Our vision at Kirk Smeaton C of E VC Primary School

Let God's love shine as we care for each other and learn together.

 James 1:17 - Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

 We use the school ethos of 'Let God's light shine, as we care for each other and learn together' as a starting point to all we do.  This is linked to the SHINE rules in school.

SHINE stands for Safe, Healthy, Independent, Nurturing and Equal and these keywords underpin the work we strive for in developing the whole child. We believe that every child has a talent to be nurtured;  This means that every child who attends our school, regardless of their gender, race, culture, or disability is given the same opportunity, encouragement and inspiration to achieve their full potential. We nurture our children as individuals; helping them every day to develop emotionally, physically and spiritually.

We are a Church of England school and work closely with the diocese.  Please visit  https://www.leeds.anglican.org/ for more information. We are part of the enhanced package and as such access a range of training and support. 

We follow and work from the guidance from the Diocese 'Valuing All God’s Children Guidance for Church of England schools on challenging homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying'.  Please see the link for more information.   

Valuing everyone at Kirk Smeaton C of E VC School;

• We provide a caring Christian environment to nurture all children to reach their full potential
• Christian ethos underpins every aspect of school life
• We share Christian worship
• The school has a vibrant and meaningful prayer life
• Religious Education is given a high priority
• Religious Education which emphasises an understanding of and positive engagement with the Christian faith
• Opportunities to appoint Christian staff who will support the school's foundation
• Church appointed foundation governors
• Christian love, value and respect for all in the school, home, church, community and world
• Christian respect for other people's faith and culture
• Mutually supportive links between church, home and school
• Pastoral support provided by the church
• Christian ethos permeates the school
• We care and develop children's spiritual, moral, social and cultural development
• Preparation for an appreciation of life in modern Britain.
• We provide pastoral support for all children
• We teach PHSCE to support the social and emotional aspects of learning
• We support local and national charities
• We have a democratic system when appointing members of all our councils
• We run ethos, school, eco, anti-bullying, playground monitors and JRSO councils
• We ask the children to show talents to others during assemblies
• Children run assemblies and are in charge for Christian values and elements or reading and prayers
• We have playground buddies, class buddies, circle of friends to support all children
• We value and enjoy learning about different religions, cultures, sexuality and race.
• We are committed to ensuring safety of all young people and their families.

More information on our Christian Values can be found here.