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Vision, Values and Ethos

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Vision, Values and Ethos

Bounds Green is a happy and successful school community because:

· We CHALLENGE every child to be ambitious and achieve success in their learning.
· We VALUE respect and responsibility, individuality and inclusivity, confidence and kindness.
· We NURTURE each unique child to value themselves and develop self-worth in order to thrive in life.

Our New Vision Statement

During the second half of the Summer Term we consulted with our whole School community about our draft new Vision Statement for Bounds Green.

Feedback from Governors

Governors commented positively but with the suggestion that separation of the two elements of ‘nurturing well-being’ and ‘aspiration re. learning’ might be better segregated. This was very well considered feedback.

Feedback from Parents

A simple Microsoft Forms survey (anonymous) went out to all parents, with a free text box for any comments.

You can see the full survey responses (36) in the table below:

ID Start Time Email I agree the BG Vision Statement reflects the ethos amd ambition of our school Further comments
1 6/18/21 16:00:05 anonymous Yes
2 6/18/21 16:00:35 anonymous Yes
3 6/18/21 16:03:52 anonymous Yes
4 6/18/21 16:06:41 anonymous Yes
5 6/18/21 16:08:33 anonymous Yes
6 6/18/21 16:07:55 anonymous Yes We love Bounds Green School
7 6/18/21 17:00:21 anonymous Yes
8 6/18/21 17:05:25 anonymous Yes
9 6/18/21 17:06:32 anonymous Yes
10 6/18/21 17:07:47 anonymous Yes
11 6/18/21 17:08:40 anonymous Yes
12 6/18/21 17:03:24 anonymous No Being happy is all very nice, but I feel that (especially after the setbacks to education caused by Covid), there should be at least some attempt to value and strive for academic achievement.  How about a reference to aiming high, ambitious goals, challenging oneself, fulfilling potential etc.?
13 6/18/21 17:20:18 anonymous Yes
14 6/18/21 17:35:21 anonymous Yes Bounds Green is above expectations
15 6/18/21 17:43:31 anonymous Yes
16 6/18/21 18:11:08 anonymous Yes Great vision statement, which mirrors what it is the school aims to do, and achieves.
17 6/18/21 18:11:18 anonymous Yes
18 6/18/21 18:11:55 anonymous Yes Great, matches what the school aspires to perfectly.
19 6/18/21 18:19:51 anonymous Yes
20 6/18/21 20:00:06 anonymous Yes The best school my kids are so happy there!!
21 6/18/21 21:56:00 anonymous Yes
22 6/19/21 1:46:06 anonymous Yes
23 6/19/21 7:26:49 anonymous Yes
24 6/19/21 7:35:29 anonymous Yes
25 6/20/21 7:38:16 anonymous Yes
26 6/20/21 19:10:59 anonymous Yes
27 6/20/21 21:30:43 anonymous Yes
28 6/20/21 21:55:42 anonymous Yes It’s perfect
29 6/21/21 9:10:04 anonymous Yes Very good!
30 6/21/21 13:45:04 anonymous Yes
31 6/21/21 15:23:19 anonymous Yes
32 6/21/21 21:00:31 anonymous Yes
33 6/22/21 9:00:12 anonymous Yes School gave all the update on time and they are doing really great. I appreciate that all the staff work really really hard. Keep it up.
34 6/22/21 11:42:19 anonymous Yes
35 6/22/21 16:51:15 anonymous Yes The values that are taught in Bounds Green School will definitively be useful. However, I think our school could also have more academic ambition for all our children (even if grades don’t determine a successful happy life).
36 6/25/21 12:56:24 anonymous Yes It’s a great statement that summarises why BG school is so special.

Whilst the responses are overwhelmingly positive and the draft vision resonated with parents/carers, the feedback from parent 12 and parent 35 were very pertinent and relevant, and actually built upon feedback from Governors.

Feedback from Pupils

Senior Leadership Team members, Helen & Jess, took responsibility for gathering pupil feedback. They held a meeting with the School Council on Friday 25th June. The School Councillors were asked what came into their minds when they think of our school.  They contributed many significant ideas (see photo).   They talked a great deal about learning and the attitudes (such as creative thinking) and structures (such as a supportive community) that helped them achieve success.

They made links between their contributions to the meeting and the language of the vision statement that they agreed reflected their ideas well.

When asked if they felt anything was missing from the statement they said learning, fairness, being supportive, listening and resources they use to help them learn. The key aspect that came back from the children themselves was that ‘Learning’ needed to be more emphasised and clear in the final vision.

So the consultation feedback from each strand of stakeholders was consistent and aligned.

Response to Consultation & Final Vision Statement

The children’s perspectives, parental feedback & Governor feedback were taken back to SLT towards the end of the Summer term, with the purpose of revising a finalised ‘Vision Statement’. After discussion the SLT agreed the final statement. We believe the process and consultation was extremely purposeful and positive in leading to the Final Vision Statement you can find below:

  • Bounds Green is a happy and successful school community because:
  • We challenge every child to be ambitious and achieve success in their learning.
  • We value respect and responsibility, individuality and inclusivity, confidence and kindness.
  • We nurture each unique child to value themselves and develop self-worth in order to thrive in life.