Our Values and Ethos

Our ethos here at Elthorne Park High School is 'Achieving Excellence in a Learning Community'. We aim for all students to achieve academic excellence. We succeed in this by placing equal emphasis on developing students’ character, potential and working together in partnership to achieve success.  
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We pride ourselves on being an outward facing school actively promoting shared values of tolerance and respect. We look to retain a wide range of experiences and opportunities to learn for our students through delivering a broad and balanced curriculum. We also provide an inclusive and welcoming learning environment for all and look to develop students as confident, caring and skilled world citizens. We recognise that the world and society are ever-changing and aim to foster the skills and attributes that give our students the best possible opportunities in life.

Our Four Core Values

We have ​four core values underpinning everything we do. Hover over each picture for our definition:

Proud

Prepared

Persevering

Principled

You are willing to celebrate your achievements and those of people around you.

You are ready and able to deal with the next stage in life.

You won't give up and will always 'have a go'.

You know the difference between right and wrong. You have a strong sense of justice.

Our Nine key Attributes

We also work to develop nine key attributes in our staff and students. Hover over each picture for our definition:

Determination

Curiosity

Freedom

You will not give up when things are difficult. You will keep going until you find the solution to a problem.

You have a strong desire to learn. You want to find out more.

You understand freedom is choice. Freedom is where rights are balanced with responsibilities.

Resilience

Unity

Positivity

You are able to withstand stress and bounce back after a setback.

You are part of a community. You will work with us to achieve our shared goal of excellence.

You have a confident outlook on life.

Compassion

Respect

Responsibility

You understand the feelings of others and have a desire to help others.

You know you are unique and valuable. You will listen to others and know others are valuable too.

You will do your share of the work and help others when they need help. You also have the responsibility to make a better world.