Vision and Values Consultation

Creating Choice and Possibilities for All Our Renewed Vision and Values

This year marks an important moment for our school community as we launch a renewed vision and set of values for Nower Hill

Our previous vision and values were established in 2013. Since then, much has changed, in the world around us, in education, and within our own school. Nower Hill today is a vibrant, evolving community, and it was important that our vision and values truly reflect who we are now, what we believe in, and what we aspire to become.

Over the past year, we have undertaken an extensive and genuinely collaborative consultation process We have listened carefully to voices from across our community: through two staff engagement events, a parent survey shared with all families, an additional inperson consultation with a focus group of Year 9 parents at the Year Ahead Evening, a full consultation with the Student Council, further discussions with our Head Students and Senior Student Leaders, and ongoing, thoughtful collaboration with our Governors. This breadth of engagement has been invaluable and has ensured that the outcomes are rooted in shared understanding and collective ambition.

The values that have emerged from this process reflect the behaviours we believe matter most at Nower Hill, the way we treat one another, the standards we uphold, and the attitudes that drive our continued success They are not abstract ideals, but principles shaped by our lived experience as a school community

Our renewed vision captures our belief that a Nower Hill education is both a gateway and a catalyst It secures strong foundations for success while also expanding horizons enabling our students to see more, aspire higher, and become more than they may once have imagined. We have summed this up in one simple but powerful line:

“Creating Choice and Possibilities for All.”

This phrase speaks to opportunity for all, empowerment and hope, and to our commitment to equipping every student with the knowledge, skills, confidence and character to shape their own future.

Over the coming term, you will begin to see this vision and our values embedded across school life: on our website, within school communications, and throughout our daily work I will also be launching the vision and values with students after the half-term break, ensuring they understand not just the words, but the meaning behind them and the role they play in bringing them to life.

I am incredibly proud of the way our community has come together to shape this work. Thank you to everyone, students, parents, staff and governors, who contributed their time, ideas and insight. This vision and these values belong to all of us, and I am excited to see how they will guide and inspire the next chapter of Nower Hill

Ms Skelhorne

Our Five Values

Head Student Reflections

We are really pleased to see that the school is renewing the vision and values I think it is important because it is adapting to what our community is now compared to what it was before. The new vision and values really encompasses what we as students really think is important. It has been reorganised to be a more modern and present expression of what and who we are.

I think the new focus on creativity is a really important value to have This doesn't need to necessarily mean subjects that we would traditionally think of as 'creative' like art, but it is about the way that we think

I also really like the focus on possibilities because there are so many options especially as you are leaving school. It is great to see that this is something that the school encourages so that we as students can explore

what is best for us rather than stay on one binary path. It has been a really big privilege and responsibility to be involved in the consultation. This is a really important change and to make sure that the senior student leaders were involved, and the student leaders last year too It felt inclusive of us and means that it isn't something that only the Headteacher thinks It has been important to hear that staff and parents have been involved too.

I am leaving the school at the end of this year, but these changes will stay. This is a really positive legacy to leave behind to know that there will be work in place for the betterment of everyone when we leave. It is a new modern direction for our school. Future generations of Nower Hill students will really benefit from this change

Sam Loza Head Student

Creating Choice and Possibilities for All

At Nower Hill our proudly diverse and inclusive community works together to create choice and possibilities for all

We believe that an ambitious education empowers every young person with the knowledge, skills, character and confidence to take control of their future. It encourages integrity, articulacy, and critical thinking. This drives a lifelong love of learning and a desire to make a difference.

We value ambition, commitment, creativity, equity, and kindness. We strive to ensure all students are challenged, well supported, and happy at school so they can thrive.

“Together, choice and possibilities express our belief that education is both a gateway and a catalyst. It secures the foundations for success while expanding the horizons of what our students can see, aspire to and become.”