Priority 1: The Sherborne House Academic Advantage
To foster the intellectual virtues of curiosity, critical thinking and discernment by embedding oracy across the curriculum and promoting critical engagement with technology.
We aim to develop articulate, digitally literate, and intellectually curious learners by embedding oracy across the curriculum, promoting critical engagement with technology, and fostering intellectual virtues such as curiosity, critical thinking, and a love of learning. This will be achieved through:
- The opportunity to present and perform to different audiences, in assemblies, productions, concerts, and debates.
- Explicitly share models for effective oracy, such as ‘I do, we do, you do’ and expectations for active and effective listening.
- The further development of vertical grouping- reading buddies, House competitions and events, and through leadership of eco-council, school council and the school shop.
- The further development of the Computing curriculum to include opportunities to explore developments.
Priority 2: The Sherborne House Enrichment Advantage
To develop the moral values of compassion, empathy and responsibility through opportunities to express their voice, engage with diverse perspectives, and participate in enriching experiences both within and beyond the classroom.
We aim to cultivate a culture in which pupils develop intellectual, moral, and civic virtues such as curiosity, honesty, compassion, and responsibility through meaningful opportunities to express their voice, engage with diverse perspectives, and participate in enriching experiences both within and beyond the classroom. This will be achieved by:
- Ensuring all children can express their opinions and reflect on issues; shaping their environment through representation in the school community, including School Council, the Eco Committee, and Wellbeing Ambassadors.
- Continuing to provide a diverse, child-led humanities curriculum that reflects the multicultural, multi-faith community at Sherborne House.
- Continuing, through our assembly programme to celebrate the actions and efforts of all children, whilst recognising significant contributions or achievements in aspects of sport, music and art
Priority 3: The Sherborne House Leadership Advantage
To develop civic responsibility through meaningful opportunities for leadership and enterprise, embedding a whole-school approach to service and citizenship.
We aim to nurture responsible, enterprising, and principled children by providing meaningful leadership opportunities, developing financial literacy and enterprise, and further embedding a consistent whole-school approach to character education. This will be developed through:
- Our Enterprise week, which will include elements of service to the community, will be held in the school or the wider community.
- The further development of our extra-curricular programme to include further opportunities for child-led lunchtime clubs.
- The development of economics and finance education within maths, PSHE and form times.
- Explicit teaching, and through real-world experiences such as planning, managing, and leading the school shop, was supported by the School Council.
- The further development of opportunities to contribute to the local community, through volunteering, performance, and collecting for or contributing to local causes.
