About Us

Vision and Values

Nestled in the heart of your picturesque village, Croscombe Church of England Primary School stands as a beacon of tradition and community spirit. Housed in a charming Victorian building, our school exudes a nostalgic charm with its iconic architecture, including church-like windows and classic 1900s design elements. The school’s setting, complete with the soothing sounds of a nearby river, provides a tranquil and inspiring environment for our pupils.  

At Croscombe, we pride yourselves on fostering warm and enduring relationships with our parents and the wider community. Our dedicated staff and enthusiastic pupils create a vibrant, supportive, and inclusive atmosphere where every child is encouraged to let their light shine, in line with our Christian ethos and the teachings of Matthew 5:16. Our Key values of Sharing, Honesty, Independence, Nurturing, and Equality (SHINE) are at the heart of everything you do, guiding your mission to develop each child’s unique potential.  

It is our mission that each child will have the opportunity to develop their own unique ‘light’, recognising and valuing their individual starting point and abilities, through our fulfilment of the following aims: 

  • Provide an inclusive environment in which pupils and staff can feel happy, valued and secure. 
  • Nurture open minded, imaginative, curious and confident individuals who are well-prepared for their next stage in life. 
  • Develop each child’s esteem, self-discipline and awareness of the opinions and values of others. 
  • Foster in each child an appreciation of their role within their community and the wider world, including their responsibility to care for the environment. 
  • Provide a curriculum to enable each child to achieve their academic potential and access and enjoy a variety of creative and cultural experiences 
  • Foster partnerships with parents and the wider community to ensure the Christian foundation is supported at home and life outside school.

 

Ethos Statement and how we are embedding it within our school

‘Recognizing its historic foundation, the school will preserve and develop its religious character in accordance with the principles of the Church of England Voluntary Aided schools and in partnership with the churches at parish and diocesan level. The school aims to serve its community by providing an education that enables each child to develop their own unique light and God given talent, within the context of Christian belief and practice. It encourages an understanding of the meaning and significance of faith, and promotes Christian values through the experience it offers to all its pupils.’ 

We foster this ethos and enable each child to ‘let their light shine’, throughout their school days. The outcome encouraged is that each child develops good Christian habits to support them in their relationship with God and their life ahead. This is underpinned by our Religious Education curriculum, our Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural (SMSC) policy and practiced within the Collective Worship activities.

 

Protected Characteristics

We work to ensure that our children understand that:

  • There are no outsiders at Croscombe Church of England Primary School
  • Everyone is different
  • We celebrate our differences
  • We are all equal in our differences

The Equality Act became law in 2010. It covers everyone in Britain and protects people from discrimination, harassment and victimisation. Everyone in Britain is protected. This is because the Equality Act protects people against discrimination because of the protected characteristics that we all have.

Under the Equality Act, there are nine Protected Characteristics:

  1. Age
  2. Disability
  3. Gender reassignment
  4. Race
  5. Religion or belief
  6. Marriage or civil partnership
  7. Sex
  8. Sexual orientation
  9. Pregnancy and maternity

The 9 Protected Characteristics are actively promoted in school through:

  • Our school ethos, SDP, and SEF
  • Our school core Values
  • Conscious role modelling by all adults in the school community
  • Active engagement and communication with parents and carers
  • Collective Worship and class assemblies
  • Promotion of British Values across the school community
  • Discussion within curriculum subjects, taking a cross-curricular approach
  • Promoting articulation by building appropriate language and a coherent vocabulary across all subject areas
  • Personal, Social, Health and Economic education (PSHE) sessions
  • Religious Education (RE) lessons, RSE lessons and Protected Characteristic talks
  • Sporting competitions, festivals and opportunities
  • Art and Cultural activities
  • Pupil Voice e.g. School Councillors, Eco Warriors and Sports Leaders
  • Educational visits
  • Real-life learning outside the classroom
  • Guest speakers and visitors from the wider community
  • Developing stronger links with the local, national and international communities
  • Extra-curricular activities, after-school clubs, charity work and work within the local community

We firmly believe that embedding Protected Characteristics into the whole school ethos at Croscombe promotes:

  • Self-esteem, self-knowledge and self-confidence of everyone in our school community
  • Respect for democracy and support for participation in the democratic process will be raised
  • Acceptance of responsibility for their own behaviour
  • Respect for their own and other cultures
  • Understanding of how people can contribute positively to school and home life  and to the lives of those living and working in the local community and beyond
  • An understanding of Equality, Human Rights and Protected Characteristics
  • An understanding of how citizens can influence decision-making through the democratic process
  • An appreciation that living under the rule of law protects individual citizens and is essential for their wellbeing and safety of all
  • An understanding that the freedom to choose and hold other faiths and beliefs is protected in law
  • An acceptance that other people having different faiths or beliefs should be accepted and tolerated, and should not be the cause of prejudicial or discriminatory behaviour
  • An understanding of the importance of identifying and combating discrimination

At Croscombe Church of England Primary School we believe that every one is valued, respected and welcome to thrive within our community.