Vision, Values & Ethos

The Langley Vision

We want Langley to be respected, admired and desired for its pioneering pastoral care, innovative curriculum, modern facilities and inclusive forward thinking approach that opens doors and changes lives.

Values and Ethos

Our aim as stated in our prospectus is to encourage all within the school ‘to be the best that we can be’.  Why is this simple, but over-arching, so central to all we do?  This is our core value for a number of reasons.

• So our young people are exceptionally well educated.
• To develop happy, healthy, confident and successful life-long learners.
• To develop cognitive, social and emotional resilience and resourcefulness.
• So our students are prepared not for a life of tests but the tests of life.
• So everyone fulfils their potential, is courteous and considerate to others and supports their community

What Matters at Langley School

We expect everyone at Langley to be READY, RESPECTFUL and SAFE

How We Work Together

• We are committed to protecting and enhancing the WELLBEING of everyone.
• We share a CLEAR SENSE OF PURPOSE, with students at the centre of all that we do and strive for.
• We are committed to investing in POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS to enhance all that we do, respecting and valuing differences.
• We have HONEST CONVERSATIONS to build trust and ensure fairness.
• We believe in CONSULTATION when making decisions which affect us all.
• We make decisions with TRANSPARENCY AND FAIRNESS, finding a route through when things get difficult.
• We take a SOLUTIONS-FOCUSSED APPROACH, concentrating on what we can do.
• We are committed to COLLABORATION, working openly and honestly with each other and as part of wider networks.
• We adopt VISIBLE CONSISTENCY as a way of SUPPORTING each other.
• We provide SUPPORT through challenging times.
• We are a COMPASSIONATE COMMUNITY with a shared set of values and a love for our very special school.

Our Approach With Our Young People

• We encourage everyone to embody our school motto: “TO BE THE BEST WE CAN BE” in all that we do.
• We see everyone’s POTENTIAL AS LIMITLESS.
• We share the fundamental belief that a child’s past does not determine their future. OUR MISTAKES DO NOT DEFINE US.
• We see LEARNING AS AN EXCITING GATEWAY TO OPENING DOORS AND TRANSFORMING LIVES.
• We EDUCATE our young people on POSITIVE AND PRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOUR AND LEARNING TRAITS which will UNLOCK POTENTIAL.
• We VALUE EVERY INDIVIDUAL for their skills, talent and identity, ensuring everyone in our community is enabled to thrive.
• We are INCLUSIVE, celebrating DIVERSITY and promoting EQUALITY in everything we do.
• We NEVER GIVE UP and we are committed to finding the right path for everyone.
• We want our students to leave us as SUCCESSFUL, GOOD PEOPLE, with a healthy sense of well-being and self-confidence and to be PROUD OF THEMSELVES AND OUR SCHOOL.