At Small Heath, we provide high standards of education with a focus not only on academic achievements but also on the spiritual, moral, social, and cultural development of our students. Our Academy’s STAR values of Service, Teamwork, Ambition, and Respect are at the core of everything we do and are represented in the way staff and students model themselves. We have a culture of high expectations and we continuously encourage our students to aspire to be the best they can be. This is developed through a strong and supportive system of pastoral care provided by a dedicated team of Pastoral Leaders and form tutors.
Our students benefit from an academic curriculum that enables them to achieve high standards and broaden their skills and experience through enrichment activities. We take a personalized approach, where students are set aspirational, but achievable targets through a curriculum pathway that meets their individual needs. We promote fundamental British values and develop students’ understanding of rights and responsibilities in a diverse and democratic society where they can make a positive contribution.
Our Mission is to promote a culture of educational excellence, from within a caring and secure environment enriched with the values of discipline, mutual care, and respect, which extends beyond the school into the wider community. Our mission consists of three key elements:
- Educational excellence
- A belief that everybody has the potential to succeed within a high-quality and intellectually challenging educational environment.
- A commitment to instilling high aspirations, a desire to learn, and ambition to achieve.
- A personalized approach to securing excellence, stemming from a passionate belief that each individual is unique and special and capable of rising above any perceived limitations.
- Character development
- A cohesive identity so that our pupils, their parents, and communities feel a strong sense of belonging to the Tauheedul “family”.
- A passionate focus on a values-based education that instills honesty, integrity, compassion, and mutual respect into all our pupils.
- A strong core of tenacity, self-respect, and self-belief that inspires each pupil to become the best person they can be
- Service to communities
- A determination to develop outstanding British citizens who are proud of, and contribute to, the social and economic prosperity of our country.
- A sense of personal accountability and responsibility to others.
- A commitment to charitable endeavors and to making a difference in our world.
We teach our pupils the importance of being kind, compassionate, and respectful to everyone that they meet, irrespective of their faith, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, class, or any other perceived differences. Through our leadership specialism, community service projects, and interfaith alliances, our pupils meet inspirational people from a diverse spectrum of backgrounds, beliefs, and cultures, and are encouraged to embrace all that life in modern Britain has to offer. We also consider it essential for our staff to lead by example and exemplify and model British values. British values are therefore built into our staff induction processes and reiterated in all staff training exercises.
Pupils are encouraged to become politically aware from a young age and participate in debates concerning age-appropriate issues, developing arguments for and against carefully chosen topics. In doing so, they learn how to put forward a strong case for causes they believe in (an essential part of the democratic process), as well as how to employ both facts and emotion to resonate with other people.
British values are ingrained in everything we do and represent all that we strive to achieve in our vision to nurture today’s young people and inspire tomorrow’s leaders. We encourage our pupils to live a life characterized and enriched by the values of Service, Teamwork, Ambition, and Respect, and we hope that these tenets will continue to inform their choices, actions, and behaviors long after they leave school, enabling them to make a positive impact on society.
