Vision & Values

Dream Big, Work Hard, Achieve

At the Matthew Arnold School, we have high expectations of our students and believe that everyone is capable of excellence. Our priority as a school is to ensure that our students thrive during their time with us; achieving more than they ever thought possible.

Teaching and learning is at the heart of everything we do, however, our strong pastoral structure provides a caring and supportive environment to ensure that our students’ experience of school enables them to develop into happy, confident and resilient individuals, who believe in growth mind-set and will go on to achieve and make their aspirations a reality.

Our vision

• Students to be confident, successful and lifelong learners
• Students to develop creativity, resourcefulness and resilience
• The school to be driven and united towards continuous self and school improvement
• The school to attract, nurture and retain high quality staff
• Students, staff and families to be proud to contribute positively to the school and the wider community.

Our values - Respect, Kindness, Aspiration

As a school community we aim to instil our school values in everything we do.

Our students learn the importance of our core values as soon as they join us in year 7, embedding these both into their learning behaviours and daily life as they progress through the school.

Curriculum

Our Curriculum supports our motto: Dream Big, Work Hard, Achieve.  A culture of high expectations for all which cultivates a love of learning and ambition for success. We create and empower successful lifelong learners who believe they can achieve, whilst building their cultural capital; inspiring and enabling them to make a lasting and positive contribution to future societies worldwide.