St Giles is a fantastic school full of amazing children and dedicated staff. Children flourish in our highly specialist environment with education and health professionals working closely together to meet each child’s very complex needs. We teach through a creative curriculum full of exciting activities and experiences. Learning is fun and all children make great progress, whatever their starting points.
At St Giles’ we are passionate about learning. Our school community includes and values everyone, working together to achieve in a supportive, caring, and professional way. Our enthusiasm and positive energy make St Giles’ a truly happy and vibrant place to be.
St Giles School believes that spiritual, moral, social, and cultural education (SMSC) is vital for all pupils. It is experienced in formal and informal settings and is reflected in every aspect of school life. British values are promoted through the school’s SMSC curriculum.
At St Giles, the opportunity to share, experience, and promote British Values is primarily developed through the Spiritual, Moral, Social, and Cultural Curriculum. This curriculum is taught through the school’s ethos, its systems and structures, and specific subjects including Religious Education, Personal Social and Health Education, and Citizenship.
The opportunity to share, experience, and promote British Values is not taught in isolation but is reflected in the rich and creative curriculum provided to pupils at St Giles as well as through the ethos and vision which is at the center of the school experience.
Many of our pupils are reliant on others to support them to maintain their health and well-being. Our school policies and ethos reflect the importance of safeguarding pupils, listening to pupils, and creating the opportunity to make choices and have their rights promoted. In addition to promoting the voice and personal freedoms of pupils, the school also creates a safe and secure environment. This enables pupils to be as independent as possible and make choices that demonstrate an appropriate awareness of their own needs and safety requirements. The school works with pupils to support them in developing their communication and in addition works with parents/carers and the wider community to increase understanding and awareness of pupils’ voices.
The e-safety policy and Personal, Social, and Health Curriculum are implemented to guide pupils in making choices that maintain their safety. The school develops pupils’ understanding of how to make safe choices and promotes improved physical access so that all pupils can participate safely. This includes developing wheelchair skills, promoting independent home-school travel, and identifying ways to improve physical access both in school and in the wider community.
Our school community is built on the importance of respect for ourselves and others which is reflected in how all aspects of the school community work together. Our school environment, curriculum, and school systems and structures are designed to promote respect for all and we are continually considering ways to further develop this.
The organization of the school day, the structure of assemblies, provision of resources, accessibility of the environment as well as the promotion of independence and communication all are designed to further enhance mutual respect. Our school actively promotes mutual respect with particular emphasis on understanding difference and the needs of people with disability which is supported through our engagement with other schools and the wider community.
Our school community is extremely diverse and our school life supports and enhances opportunities to experience and share diversity and challenge prejudices. Through the curriculum, school ethos, and school structures, the school promotes tolerance and encourages discussion and debate. This supports pupils and the school community in understanding the importance of tolerance and recognizing prejudice. Through training and research, we are continually looking for ways to enable our pupils to actively experience and increase their awareness and respect for diversity. The school has clear policies and systems for managing intolerance and encourages everyone in the school community to be responsible for dispelling prejudice.
