Respect and Tolerance

As part of the PSHCE curriculum, KS3 students study ‘My Choices, My Rights’ which covers human rights and ‘Moving Home’ which is about migrants and refugees. Respect and tolerance are also covered in ‘Where I Live’ (local community) and ‘Working Together’ (Teamwork skills.)

KS4 Adventurer students study ‘How respect and equality impact on relationships’ which directly covers stereotypes, prejudice and discrimination.

KS4 Explorer students study ‘Relationships’ and ‘Values’ which look at accepting others for who they are.

Post 16 Adventurer study ‘Understanding of peer pressure’ and ‘Dealing with problems’ and Explorer study ‘Exploring Relationships’ ‘Learning to cooperate with others’ and ‘Dealing with problems.’

Countries of the World Events provide Adventurer students with opportunities to recall prior learning from their acquired knowledge in KS3 and continue to build upon their understanding of the wider world and respect for others. 

In Religious Education Adventurer students learn about six religions in their local area in relation to their beliefs and values through understanding religious stories, texts, festivals and traditions. All students have opportunities to learn about religion in a wider context through our Countries of the World Events.

We continue to build on students' understanding of the wider world through the delivery of languages in KS4. Different languages are also experienced and taught as part of our counties of the world programme.

Our annual sports day is just one example of how, as a school community we all come together, with mutual respect and tolerance to participate in events that celebrate the diversity of our school. 

We run a peer mentoring scheme in 16+ where the peer mentors work hand in hand with mutual respect alongside our staff to support each other, raise standards and ensure that all students’ voices are heard.