Vision and Values

Ashton under Hill First School is a good school and our mission is to work in partnership with parents and community, to encourage: curiosity, eagerness to learn, resilience, friendship and respect. We work together as a team within a caring environment to support every child to achieve their very best in order to ‘Shape Bright Futures Together’ We are a school where pupils and staff work hard together to raise aspirations and build a lifelong love of learning.

Our vision is to offer our children excellent teaching and learning and the very best learning opportunities in and beyond the classroom. We are a place where everyone’s individuality is valued and supported, which allows us to equip each child to develop their full potential. With wellbeing and kindness at the heart of all we do, we have created a learning environment that allows everyone to thrive and make progress. Our ‘can do’ attitude is a very important aspect of who we are. When faced with challenge we say, ‘I can’t do it yet’ which promotes working hard, developing resilience, problem solving and working creatively to build an enthusiasm for learning.

Snowball is our 'Can do' mascot, reminding us to have a positive mindset in our attitude to learning. 

VALUES

Our core values are:

Developing curiosity

Showing resilience

Working Together

Building friendships

Having respect for ourselves and others

We also want our children to:

 develop a love of learning

have high expectations for themselves

 take responsibility for their actions and for their learning

develop confidence and have positive self-esteem

 be kind, caring and co-operative 

OUR ETHOS

We aim to:-

Create a happy, welcoming and successful school where everyone is able to share in shaping future generations.

Provide whole school activities which cover a range of lively, rich, diverse and creative experiences for all our children, thus promoting a sense of community.

Develop each individual’s self-confidence by celebrating successes and achievements with equal opportunities for all.

Enable pupils to acquire knowledge and skills which can be adapted to a variety of situations and a changing environment.

Foster a secure and caring school where mutual respect, tolerance and understanding is developed.

Give children and staff the opportunity to self-evaluate and determine future progress.

Create a supportive environment for all to participate socially and academically within our school and the wider community. 

Support and encourage the rights of parents to partner us in the education of their children. 

We strongly believe that each child is an individual and we endeavour to develop their unique talents and abilities.

We work hard to provide a lively, engaging and balanced curriculum. We believe pupils learn best when they can make connections between concepts and subjects. We want our pupils to experience a wide range of concepts, experiences, knowledge and skills which will promote their spiritual, moral, social, cultural, intellectual and physical development. We take pride in developing successful learners for the future.