Ethos & Values

Educate Together Academy Trust (ETAT) has five primary schools: Redfield Educate Together in Bristol, Somerdale Educate Together in Keynsham, Mulberry Park Educate Together in Bath, Parklands Educate Together in Weston-super-Mare and Abbey Farm Educate Together in Swindon.

Our unique ethical curriculum and our core principles enable us to create a learning environment that nurtures, encourages and builds the skills children will need in our increasingly diverse and globalised world.

We are an equality based school where no child is an outsider and we learn together to live together. We aim to develop the whole child, encouraging their individuality, respecting each child’s identity and respecting that of their family equally.

We work hard to create a positive, comfortable atmosphere in all our schools nurturing each child as an individual. Each school is different and meets the needs and aspirations of their local community and parents however each school adheres to these 4 core principles:

• Equity-based, Through being equitable in our work, all children and staff will have equal access to their rights and, regardless of background, all will be equally respected.
• Aspirational, All of our children have the right to a holistic world class education.  All our work aims to ensure that every child can make progress and achieve well in every aspect of their education.
• Child-centred, Children are at the heart of every decision and activity.  Their voices are actively sought and listened to.  They play a lead role in shaping their education.
• Collaborative, Our schools aim to be central to the communities they serve.  As such, we look for opportunities to give voice to and work in partnership with all stakeholders of the schools.

We actively encourage and teach children to be proactive participants in our world, questioning and reflecting on all that life brings them.

Our ethical curriculum, Learn Together is taught every day with the National Curriculum and Early Years Foundation Stage integrated into it.

This means that the children will be ‘secondary ready’ with their core skills of Maths, English, Science and all the usual subjects and will also have a range of other skills to enable them to be proactive citizens. High standards in a rich knowledge and skills based academic and non-academic curriculum are the expectation.

Day by day we question whether what we do is for the children’s learning and the children’s welfare. If it isn’t then we question why we are doing it. We believe it is important to have high academic standards and maintain it is possible to achieve this alongside a creative and ethical curriculum.

Click for info on the UK National Curriculum and EYFS.

Further information about curriculum delivery by Subject and Year Group can be found on each schools website.