Vision and Values
Vision
To provide high-quality education, enrichment and pastoral care that improves the life chances of all students.
- Sheldon school is a family, where high quality relationships are at the heart of everything we do. We ensure that all students feel safe and cared for.
- We aim to ensure that every student can thrive regardless of social background, academic ability or special educational need.
- We recognise that education is more than what happens in the classroom and are rightly proud of the experiences students will receive through our extra- curricular offer, trips and visits.
- We pride ourselves on having the highest expectations of all students and staff.
- We are passionate about working together with parents and our wider community to ensure success for all our pupils.
- We are kind, brave and try our best at all times.
Values
Be Kind
We are thoughtful and considerate about how we treat ourselves and others. We always have good manners and we show gratitude towards others.
Be Brave
We are confident and resilient learners who contribute in lessons. We don’t make excuses and we accept that we make mistakes, but we learn from them.
Be the Best you
We give 100% each and every day to be the best we can be. We believe that success comes through hard work.
Priorities 2024-2025
- KS4 Basics score of 80% 4+ and 60% 5+ and KS5 L3VA +0.20 (ensuring that all students, but particularly the disadvantaged (PP & SEN), achieve exceptional academic outcomes
- To establish and embed a whole school approach to disciplinary literacy and introduce literacy during tutor time/homework
- Improve attendance for all students including, but particularly that of vulnerable students
- KS3 Assessment and Key Learning intentions, knowledge and skills of students and are clearly understood by all stakeholders
- Improve the consistency of teaching resources for individual subject areas, to include the Sheldon Teaching and Learning framework and TLAC