Our Vision

The 4Cs

Our established values of Courtesy, Consideration, Contribution and Cooperation (the 4Cs), together focus on perseverance and hard work and our emphasis on honesty and respect all form part of The Highgate Wood Way and underpin the school’s behaviour ethos. We take exceptional pride in the warm, caring and supportive relationships which exist between staff and students. We are also very proud of the involvement of all students in some form of community or charitable service.

Attributes

Highgate Wood School will nurture and educate our students to be learners who are

• Happy and full of enjoyment
• Independent and autonomous
• Well-rounded and open minded
• Resourceful
• Reflective
• Engaged and passionate about learning
• Ambitious and competitive
• Solution focused
• Bold and risk takers

Confident Learners

Our students exhibit the behaviours and attitudes of confident and happy learners where they are

• Prepared to embrace challenge – pushing themselves beyond their comfort zone
• Strong believers in their ability to develop and improve their talent and abilities with application and hard work
• Appreciative of the benefits of hard work and effort
• Intrinsically motivated
• Are able to treat setbacks and disappointments as learning opportunities
• Inspired by the success of others rather than threatened by it
• Responsive to all useful feedback (positive or negative) rather than limited or discouraged by it
• Believers in the power of ‘yet’

The Highgate Wood Way

Our students demonstrate the Highgate Wood Way in how they relate well to one another and play an active role in developing a supportive and inclusive community in which all of our students

• Behave towards each other and all members of the community with good manners, courtesy and consideration
• Are proactively choosing to and making a positive contribution to the school community
• Understand the high expectations that we place on them and cooperate fully without needing to be asked
• Are kind and empathetic to others
• Show respect and honesty
• Model excellent social skills