What is the CE Academy?
The CE Academy is an educational provision. It believes that learning at a level that promotes intellectual growth is crucial to the enhancement of self-esteem. This is achieved through a rigorous approach to the provision of curriculum of a high quality that stimulates and engages its participants.
Equal rights
The CE Academy regards all people as valuable individuals with equal rights. This implies that at all times positive action will be undertaken to ensure that all people within our area of influence feel supported and valued. This allows their strengths to be enhanced even when individual actions are rejected as inappropriate.
Self-respect
All people have the right to retain their self-respect at all times. There must be an empathy and delicacy of interaction. Relationships with the vulnerable must be carefully pursued to avoid putting them down, perhaps unintentionally. Positive attitudes will engender partnership in the enterprise of education. There will be consistent elements of consultation and negotiation for everyone.
The right to fail
Each member of the CE Academy community has the right to fail. The only way to avoid failure is to avoid doing anything.
A ‘no blame’ culture
When behaviour is challenging, or things don’t go as planned, it is common to ask who is at fault. At CE we focus on curiosity, understanding and shared responsibility/ accountability. This asks what broke and promotes a solution focused culture of improvement.
Decisions that affect you
People have the right to be involved in decisions that affect them. Honest generous and kind communication is crucial to the integrity of all. Care will be taken to ensure that personal space is not invaded particularly at an emotional level but staff will also be open to the needs of pupils to communicate their thoughts, feelings and experiences in an atmosphere of acceptance.
Equal rights to access education
The CE Academy believes that each pupil has an equal right to access education. This enables their best development so equipping them to grow purposefully into the responsibilities of adulthood.
Promoting a purposeful environment
The CE Academy promotes a purposeful environment. It provides opportunities for pupils to flourish within the safety of a structured framework that provides clear roles for all concerned. The framework empowers staff and pupils to take the risks necessary to change by sharing a negotiated learning experience. As part of this process consequential behaviour provides a focus for personal growth into an acceptance of the equal rights and responsibilities of all individuals.
Positively assertive and non-aggressive
The CE Academy approach is positively assertive and non-aggressive. While aggressive confrontations are regarded as unhelpful, it is acknowledged that many of our community will take time to come to terms with this. Mistakes will be made. Personal styles are taken into account and strategies are taught through mediation so that unnecessary confrontation can be better avoided in the future.
Promotes win/win outcomes
The CE Academy believes that it is within an atmosphere of rigour and positive acceptance that all are most likely to flourish and develop to their fullest potential. Staff are expected, pupils are encouraged, to fulfil and promote by example the ethos of the Service.
Promoting an environment for all that looks to provide win-win outcomes builds trust and positive solutions. We prioritise relationships, promote respect and understanding and protect self-esteem and dignity. All people should feel valued, supported and protected.
