As a church school, our values are based on Christian principles, and we have an ethos of hard work and mutual respect.

Our shared Christian vision seeks to recognise whatever is good in each individual through the way we Discover, Value, Celebrate and Praise each other. 

Let your light shine (Matthew 5:16)

Our vision is lived out through our exploration of our Christian values: thankfulness, peace, wisdom, hope, tolerance, perseverance, friendship, generosity, justice, compassion, forgiveness and love. We explore one of these each half term. 

We aim: To develop the whole school community, promoting the academic, social, emotional, physical, spiritual, and aesthetic aspects of the individual by:

• Providing an appropriate and high standard of education for all pupils.
• Treating pupils as individuals and responding to their educational needs.
• Giving pupils every opportunity to develop their potential.
• Developing the children’s awareness of community.
• Teaching children to be sensitive to the rights and responsibilities of all members of society.
• Equipping children to make the best use of the opportunities that will arise in their future education and in adult life.
• Providing opportunities for pupils to reflect upon and appraise their own work, to identify goals for further progress and to make appropriate choices.
• Encouraging children to work and play co-operatively.
•  Providing all pupils with a wide range of learning experiences, extending beyond the requirements of the National Curriculum.
• Providing an attractive, safe environment where children can enjoy their childhood and grow in confidence and self-respect.

We want children to be caring and responsible members of society who have consideration for others and the world in which they live. We want them to be independent but thoughtful members of our school, village and global community.

 

Collective Worship

As a Church of England School, collective worship is at the heart of the school day. All are welcome in worship and it is a time in the day that we can all be together to consider spiritual and moral issues and to explore our own beliefs. Through our collective worship, we aim to develop a community spirit, promote our shared values, and reinforce positive attitudes.

Each act of collective worship will include time for thinking, sharing, listening and reflecting. We consider these elements to be the basic ingredients of any good act of worship. We use the four part model of ‘Gathering, Engaging, Responding and Sending’ in our collective worship, with liturgical greetings.

Each half term we will focus on a different Christian Value. This is done explicitly through our Collective Worship time, but also throughout our curriculum. Children will have regular opportunities to reflect on each value and to develop an understanding of each value in action. We will celebrate children who demonstrate these values in our class reflection areas and in our celebration assembly each Friday. 

Our Christian value for this half term is compassion. 

Pupils are actively involved in daily worship.

We have Worship Ambassadors (Esther, Flora, Lyla, Lorelei and Sonny) who help to organise, prepare and lead Collective Worship. 

Daily worship may be led by staff, children or visitors to the school. These worship times have a theme and include stories, songs or hymns, prayers and a time of reflection. We follow the Christian calendar and celebrate special days and festivals throughout the year. 

Prayer and reflection on deep questions play a key role in our worship. Our School Prayer is regularly shared in collective worship, as is The Lord's Prayer. We also have a School Blessing which is shared daily, enabling all members of our school community to spiritually flourish. 

 

Spirituality

Spirituality is about making sense of the world and our own experiences. It means:

• Wondering about life’s big questions
• Noticing the amazing things around us
• Thinking about how we feel inside

Spirituality is about:

Understanding ourselves (an awareness of our thoughts, feelings and what is important to us)

Thinking and caring about others (showing kindness, love, respect and understanding)

Appreciating the world’s beauty (feeling awe and wonder at life, nature, art, music)

Thinking about things beyond us (asking questions about meaning, purpose and what might be ‘more’ than we can see to make sense of the world)

We have been working on developing a shared understanding of spirituality in our school community. Here is a photo of our spiritual space. 

 

Courageous Advocacy

Courageous advocacy is the act of speaking out against an issue of injustice, often on behalf of those whose voice is not heard. We have been gifted a special trophy by Ely Diocese to be awarded to an individual child or group of children who have demonstrated courageous advocacy. We encourage children to think of issues they would like to speak out against and support them to become courageous advocates. Here is a photo of our Courageous Advocacy trophy.  

William in Class 3 was awarded the Courageous Advocacy award in a Celebration Worship on 13th February 2026. He went to the Gambia in Africa and donated books and stationery to a school there to help the children who do not have as much as we do in our school. The governors were so proud of William they also awarded him with a special book token. Well done for being a courageous advocate, William!

The School Council also proved themselves to be courageous advocates when they organised a World Book Day costume donation event on 26th February 2026.

They wanted to do this because they understand that costumes can be hard to afford, and they also wanted to help look after the environment by recycling. Here are some of the members running the donation event. A huge thank you to all those who kindly donated any unwanted costumes for the benefit of others.