- About our School
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- Headteacher's End of Autumn Term Newsletter 17/12/21
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- Headteacher's Newsletter 24/01/22
- Headteacher's Newsletter 25/01/22
- A message from the Director of Education
- A message from the Director of Public Health and Director of Children’s Service
- Archive Newsletter
- Headteacher's Newsletter 21/22
- Headteachers's Newsletter 20/21
- COVID-19 updates
- Coronavirus schools update
- Coronavirus schools update
- Headteacher's Newsletter 09/12/20
- Headteacher's Newsletter 28/12/20
- School re-opening update- March
- Headteacher's Newsletter 05/01/21
- Headteacher's Newsletter 31/12/20
- Headteacher's Newsletter 26/03/21
- Headteacher's Newsletter 21/05/21
- Headteacher's Newsletter 09/04/21
- COVID-19 updates
- Headteacher's End of Summer Term Newsletter 14/07/21
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- Newsletter 09/03/2020
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- Newsletter 27.01.2020
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- Newsletter 13th January 2020
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- Newsletter 14/10/2019
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- Headteacher's Newsletter 23/09/2019
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- End of Term Newsflash - Friday 19th July 2019
- Summer Post 16 & GCSE Results Newsflash August 2018
- End of Spring Term Newsletter 05/04/2019
- 2021/22 News
- British Red Cross First Coping with challenges workshops
- British Red Cross First Aid workshops
- Students visit Riverside
- The mystery of Speke Hall
- Open Evening for 2022 intake
- E-Scooters
- Kooth and Qwell
- Boat of Hope
- Frantic Assembly
- Post-mortem live!
- BIG Little Library Christmas Book Flood
- Educate Awards 2021- Winners revealed
- National under 19 Chess Tournament
- Carol Concert to go Virtual
- Children's Mental Health Week 7-13th Feb
- Frantic Ignition premiere
- World Challenge Phosela Project update
- County Champions!
- The Big Red Writing Bus
- The BIG Little Library has moved!
- Year 7 visit the International Slavery Museum
- HAF Easter Schools
- Dobbies Shortlist- We need your votes!
- The Listen Project
- Creative Careers
- A night at the Opera
- 2020/21 News
- Working through self-isolation
- Home-Learning
- Virtual Open Evening
- Join Liverpool Race Equality Task Force Event
- UK Parliament Week
- Gateacre in the press
- Thank you!
- Movember
- Community Christmas Cards
- Virtual Christmas Concert
- Government scheme for free mobile data increases
- January 2021 Exams Update
- Live Lessons
- Arts Award success
- Summer Exams 2021
- Ofsted Parent View
- He's back!
- The Duke of Edinburgh
- Ofsted remote monitoring inspection
- Rudston Primary put on their PJs to celebrate the magic of reading at Gateacre School
- To Parent/Carers of Year 11 and Year 13
- A reminder regarding PE Kit
- Breakfast at Home
- Cracking the code with Bletchley Park
- Rainforest Roadshow
- Student Travel 2021-22
- 2019/20 News
- Blood Brothers
- We are the champions!
- Girls Football update
- Ghost Hunting with Yvette Fielding
- Project Phosela
- Ghost Hunting with Archie, Yvette and Watson
- Peace Out
- Basketball update
- Cyber Champions
- Another Place
- Hackathon
- BIG Little Library Christmas Book Flood
- Drama at The Basement
- Christmas Comedy Cracker
- Community Christmas Lunch
- Carol Concert
- Girls in STEM
- Strauss and Stravinsky
- Blood Brothers Workshop
- FREE online course for parents, carers and grandparents
- Coming Soon! Bands Night
- City indoor athletics competition
- A sporting update
- Work Experience
- Home-Learning
- Barcelona 2020
- Wonderful words from the Whitechapel
- Medicine in Space
- British Sign Language lessons
- What a week for Reading!
- Ich bin ein Berliner
- How to Wash Your Hands
- GCSE Pod
- Social distancing at the school gates
- Calling all Year 6
- A message from Maria Eagle MP
- Free School Meals
- Ofsted
- School Performance
- Governance
- Images of Gateacre School
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Promoting British Values
Our school vision and ethos incorporates the fundamental British values of: democracy; individual liberty; the rule of law; mutual respect; tolerance of those with different faiths and belief.
These values are promoted not only through the curriculum but also through student experiences, displays, assemblies, the behaviour system, Academic Tutorial programme extra-curricular clubs and the Learning 4 Life Curriculum
The Department for Education outlines a five-part definition of British values:
• democracy
• the rule of law
• individual liberty
• mutual respect
• tolerance of those of different faiths and beliefs
Our Values At Gateacre
We believe that the following list exemplifies some of the values held dear by British citizens:
- Democracy
- Respect of the rule of law
- Appreciation of the rights of other citizens
- Individual liberty
- The promotion of opportunities for all
- Support for those who cannot, by themselves, sustain a dignified life-style
- Religious tolerance and respect for cultural diversity
- Treating others with fairness
- Participation in community life
- The contribution to, as well as the benefit from, cultural and economic resources
Although this list is not exhaustive, we believe it encapsulates the attitudes that Gateacre School values and seeks to inculcate in its young people.
Democracy
We promote the importance of democracy through such things as:
School council
Mock Elections for House captains and House charities
Student Voice on key areas of school life
Students are encouraged to voice their thoughts across all curriculum areas by responding to teacher feedback in books, careful questioning by staff, the work they produce and classroom dialogue
We have a student council who are members of Liverpool School Parliament
Students learn about democracy in citizenship lessons and assemblies
Mock elections
Individual Liberty
Individual liberty is promoted through such things as:
Students are introduced to a range of beliefs and issues so that they are able to make more informed choices for themselves
Our broad and varied curriculum equips students with the knowledge and skills to broaden the choices they make about future employment and education
Students are able to make choices about the courses they will study at Key Stage 4
Rule of Law
The importance of the Rule of Law is promoted through:
The Behaviour for Learning Policy
The rules (Teacher’s Standards), students (Student Code of Conduct), and Governors.
We liaise closely with outside agencies including the Police
The Acceptable Use Policy is used to promote correct use of the internet
Students are explicitly taught the legal framework on a number of contemporary and social issues
Safeguarding policy
Our Learning 4 Life Curriculum
Mutual Respect
In school we promote the importance of mutual respect through such things as:
Behaviour policy and Code of Conduct
School Equality Duty and Equal Opportunities policies
Curriculum areas such as RS, PSHE and Art help students to learn about a wide range of people, cultures and beliefs
Tolerance of Those with Different Faiths and Beliefs
We promote the importance of different faiths and beliefs through:
Our school ethos
Our RS Curriculum
Our Citizenship Programme
The curriculum helps students to learn about a wide range of people, cultures and beliefs and so develops students ability to make informed decisions, form and be confident in their own identity and understand and respect that of others.Â
- All of our students participate in one 30 minute lesson per week of Citizenship Education from Years 7-13 with themed sessions per term
- The Learning 4 Life Curriculum has a citizenship module in each of Years 7-13 , these modules are delivered by teachers with an area of expertise
- Government and Politics is offered as an option for A Level study
- Assemblies held once a week led by the Head of House or a senior member of staff
- The school’s system of organising students in houses encourages involvement of every pupil in school life
- The school supports local, national and international charities. Many of our students take part in the Duke Of Edinburgh , National Citizen Service and World Challenge
- All our students study RS (also known as Philosophy and Ethics) from Year 7-11. RS GCSE is offered as an option in Key Stage 4, with the remaining students following a non-examined programme of study in Belief and Ethics.
- The British values of Mutual Respect and Tolerance of those of different faiths are foundational to all areas of Religious Study at Gateacre