Avalon School

Releasing potential... Learning for life

Aims and ethos

Aims and Ethos

“Avalon is a good and improving school where all pupils, irrespective of their individual learning difficulties, are able to make good progress and maximise their potential."

Ofsted Report September 2011 > Read Ofsted report

All of our school community contributed to our school aims

Learning Environment

aims and ethos
  • High challenge and high achievement
  • Learning opportunities which are fun and engaging
  • Pupils inspired to learn
  • Partnership working, with pupils and parents in particular, maximising each pupil’s opportunities for success.


Pupils

We aim for all our pupils:

aims and ethos
  • to learn skills for life, work and leisure
  • to learn to communicate effectively, express emotions appropriately and interact positively
  • to learn to make positive choices for themselves
aims and ethos
  • to develop strategies for problem solving and become increasingly independent
  • to develop spiritually, becoming reflective, creative individuals
  • to develop their participation as citizens of a local, national, global community
aims and ethos
  • to become motivated, enthusiastic lifelong learners who achieve highly
  • to become confident, sociable, well rounded individuals who are considerate and respectful towards others regardless of difference