Our Vision, Mission and Values

Our Vision:

At Saltdean we take our children on a creative voyage of discovery with a rich and engaging curriculum.  Together, our values set the compass that enables them to navigate a diverse world, to be ready for the next stage of their journey, and to make a difference.

Our Mission:

• To be a learning community where all children feel valued, respected, confident and encouraged, and where they are supported and challenged to achieve to the very best of their abilities.
• To nurture students to become life-long learners, who value difference and individuality and who will retain our values into adulthood
• To offer a truly inclusive and safe environment which values and respects children, staff and parents and carers from diverse family, cultural and other backgrounds and where all achievements are celebrated.
• To provide high quality education which reflects our local area as well as our aspirations for our students’ successes in learning and in life.
• To work in partnership with the families we support, providing advice and encouragement.
• To help our learners to develop to their fullest potential and for them to be the best they can be in every aspect of their school experience. 

Our Values:

Our new Saltdean Values are really important to everyone in our community. They define what it means to be part of Saltdean Primary School, whether as a pupil (present or past); a member of staff; or parent or carer. 

You may notice that the initial letters of the values spell ‘BRICC’ (Belonging; Resilience; Integrity; Consideration; Curiosity), and we see these ‘BRICC bricks’ as the building blocks of everything we do at Saltdean.

The Values are:

• Belonging
• Resilience
• Integrity
• Consideration
• Curiosity

You can click here to see how our values relate to our learning and our behaviour.

Trips and Visits

At Saltdean, we do not see trips and visits as an additional extra. As a team, we discussed and evaluated what experiences we wanted all of our children to have. Each of our trips and visits are carefully mapped out as part of the 'engage' stage of our projects so as to help make learning meaningful and an exciting discovery. 

trips and events overview.pdf

British Values through Saltdean Values

All schools are required to promote and embed British Values in their teaching of SMSC. At Saltdean, we believe that these values are fundamental in ensuring that our children leave our school as kind, polite and active members of society. They are weaved through all that we teach from our PSHE, RSE, Assemblies to our PE.

• Democracy
• The Rule of Law
• Individual Liberty
• Mutual Respect and Acceptance of those with Different Faiths and Beliefs and for those without faiths

These values are part of our everyday teaching and life at Saltdean such as:

Democracy

The children learn about democracy explicitly as part of the process to elect many different roles within the school such as school council, eco-council etc. Children make a speech to their class about the qualities they possess that would make them an ideal candidate. All children then have the opportunity to vote for their choice.  Children represent their class throughout the year in important decision making processes such as interviews, leading assemblies and choosing their class treats.

 The Rule of Law

It is important that children understand why laws are important. This understanding ties closely with children's understanding of why we have school rules and class rules. When asked in an assembly why we have rules, a child explained that if we didn't it would be 'chaos'.  The children decide at the start of the year their class charter.  During these discussions, the children talk about rights and responsibilities. Our Saltdean Way sets our expectations within the school.

 Individual Liberty

Throughout their time in school, children are continually given opportunities to make decisions in a safe and secure environment. As a school, we educate them in how to keep themselves safe such as through e-safety, anti-bullying week and PSHE. Children learn that they have a voice and it is important that they use this. This year some of our key themes have been being an 'Upstander' in our Anti-bullying week and 'My Voice Matters'.

Mutual Respect and Acceptance of those with Different Faiths and Beliefs and for those without faiths

We love to find out about and celebrate different faiths, especially those that are present in our school. Our diversity is celebrated in a variety of ways in the classroom, in assemblies and across the whole school. We enjoy looking at the different ways people can show their faith and we especially like finding out about their celebrations.  Belonging is at the heart of our Values and is evident as you walk around our school, from the greetings to each other and the manners that are displayed. Please see our Friday Flyer for more information on our Coffee Mornings for families- our most recent was for EAL families.

 At Saltdean Primary, we will actively challenge pupils, staff or parents expressing opinions contrary to fundamental British Values, including ‘extremist’ views.