Our Vision and Values

Abbotswood is a happy and caring school community built on five core values: Stickability, Teamwork, Aspiration, Respect and Stretch. To encourage children to remember our values, they spell out the word STARS which is integral to our school logo.

Stickability – We succeed because we never give up.

Teamwork – By working together, we can achieve more.

Aspiration – We work hard to achieve our goals and dreams.

Respect – We value and care for each other and our environment.

Stretch – We have the courage to challenge ourselves to achieve our best.

At Abbotswood, we aim to provide a happy, secure and rich learning environment where children strive for the highest standards in all that they do. We endeavour to create conscientious, independent learners who are able to persevere when faced with new challenges and children who are respectful of others. We promote our Abbotswood Values throughout the curriculum so that children recognise ‘It Really Does Matter’.

Our behaviour reward system promotes our five core values. Children who have successfully and consistently demonstrated each of the values become one of our Abbotswood All-Stars.

Please see below where our House Captains tell us about the RESPECT value:

Ethos

The governing body of Abbotswood Junior School believe that all pupils at our school should be able to learn and achieve their full potential in an environment that is safe, welcoming, happy and an inspiring place to learn. When children leave our school at the end of Year 6, we want them to have achieved, not only great academic success but be well rounded, thriving young people who will be confident, happy and safe as they move towards adulthood.

Our ethos for the school is one of mutual respect where all members of the school community work together towards a common goal - the best education for our children.

As a school, we aim to treat all members of our community fairly and no form of discrimination, harassment or bullying is accepted. The old adage, 'treat others how you would like to be treated yourself' forms a huge part of our school values.