Values & Ethos
This term’s focus value is RESPONSIBILITY – no matter how young or old, each of us can develop as responsible citizens of our community and the world.
When we explored the idea of being a Useful & Kind School, we thought about the SOW model – Self, Others and the World. This is a good framework for being RESPONSIBLE too. To ourselves (for example, we all have a role to play in making a success of ourselves), to others (we must take responsibility for our actions and the impact on others) and to the world. This term our pupils are participating in The Big Green Week, and our Eco Council continues to model being responsible for the earth’s finite resources.
As we approach the end of the school year, our pupils can recognise that they have taken responsibility for improving themselves and can celebrate their progress and success!
Priory Primary School provides and promotes a learning environment that is values-based. This means that our values are embedded in the way we teach and learn, in our curriculum, in our policies (such as behaviour, equality, anti-bullying) and in our daily interactions with each other. If you join or visit our school you will experience our welcoming and inclusive ethos, and see the values of hard work, honesty, mutual respect and care for each other.
The school community reviews and agrees a number of named values to focus on throughout the year, and this becomes a focus in class, in assembly and in celebration. It encourages pupils to explore the meaning of the value and their personal response as they seek to make choices and take action in their school life.
In 2025, the school community, parents, governors, pupils and teachers, looked once again at a number of important values for school to promote to the pupils, and thought about what was important for us in our world at the moment. This is what we have decided:
Love – Respect – Honesty – Self Worth – Responsibility – Courage
“If we only had rules and no values… then
School Councillor
people might follow the rules but not
really mean it. Their heart is not in it.
Values show that we do things and we
mean it, deep down.”
