Aims & Ethos

Visions and Values

At Cedars Primary School and Nursery all children, staff and governors take pride in our school. We have the highest expectations for our children and work together to enable each of them to achieve the very best they can.  All success is celebrated.

Our vision is for all who work, learn and visit to be “happy, caring and successful.”

Student certificates are awarded each week to a child in each class that demonstrates successfully one of the “Cedars Way” values. 

The Cedars’ Way:

  • Good listening
  • Working hard
  • Politeness
  • Honesty
  • Keeping safe
  • Kindness
  • Courteousness
  • Helpfulness
  • Being gentle

 

We aim to provide every Cedars’ child with a broad, balanced and rich curriculum that is dedicated to widening their life experiences and equipping them with progressive knowledge and skills to being an effective life-long learner with high aspirations and ambition.

We set high standards for attainment and progress in all areas of learning and for our children’s attitudes and behaviour. Staff and older pupils are positive role models.

We provide an inclusive, affirmative and respectful learning environment in which children can thrive and achieve.

At Cedars the richness and diversity of our world are appreciated, celebrated and valued.

We are committed to personalised learning for all members of our community.

We are committed to the continuing development of effective partnerships with parents and the wider community.

These core values and purposes are at the heart of our ethos, work and development. They are used to identify the school’s strategic intents and objectives for improvement.

Curriculum Drivers

Curriculum Drivers shape our curriculum breadth. They are derived from an exploration of the background of our children, our beliefs about high quality education and our core values and purposes.

Initiative

To effectively support the Cedars’ child to develop personally (independence), socially (exercises responsibility) and as a learner (to be curious, courageous, creative).

Diversity

To develop the Cedars’ child’s knowledge of the diversity of different people that we see in the world and throughout human history.

Partnership

To ensure the Cedars’ child receives a curriculum that is enriched.