Where School Values and Family Influence Shine Together

Term 5 Week 2

Towards the end of a busy few days, I smiled to myself at the wonderful scheduling of our second STEPs Celebration Event on Thursday afternoon. This provided the perfect endorsement of the character development that we are so passionate about celebrating through our emphasis on the STEPs and I felt truly proud to be bringing together such a wonderful group of young people and their families.

 One proud parent commented that the values of our STEPs could be applied far beyond school and indeed to any business and this is precisely why we are so keen to promote them. These awards, based on staff nominations (and final decisions being made by their Heads of Year!) brought together 30 students who, between them, exemplify the personal qualities and characteristics that embody each of our 6 STEPs.

It was a genuine privilege to see these wonderful young people, across each year group, brought together in such a way and to see the pride of their families. As I commented at the end of the event, I am always humble enough to recognise that whilst, as a school, we do our very best to instil the core values of our STEPs, we only work with them for a few hours each week and the influence of the upbringing that you provide beyond this, as families, really does shine through your children.

I am really looking forward to our next round of STEP Awards at the end of the summer term and bringing together more of our students and their families to celebrate the importance of the personal qualities that so many of our young people epitomise so strongly.

Mr J Morland

Assistant Head, Character Development