing the capacity to sustain improvement
• Understanding that our school can always get better

Our commitment:

A belief that we must not fail: a good school does not make a difference to the life chances of young people:

• Agreeing priorities
• Working together
• Working with our partners

Our Communications

We will keep ourselves informed about our work and its impact, ensure that those we work with and for are well-informed about what we are doing:

• Listening carefully and regularly
• Communicating in a timely, clear and accessible way

Our Skills:

We will ensure that al concerned have the necessary skills to fulfil their learning role and that they are used to the best effect:

• Working to improve our skills and expertise
• Taking responsibility for our learning
• Encouraging and supporting the learning of others.

Our Vision

We aim to ensure all Rhodesway students make progress at least in line with expectations from prior learning. Our learning environment and learning provision will enable all students to gain the skills, attitudes, knowledge and, ultimately, qualifications to achieve success.

By the time students leave Rhodesway we want them to have:

• Achieved their best examination results
• Gained the skills, personal attitudes, knowledge and concepts to deal with new situations
• Developed a life-long love of learning
• Learnt to plan ahead and aim high
• Experienced excitement and fulfilment through their achievements
• Learnt from all their school experiences
• Been involved in exhibitions and performances
• Enjoyed their time at Rhodesway School
• Felt safe in and around the school

We believe all students should have access to:

• The best teaching and learning we can provide
• Effective learning pathway
• The greatest variety of resources
• The widest experience possible, both inside and outside the classroom.

Rhodesway School: Learning to succeed