Aims, Values and Principles

OUR PHILOSOPHY:

Our intent is to provide a centre of excellence in teaching for learning, to embrace new technologies and ways of learning so that our motto ‘Aim High’ is achieved by all students in the school and we ‘improve on our previous best’.

OUR MOTTO:

Aim High

OUR VISION:

We will be a Centre of Excellence in Teaching for Learning

We will contribute significantly to the learning needs of our community

We will ensure students experience Learning that makes them feel confident and which moves them from the Uncomfortableness of “being stuck” to a position of control over their LEARNING OUTCOMES

OUR MISSION:

To use the Trinity of Engineering subjects

• Outstanding Teaching for Learning
• Removing Barriers to Learning
• Increasingly becoming a  ‘well’ School
• Extending our Community Partnerships
• Planning for the new ‘all through’ provision

OUR MORAL  PURPOSE

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT

RAISE THE BAR

Improve on our previous best

CLOSE THE GAP

Attend to the cause of young people while attending to the cause of adults. Have concern for the wider (education) Community’s Achievements

OUR VISION

Hartcliffe Education Campus will provide an integrated educational experience for children and young people from the Hartcliffe community, providing preschool nursery, primary, secondary, special, vocational and community educational opportunities through partnerships with all interested and relevant agencies.

This will be achieved by:-

• providing a curriculum relevant to the needs, strengths and learning characteristics of individual students, recognising the importance of emotional intelligence, while encouraging maximum personal success in terms of academic and other qualifications;
• ensuring that all students are encouraged to progressively take increasing responsibility for their activities, their learning, themselves and each other and develop the social skills they need to benefit from and contribute to the campus and successfully implement the decisions they take for their lives;
• forming effective working partnerships with parents in the joint responsibilities of encouraging their sons and daughters to achieve their full potential at Hartcliffe;
• developing active partnerships with relevant community groups, including the youth service, to achieve an integrated learning community in which community resources are enabled to contribute fully to the personal development of all students, and the campus resources are able to reinforce and support the work of the community groups;
• encouraging close working partnerships with local employers so that the engineering specialist role of the campus can both benefit from local businesses and contribute positively to their work;
• working in close partnership with the Bristol City College and Community Education to deliver lifelong learning opportunities for adults in the community maximising the effectiveness of the resources of the whole Education Campus;

What did OFSTED say in our last inspection?

In January 2003 the College was subject to an OFSTED Inspection. Below are some extracts from the report.

• The quality of teaching is good overall, with a significant proportion of very good teaching
• The leadership of the College is giving a clear direction to its work
• Physical education is making a very good contribution to the personal development of students
• The College works very well with the community in supporting students’ learning
• Students receive a very good level of guidance and support for future careers and choices.
• The most significant improvement over the last few years has been the growing shared awareness of the direction the College needs to take
• Most students behave well in lessons
• Teachers and students frequently work well together and most relationships are harmonious and mutually respectful
• The College provides a range of learning opportunities for all students, including a good range of extra-curricular activities that is particularly strong in sport and games.
• The College works hard to ensure that all students are included in what is provided
• The teachers and other adults in the College are frequently good role models, particularly in the calm way in which they manage behaviour
• The governors are well led in working with the College
• Parents are pleased that:
• Their children are happy in College
• Their children are making good progress
• The College expects their children to work hard and do their best

For the full report visit:

http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/reports/index.cfm?fuseaction=summary&id=109286