Compton C.E. Primary School

At Compton C of E Primary School we feel a deep responsibility to nurture and develop core values that can guide our lives and be shared and expressed by everyone – regardless of faith or belief. These guide our school community, helping to form character, spiritual awareness and self-esteem.

As a school community we seek to promote reflection about children’s own beliefs and faith and to encourage their own interest in and respect of other religions and faiths. As a Church of England school, we aim to anchor the values in the Christian faith by relating them to the Bible through stories and readings.

We believe the schools’ core values encourage children to recognise the difference between right and wrong and how their own actions affect others. As this understanding develops children learn how to co-operate and empathise with others of differing backgrounds.

Over the course of the year, we explore 6 core values: their meaning and their significance in Christianity, other religions and secular teachings. We spend a term focusing on each core value in turn and to which our worship and church services are linked.

Within our school community the acceptance, understanding and engagement of the fundamental British values form an integral part of our Christian values. These are:

• Democracy,
• The rule of law,
• Individual liberty,
• Mutual respect
• Welcome of those with different faiths and beliefs