Our Ethos & Values

Flagship School: Our Vision

At The Flagship School, every child is known, valued and supported through strong relationships and high expectations. We provide a safe, inclusive and stimulating learning environment where young people are offered a fresh start every day and empowered to achieve and fulfil their true potential.                               

Associated Aims

At The Flagship School, we aim to:

• Provide opportunities that compensate for earlier missed experiences
• Enable young people to distinguish right from wrong
• Support young people in learning to manage their own behaviour
• Support the growth of positive self-esteem and self-image
• Enable young people to develop the skills for positive social interaction
• Empower young people to enjoy and participate in their own education
• Provide a safe, secure learning environment
• Help young people to achieve their true potential
• Help young people to understand how to lead a healthy life and keep themselves safe
• Equip young people with the skills to understand and take advantage of ever-changing modern technologies
• Prepare young people for the next stage of education, training or employment
• Support young people in understanding the importance of issues of global citizenship
• Prepare young people for success in adult life, understanding and embracing British values
• Empower young people to invest in their own future development and that of the school and local community

Our Core Values

At The Flagship School, we are:

Respectful

We treat everyone with dignity and understanding. We value difference and listen with empathy.

Responsible

We take ownership of our actions, our learning and our community.

Safe

We create an environment where everyone feels protected, supported and ready to learn.

Kind

We act with compassion, care and generosity — every day, towards ourselves and others.

We have:

• High expectations of all pupils;
  • At Key Stage 2 and 3, a robust approach to English, maths and science will be delivered alongside cross curriculum termly or half termly projects.
  • At Key Stage 4, pupils will study five core subjects, including English, maths, science or ICT to enable pupils to achieve their best results.
• Therapeutic interventions, integrated and embedded throughout all aspects of the school's life to enable pupils to develop core social, emotional, communication and relationship skills.
• A range of enrichment activities, outdoor and contextual learning and focus on life skills work for all pupils.
• Active partnership working with parents and carers.