Our overall aim: For children to have the skills and mind set to embrace learning at school and beyond.

At Reffley Academy, we aim to nurture confident, curious, and resilient learners who have the skills and mind set to embrace learning both in school and throughout their lives. We provide an inspiring and inclusive environment, where every child feels valued, motivated and equipped with the skills and knowledge to meet future challenges with cooperation, respect, resilience, ambition, curiosity and a love of learning.

We have five core values that we believe are of central importance to our Academy:

· Cooperation – is a skill that is important for learning, relationships and life. We show cooperation by: taking turns, problem solving, making a choice, sharing ideas and giving praise to others.

· Curiosity – being curious is essential for learning - it makes our minds active. We show curiosity by: asking questions, searching for answers and having a strong desire to learn or know something.

· Ambition – to have ambition is motivating and empowering and can determine our success in life. We show ambition by: being motivated, curious, and eager to learn, setting challenges and goals and having a mind-set that anything is possible.

· Respect – receiving respect from others is important because it helps us to feel safe and to express ourselves. We show respect by: encouraging others, being helpful, showing good manners and accepting that there are different viewpoints.

· Resilience - allows us to overcome everyday incidents, and withstand, manage, and recover from things that don’t go well. We show resilience by: giving things a go and trying our best, not giving up when things are difficult and being able to cope with challenges.

Cooperative                Curious                      Ambitious             Resilient                  Respectful
Carl                                Cate                           Ambrose               Ralph                       Rana