Our Vision
At Pennington Church of England School, we want our children to have an equal opportunity to achieve success and reach their full potential, regardless of gender, race, culture or background; and to become independent learners within a Christian environment, which is safe, caring and happy.
The whole school is committed to an exciting and relevant curriculum that has high expectations and is appropriate for individual needs and gives everyone the opportunity to succeed.
By working closely with children, staff, parents and the community, we will help our pupils to develop into well-motivated, resilient, responsible and fulfilled young people.
Our Aims
Demonstrated by living our core values: compassion, growth, courage to act, responsibility, belonging, curiosity. You can see them cultivated in every experience for students, families and staff.
Community is everything. It’s who we are and how things get done. Everyone here is motivated by a deep commitment to making sure each child and family feels welcome and included. When everyone feels like they belong, we are stronger and smarter together. We’re a community driven to make the world a better place—starting in our own backyard.
At Pennington CofE Primary School we aim for every child to:
Be safe through:
Ensuring that all children are safe, and feel safe from harm, neglect and bullying in a Christian environment which is happy, caring and nurturing and ensures every child is heard.
Have a healthy lifestyle through:
Developing high self-esteem, self discipline and respect for others, and understand the importance of choosing a healthy lifestyle.
Enjoy school and achieve to their full potential through:
Promoting a love of learning and an enjoyment of achievement; ensuring the highest academic, social and spiritual progress and achievement for each individual child. As well as, recognising that children develop at different rates, possess a variety of skills and abilities, have different needs and display a range of personalities and interests.
Achieve economic well being through:
Enabling all children to become life long, enquiring, motivated and happy learners; with a desire and confidence to learn, achieve and make decisions, and yet not to be afraid to make mistakes. To develop an understanding of the wider world, occupations and opportunities in the local community and beyond.
Make a positive contribution to the school and the wider community through:
Ensuring all those within our school community have mutual respect, kindness and consideration for others and recognise and celebrate the variety of cultures, religions, languages, experiences, needs, views and personal attributes within our school and the wider community.
This philosophy and aims support an acceptance and engagement with the fundamental British values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs, so that our pupils develop and demonstrate skills and attitudes that will allow them to participate fully in and contribute positively to life in modern Britain.
Our Christian Values:
At Pennington we aim to teach our children about the love of God and how they can live their lives through Christian values. The Pennington community have worked together to select values which are most pertinent to us. Although we focus on one Christian value each half term we refer to all as they permeate our school ethos.
Our chosen Christian values are Thankfulness, Love, Resilience, Hope, Honesty, Respect, Forgiveness, Compassion and Patience.
You can find out more about each one and how they impact our lives below:
Who among you is wise and understanding?
Let him show by his good behaviour his deeds in the gentleness of wisdom.
James 3:13
At Pennington C of E School, we aim to provide our pupils with a Christian environment in which they can thrive and develop, to fulfil their potential. We asked children, parents, governors and staff what they saw as the most important Christian Values for our school to develop to create that Christian ethos.
We adopted 9 Christian Values which guide and support that journey, and which permeate throughout school life: Respect, Compassion, Honesty, Forgiveness, Thankfulness, Patience, Hope, Love and Resilience. They provide all people at Pennington C of E school, adults and children alike, with a Christian environment in which to work and learn.
Our values are celebrated both explicitly and implicitly. Our school logo reflects our values in its design. Our values are displayed around the school, in classes and public places. They support our pupil’s charter and behaviour reward system. They are explored through collective worship and discussed in class time – children are asked ‘Which Christian values have you seen in action today?’ Their meaning and foundation are explored through the Bible. The relationships within school are founded on our values and we are proud of the warm and nurturing atmosphere we have. Each half term one of the values becomes a focus for our worship. However we encourage and develop all the values, at all times. Here is how we see each value in Pennington.
My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you
(John 15:12)
God the Father loves us and he sent his son Jesus, to show us how to care for each other. Love is a core Christian value for our school, because in the Bible we learn that God is Love and that God showed how much he loves us and how to love others, when he sent his son Jesus to live on earth. In our Pennington family love forms the basis of all that we do.
We share a love of learning, love for one another and love for the world that God made.
We show love to each other through small acts of kindness and through encouraging others with kind words, remembering that God loves us and we can love ourselves and others. We will let our love shine every day. This includes saying prayers for others, showing love in our choice of words – such as saying please and thank you. Showing kindness to others without being asked, and knowing when to help and when to let others learn for themselves etc.
My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you
(John 15:12)
God the Father loves us and he sent his son Jesus, to show us how to care for each other. Love is a core Christian value for our school, because in the Bible we learn that God is Love and that God showed how much he loves us and how to love others, when he sent his son Jesus to live on earth. In our Pennington family love forms the basis of all that we do.
We share a love of learning, love for one another and love for the world that God made.
We show love to each other through small acts of kindness and through encouraging others with kind words, remembering that God loves us and we can love ourselves and others. We will let our love shine every day. This includes saying prayers for others, showing love in our choice of words – such as saying please and thank you. Showing kindness to others without being asked, and knowing when to help and when to let others learn for themselves etc.
My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you
(John 15:12)
God the Father loves us and he sent his son Jesus, to show us how to care for each other. Love is a core Christian value for our school, because in the Bible we learn that God is Love and that God showed how much he loves us and how to love others, when he sent his son Jesus to live on earth. In our Pennington family love forms the basis of all that we do.
We share a love of learning, love for one another and love for the world that God made.
We show love to each other through small acts of kindness and through encouraging others with kind words, remembering that God loves us and we can love ourselves and others. We will let our love shine every day. This includes saying prayers for others, showing love in our choice of words – such as saying please and thank you. Showing kindness to others without being asked, and knowing when to help and when to let others learn for themselves etc.