The Shiplake Seven

The Shiplake Seven is our teaching and learning framework designed to foster and develop key interpersonal qualities in our pupils. The seven qualities not only provide a solid foundation for pupils to achieve success throughout their education, but also equip our leavers with the skills they need to enter the next stage of their lives as confident, personable and capable young adults.

The framework is integrated across the academic and co-curriculum, allowing the seven qualities to be nurtured inside and outside the classroom. Pupils are encouraged to use these skills in their lessons and activities, with Year 9 pupils working towards the Shiplake Seven Award.

The Shiplake Seven framework provides energy and direction to our already excellent teaching and learning. The qualities were selected by a panel of teaching staff from a larger pool of attributes put forward by pupils. We firmly believe that these qualities are essential for pupils to achieve success at school and subsequently in their chosen careers. Whilst, of course, these skills were already being developed by teaching across the curriculum, this framework will allow pupils’ personal development to be more comprehensively encouraged, monitored and rewarded.