Our Purpose

To ensure that all children feel safe, secure and are inspired by learning. 
We are committed to providing innovative, creative, high-quality education for every child, which inspires a lifelong love of learning and equips them with the wide range of skills and knowledge needed for transfer to secondary school and life beyond.
 
John Betts is a safe, secure and inspiring environment where our children feel valued and happy, one where we celebrate and promote equality of opportunity and diversity, and the importance of serving other people and our community.

Our Values

In 1859 Dr. John Betts set up a unique trust to provide free education to local children. A social pioneer, he believed that happy children, equality of opportunity, educational excellence and service to others were of the highest importance.

John Betts School is as innovative now as it was then: Voluntary aided and non-denominational with broadly Christian values (kindness, integrity, resilience, perseverance, and courage) that are at the heart of everything we do.

We are committed to providing innovative, creative, high-quality education for every child, which inspires a lifelong love of learning and equips them with the wide range of skills and knowledge needed for transfer to secondary school and life beyond.

John Betts is a safe, secure and inspiring environment where our children feel valued and happy, one where we celebrate and promote equality of opportunity and diversity, and the importance of serving other people and our community.

Our Vision and Aims

• To be an exceptional setting with high ambitions for all children ensuring they make better than expected progress and achieve above both local authority and national outcomes.
• To ensure that our children are safe, secure and enjoy coming to school.
• Wellbeing of the whole school community is a priority both physical and emotional.
• To further extend opportunities for an enhanced and enriched curriculum in particular in relation to music, the arts and sport.
• To provide high-quality CPD for all professionals to ensure they become outstanding practitioners.
• To gain Teaching School status.
• To be an active participant in our local community and beyond.
• To have high expectations for all and to ensure that we demonstrate the very best standards of conduct, moral purpose and integrity.

Our Vision and Values validated by OFSTED
Our success in being true to our values, vision and aims was highlighted throughout of last OFSTED report, some examples being:

• “This is a happy place to come to school. Pupils like the friendly atmosphere and the opportunities on offer.”
• “Pupils understand the school’s values of ‘kindness, integrity, resilience, perseverance and courage’ which form the basis for all learning. Weekly assemblies reinforce school values.”
• “Leaders and governors expect all pupils to achieve. They are ambitious, have high expectations and support pupils to reach their potential.”
• “Pupils are articulate and confident.”
• “Pupils are polite, courteous and responsible. They are well prepared to be responsible citizens in modern Britain.”
• “Leaders provide pupils a broad range of rich experiences beyond the curriculum.”
• “The curriculum is enhanced further through a wide range of extracurricular activities.”