Our aims

We aim to:

• Ensure that Pathfield School works on the basis of a culture of praise and support for all, where expectations are ambitious and challenging while developing a culture of resilience.
• Work closely with partner agencies, including Children’s and Adult Services to ensure the safeguarding and best possible outcomes for children and young people.
• Have purposive(*) interactions with all parents / carers while ensuring the collective voices of the child, family and all agencies involved are heard.
• Ensure all parties recognise that the safeguarding of Pathfield’s pupils is their responsibility: ‘Safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility’.
• Support the role of our dedicated Pathfield Family Liaison Officer to facilitate the above and explore ways to include families with pre-school children (such as Little Explorers).
• Ensure that the language we use in reports including Education, Health and Care Plans is accessible to all.
• Ensure that the curriculum is meaningful, enterprising and allows culture capital(**) for success, using our space creatively to meet need.
• Embrace new ideas such as ‘Purposeful Systems’.
• Start the preparation for adulthood.
• Meet the challenges of tight budgeting with creativity and innovation.
• Ensure all parties recognise that the financial health of school is their business, helping us to remain financially secure.

(*) Purposive – serving or effecting a useful function, though not as a result of planning or design
(**) Culture capital – a high level of enlightenment as a result of extensive training and exposure to learning.