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Hillbrook Primary School

Be Responsible · Be Resilient · Be Reflective

Ethos, AIMs, Values and VISION

Hillbrook Primary School is a learning community where everyone can be successful. Effort is celebrated as well as achievement. We promote a culture that encourages children to enjoy learning, have fun, be happy at school and to reach their full potential.

We are proud to teach an ambitious, carefully designed curriculum that embraces the arts, music and sports. We work hard to give each child opportunities to develop both academically, personally and socially.

We strive for our children to be confident, well-rounded and successful citizens and lovers of learning who can thrive and contribute to our world by being responsible, resilient and reflective members of society.

Long-range strategic objectives 2025–2028

Hillbrook Quality of EducationTo deliver a progressive and ambitious curriculum where children deepen their knowledge and develop the skills and confidence to be successful lifelong learners and achieve their maximum potential.

Hillbrook Behaviour and AttitudesTo foster a culture where children are encouraged to build resilience, responsibility and reflectiveness, which empowers them to feel confident and capable of making positive choices and to learn from mistakes.

Hillbrook Personal Developmentto raise aspirations and broaden horizons through providing memorable and meaningful experiences where all children are given the opportunity to achieve their full potential and become active citizens in an inclusive and diverse community.

Hillbrook Leadership and Managementto inspire a culture of personal growth where staff are happy and feel supported to engage in professional learning, embrace change and develop a shared responsibility to drive continuous improvement to ensure the best possible outcomes for all children.

VISION

Our vision for Hillbrook is underpinned by the following core values, our 3 Rs. 

  • Be Resilient
  • Be Responsible
  • Be Reflective

We actively promote opportunities to enable our children to become responsible, reflective and resilient members of our school community and beyond. We do this by embedding and reinforcing the following aims in all aspects of school life. We believe that these will help our children to be successful at school and prepare them for life.

Be Resilient Be Responsible Be Reflective
  • Don’t give up
  • Take risks
  • Work through problems
  • Find solutions
  • Don’t be afraid to make mistakes
  • Keep practicing
  • Manage emotions
  • Be confident
  • Develop strategies to manage different situations
  • Rebound from problems
  • See opportunities
  • Take the lead
  • Accept consequences
  • Make good choices
  • Behave well
  • Look after / help others
  • Take pride in our school
  • Follow the rules
  • Be trustworthy
  • Make commitments
  • Be a positive role model
  • Be fair
  • Think about what you have done & learn from mistakes
  • Think about both sides of an argument
  • Be thoughtful
  • Learn from situations
  • Ask for help
  • Know your strengths and weaknesses
  • Identify problems and find solutions
  • Try new ideas
  • Be open to change
  • Think about your actions

AIMS

  • To provide a warm and welcoming environment which is clean, safe and secure and allows everyone to learn
  • To develop a whole school community that values positive attitudes, relationships and mutual respect and where high standards of behaviour are demonstrated and expected
  • To have the highest possible expectations of all children so that every child can achieve their maximum potential
  • To be a fully inclusive school that celebrates and recognises the needs, diversity and abilities of our community, valuing everyone and ensuring that everyone is of equal importance
  • To offer a rich, relevant and meaningful curriculum, full of memorable learning experiences that develop enquiring minds and foster a lifelong love of learning
  • To promote and inspire a collaborative community spirit where parents and carers are supportive, engaged and involved in their child’s learning journey
  • To foster and develop children’s emotional well–being, their resilience and their mental and physical health
  • To enable each child to reach their maximum potential

VALUES

We have a value for each month which is celebrated and referred to where relevant and our assemblies for each month are based upon each value. This is on a 2-year cycle.

Month

Value

September 24 Responsibility
October 24 Democracy
November 24 Equality
December 24 Respect
January 25 Aspirations
February 25 Courage
March 25 Curiosity
April 25 Reflection
May 25 Honesty
June 25 Resilience
July 25 Positivity
September 25 Responsibility
October 25 Fairness
November 25 Freedom
December 25 Appreciation
January 26 Reflection
February 26 Happiness
March 26 Resilience
April 26 Trust
May 26 Cooperation
June 26 Confidence
July 26 Peace

 

BRITISH VALUES

At Hillbrook Primary School, we promote British Values. These values are:

  • Democracy
  • The rule of law
  • Individual Liberty
  • Mutual Respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs

These British Values are taught and promoted in a variety of ways

See the British Values page for more details.