Our vision is for everyone to be given the opportunities to identify and build their aspirations during their years at Sir Bernard Lovell Academy. All students will be enabled to reach their aspirations as a direct result of the high quality learning that takes place across the curriculum and through the behaviours and attributes they develop from the wide range of experiences and from personalised and effective support.  We acknowledge that by working together, (the school, home and the student), we can achieve so much more and therefore this agreement has been written to make clear our collective responsibilities to ensure that every student reaches his or her potential.

Our Values

At Sir Bernard Lovell Academy, all parents, students, Governors and staff believe that the following behaviours and attributes will help us to achieve our vision. We value:

• Cooperation
  • Working together
  • Showing kindness
  • Developing strong relationships
• Effort
  • In our academic work at home as well as in school
  • In wider academy activities
• Honesty
  • With each other
  • With ourselves
• Resilience
  • Keeping our efforts up even when things are tough
  • Supporting others to be resilient
  • Developing emotional strength and well-being
• Positivity
  • Taking a ‘can-do’ attitude into every task
  • Making the most of every opportunity
  • Enriching our own experiences and those of others
• Confidence
  • Reflecting on and celebrating our successes
  • To try new things
  • To believe we can achieve anything

As a member of the SBL community, we will endeavour to demonstrate these values in everything we do.

Through cooperation, honesty and with effort, all SBL students will learn and develop the confidence, positivity and resilience that will enable them to set and achieve the highest aspirations for their futures.

The responsibilities of the academy

 The academy will aim to:

• Provide a broad and balanced curriculum which challenges every student to reach their full potential.
• Encourage every student to do their best.
• Provide a safe and caring environment.
• Set regular homework tasks for students.
• Keep parents informed of schools news and to communicate with parents regularly, listening to their concerns.
• Achieve high standards of work and behaviour throughout the school.
• Provide a range of extra-curricular activities.
• Set clear behaviour and discipline policies.

 The responsibilities of the parent/s or carer/s

I / we will:

• Ensure that my / my child attends Sir Bernard Lovell Academy daily, on time and properly equipped.
• Notify the academy in accordance with the academy’s policies in the event that my child is absent.
• Encourage my child to do their best.
• Take an interest in my child’s education.
• Support all of the academy’s policies and guidelines for work and behaviour.
• Support my child with set homework tasks.
• Attend parent evenings and read correspondence sent to me by the academy.
• Politely inform the school of any concerns that I may have.
• Notify the academy immediately of any changes in my / our contact details or other emergency contacts.

The responsibilities of the students

I will:

• Take pride in my academy.
• Respect the academy environment.
• Be respectful towards others in the academy community and behave in a responsible way.
• Attend Sir Bernard Lovell Academy in term time as directed
• Be punctual and organised.
• Do all my homework and classwork as best as I can.
• Be honest and truthful.
• Take care of equipment and use equipment safely and appropriately.
• Respect other people’s property.
• Behave in accordance with academy rules.
• Always try to achieve my full potential.

Please note that the governing body will review this agreement from time to time and when revisiting this agreement, the governing body will consult the parents of all registered students at the academy.