Ethos and Values
At Hope Valley College, we aim to inspire and nurture every individual student to be the best they can be. This means that we have high expectations of everyone in our community.
Our curriculum is ambitious and wide ranging. We give our students access to ideas and experiences that they won’t encounter in their lives outside of school. We value knowledge which broadens horizons and enables our students to make connections and see possibilities. We offer the range of qualifications that we know will unlock doors in the future and give our students the chance to access the most ambitious next steps they can.
We are proud of the breadth of our curriculum: we know our community values the opportunities we provide to study artistic, vocational and creative courses alongside the traditional academic subjects. We make the most of our wonderful setting with an outdoor activities programme.
We look after the personal development of our students through the personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) education curriculum which is delivered by tutors and includes RSE (relationships and sex education).
We offer a range of leadership opportunities to students as they move through the school. Finally, we prioritise and promote chances to participate in the wider life of the school through a programme of extracurricular opportunities.
We aim to build a sense of belonging by knowing every individual. We pride ourselves on fostering a positive and respectful school through relationships with young people and their families and we use our ‘Attitudes to Learning’ approach to promote those positive attitudes and celebrate success.
We develop the five Rs:
- Resilience
- Resourcefulness
- Ready to learn
- Respect
- Reflectiveness
