We take pride in our environment, it is clean, safe and inclusive for all learners.

• The school has consistent and high expectations of the behaviour of pupils and the relationships between them, based on mutual respect, trust and kindness.
• A stimulating visual backdrop to learning is created by the presentation of learners’ work: whole school displays and exhibitions, learning walls, the use of photographs, pictures, images and quotations. Displays stimulate learning, celebrate achievement and progress and raise aspirations.
• Considerable attention is paid to the whole school environment and the quality of the daily experience of those who work and learn in the school: the entrance foyer as a welcoming area, the playground, lunch facilities, toilets, corridors and social spaces as bright, safe and quality places.
• Pupils behave with consistently high levels of respect for others. They play a highly positive role in creating a school environment in which commonalities are identified and celebrated, difference is valued and nurtured, and bullying, harassment and violence are never tolerated.
• Pupils behave consistently well, demonstrating high levels of self-control and consistently positive attitudes to their education. If pupils struggle with this, the school takes intelligent, fair and highly effective action to support them to succeed in their education.
• The school is outward-facing, welcoming to parents and the community, inviting and encouraging them into school to engage in the learning of their children and learn themselves.
• There is a high-quality infrastructure in place to support learning – physical resources such as libraries or resource centres and support staff such as teaching assistants and learning mentors, and the use of robust school data to identify inclusive groups
• Individual classrooms and learning areas are planned to encourage pupils’ autonomous learning, their ownership of and responsibility for spaces and risk-taking within a safe environment.
• The use of digital technologies - both within and outside the classrooms and schools – enhance learning.
• Pupils are taught about healthy lifestyles, how to avoid risky behaviours, build successful relationships, manage emotions and act responsibly as future citizens.