The Foundation’s values – Moral Integrity | Ambition | Responsibility | Kindness – underpin all that we do.
Our Values: M A R K
Each value has a clearly articulated group of behaviours that help pupils to understand and demonstrate M A R K.
Values and Aims
Moral Integrity
We want our pupils to leave us as mature and responsible young men and women, equipped with the skills to tackle the challenges ahead.
We strive to add value to each and every one of our pupils.
- We have the courage to say and do the right thing.
- We demonstrate the will to do the right thing.
- We can be relied upon to do the right thing.
- We act in private as we do in public.
- We stand firm for what is right.
- We challenge things we believe are wrong and are open to challenge from others.
- We are accountable for failure as well as success and do not allocate blame.
- We demonstrate and promote honesty and remain true to ourselves.
Ambition
Durham School encourages pupils to be ambitious. Pupils make excellent academic progress, supported by a strong record of academic achievement and success in team sports.
- We achieve our goals by working towards them consistently.
- We go above and beyond the call of duty.
- We are ambitious when setting goals for ourselves.
- We seek help and support before giving up and identify lessons in setbacks.
- We encourage everyone to fulfil their potential and support others to achieve theirs.
- We embrace opportunities and challenges, and seek to develop our skills and talents.
- We identify opportunities for School development.
Responsibility
Our pupils are punctual and purposeful in all that they do. We use our resources responsibly, developing and caring for the environment around us. We are pioneers in discovering better ways of doing things.
- We do what we say we will.
- We are punctual and purposeful in all that we do.
- We use our resources responsibly, developing and caring for our environment.
- We act before being asked and consistently deliver on expectations.
- We prepare thoroughly for all tasks.
- We are accountable for our actions.
- We encourage autonomy in all and seek opportunities for leadership.
- We acknowledge problems and seek to resolve them.
- We pioneer better ways of doing things.
Kindness
It is the generosity of today’s Durham Cathedral Schools Foundation community that helps to enhance and enrich pupils’ learning in the classroom.
- We are open and approachable to all, no matter their gender, faith, race or background.
- We welcome and listen to the opinions of others, and seek to engage and involve a diverse range of views within the community.
- We support and include newcomers and those in need of help, and actively build relationships.
- We support one another and stand up for fellow colleagues and pupils.
- We recognise individual needs within our diverse and inclusive community.
- We speak positively about the School community and respond to questions in a positive and constructive manner.
Our Aims
At Durham Cathedral Schools Foundation, we are ambitious for our pupils, staff and wider School community.
What We Want to Achieve
- We want individuals to strive for excellence in all that they do.
- We want them to aim high and involve themselves in all areas of Foundation life with commitment.
- We want individuals to grow as people by taking advantage of all the opportunities available to them at DCSF.
- With a Christian ethos underpinning our values, we want all members of the Foundation community to be tolerant, respectful and kind.
- We want individuals to become fully integrated members of the community, taking responsibility and fulfilling their leadership potential.
- We want to educate and support the Choristers of Durham Cathedral so that they can sing the daily praises of God.
- We want all Choristers to avail themselves of the opportunities available to them at the Foundation.
- We want the DCSF community to be diverse and inclusive, with each member working together as part of one family.
- We want everyone in the DCSF community to be known as an individual and supported in their ambitions.
- We want DCSF to play a wider role in the life of the City, the Region and beyond through the building of sustainable partnerships.
Read more about our ambition for the Foundation in our Development Plan:
Discover more about how our Aims and how MARK shapes education at Durham Cathedral Schools Foundation by attending our next Open Day.
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