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Ethos and Values

Coombe Boys’ School, is a community of learners that embraces innovation and inclusivity in teaching, leading to academic excellence and a world of opportunity for all.

We strive to foster a culture of creativity and critical thinking that empowers our students to become confident lifelong learners and responsible global citizens. Our commitment to providing a diverse and inclusive learning environment ensures that every student is heard, recognised as an individual and feels valued and respected.

Our focus on academic excellence prepares them for success in an ever changing world. Our goal is to inspire our students to think beyond the classroom and to explore the endless possibilities that lie ahead, so that they may confidently shape their own futures and make a positive impact on the world.


Coombe prepares each student for their World of Opportunity by:

 

  • Delivering excellence through innovative teaching that is inspirational and brings an ambitious, broad and inclusive curriculum to life. It engages every learner in their Coombe journey offering a transformational and challenging experience.
  • Driving ambition by fostering a culture of creativity that develops all members of our community to be confident learners who are happy, resilient, embrace challenge and are excited by their own potential to shape the future. 
  • Developing integrity through a diverse and equitable community where every person is heard, recognised as an individual and feels valued and respected. Our shared purpose promotes exemplary behaviour, outstanding and supportive relationships between all above all, ensures kindness permeates every day life.

Excellence

Ambition

Integrity

As part of Helix Learning Trust, we continue to build on the strong foundations, expertise and relationships developed through the Coombe Academy Trust, while benefiting from being part of a diverse family of mainstream and specialist schools. Working collaboratively across the Trust enables us to share expertise, resources and best practice, while retaining our individual school identity, ethos and commitment to our pupils and communities.

Our vision, “Preparing our communities for a future of possibility,” remains at the heart of everything we do. As the Trust has grown, this vision continues to guide our ambition for our staff, pupils, schools and wider communities.

For our staff, this means supporting successful and fulfilling careers throughout their time with the Trust. For our pupils, it means developing the knowledge, skills and independence they need to be successful throughout their education and beyond. For our schools, it means creating the conditions in which they can flourish, and for our wider communities, it means recognising and valuing the power of collaboration with the Trust.

Find out more about the Ethos, Values and Curriculum Principles of the Helix Learning Trust