We work with our sponsors and actively seek, create and use external partnerships to the benefit of our pupils and students.

• Using partnerships, the school consistently promotes the extensive personal development of pupils. The school goes beyond the expected, so that pupils have access to a wide, rich set of experiences. Opportunities for pupils to develop their talents and interests are of exceptional quality.
• There is strong take-up by pupils of the opportunities provided by the school. The most disadvantaged pupils consistently benefit from this excellent work.
• The school provides these rich experiences in a coherently planned way, in the curriculum and through extra-curricular activities, and they considerably strengthen the school’s offer.
• The school recognises its responsibility for supporting the education of young people throughout the local area and developing leadership within the profession. It makes a system-wide contribution through a sustained and substantial contribution to the local, national and/or international education community.
• The school looks globally to learn from best educational practice and seeks to forge and develop links with schools across the world for mutual improvement.
• The school seeks to build positive interactions with all parents and successfully engages with those who are hard to reach, working in partnership to support their children’s learning and maximise their progress.
• The staff appreciate that they cannot fully understand their students if they do not have knowledge of their out of school lives, influences and experiences. The staff members have opportunities for developing their knowledge of the students’ lives out of school and they reflect on and utilise the knowledge they glean.
• The staff members understand and celebrate the opportunities, but also appreciate and face up to the challenges, presented by their particular community context.
• The school understands that community links are not just about reaching out to help the community but to learn from and make better use of existing resources.
• The school and its community create shared beliefs about what they can achieve together.
• The school effectively promotes community cohesion, safeguards children from exploitation and challenges extremism.
• All pupils, supported and encouraged by the school, are contributing to and enriching the local community.
• The school’s facilities and resources are utilised fully by the local community. A wealth of community groups are linked with the school and involved in enriching the curriculum. Through these strong links, the school’s ethos permeates the local community.