Vision & Values

Our vision:

To be a great school community for all students, families and staff.

Our values, which will help to deliver our vision:

We NURTURE relationships: We care about everyone in our school community. Unconditional positive regard is central to our approach to students, staff and the whole school community.
We are KIND and respectful: We will treat each other with respect and kindness, and we are considerate of each other’s feelings.
We celebrate INDIVIDUALISM: Every individual is valued for who they are and what they contribute to the school. We are a school that encourages people to embrace their true selves and share their uniqueness with the world.
We COMMUNICATE positively: We ensure that we focus on developing positive communication with students, staff and the whole school community.
We are lifelong LEARNERS: We believe that everyone can achieve and learn in the right environment and with the right support.

Bents Green aims to:

Develop the knowledge, skills and cultural capital learners require to enable them to be educated citizens and contribute meaningfully to society.
Create a sense of belonging and develop resilience providing the foundation for our learners to live happy, healthy and fulfilling lives.
Celebrate the individuality and uniqueness of our learners and instil acceptance and understanding.
Provide high quality, creative teaching and lifelong learning experiences that are personalised and promote curiosity and wonder.

Equality objectives:

To promote cultural understanding and awareness of different religious beliefs between different ethnic groups within our school community through the curriculum offer.
To further improve accessibility to the curriculum across the school for students with communication disabilities through the use of Makaton and signing.
To reduce the incidence of the use of discriminatory language by students in the school through education.
To reduce exclusion rates through the use of internal reflection and the zone of consequences.

Staff Comments:

"Our provision enables us to put the students in the centre of their own learning."

"All students at Bents Green School are able to achieve their full potential in a caring and safe environment."

"We believe working in partnership with our Primary feeder schools, Integrated Resources, other specialist schools, Fusion Teaching Alliance and Sheffield Hallam University supports Bents Green School to be outward facing and collaborative partners in the development of SEND locally, personally and nationally."

"All students need to enjoy and access a wide and varied range of curriculum to enable the student to shape and lead their own personalised learning pathways."

"At Bents Green, we set up our students for lifelong learning and development. We put an emphasis on the learning of the ‘seven C’s’ – Confidence, Curiosity, Collaboration, Communication, Creativity, Commitment and Craftsmanship."