Equality
Promoting British values
At Grange Junior school we work together as a community and we share a set of values by which we all live. These values are promoted through the following ways:
We embrace equality and excellence for all
- Through our school mission statement
- Through our school policies and practices
- Through our commitment to raise standards for all pupils
- Through our work with a variety of community groups
Democracy
- We have an elected school council
- We embrace the opportunity of local/national elections to be a discussion point
- We use assemblies and PHSCE lesson to promote democracy
- Pupils embark upon making their own contribution to the school through a variety of roles such as librarian, lunchtime monitors, sports leaders
Law
- We have high expectations of pupil behaviour. Pupils are taught right from wrong.
- We hold an annual ‘court’ session where pupils take on various roles to learn about the British justice system
- The local police and PCSO’s carry out frequent presentations/workshops with the pupils
Liberty
- We teach pupils about personal responsibility, choices and aspiration through daily values as well as PHSCE lessons and themed weeks such as ‘Aspiration Week’
- We teach pupils how to be safe through assemblies, PHSCE, and e -safety lessons, alongside workshops from organisations such as NSPCC, Aik Saath
- We offer a variety of extra curricular activities for pupils to enjoy
- We remove barriers to learning by providing a multilingual website, support for pupils with homework and use of pupil premium grant to enhance learning experiences
Mutual respect
- Our pupil profile is representative of the local community, which brings together a variety of backgrounds. Pupils are taught through our values, BLP, assemblies, RE, PHSCE lessons etc to be respectful and supportive of one another and to cooperate and collaborate
- We mark a variety of significant religious festivals, particularly those relating to Christianity and Buddhism using our multi-faith staff and governors
- We take part in a variety of fundraising activities to support other people both locally and nationally such as a local foodbank and national charity
Tolerance of different faith and beliefs
- We teach about other faiths and beliefs through our Religious Education lessons
- We teach about other places and people through geography topics such as our topic about Nepal
- We teach about other faiths and beliefs through assemblies