KDS Culture

Kingsdown BEATs Curriculum

We believe that the BEATs provide for our students the core values and character traits which will help them develop into employees of the future and good human beings.  We believe that to champion each of our students they need to feel that they belong. We aim to ‘claim’ each individual student. The education we provide will teach children not just how to be successful in the exam hall but to develop the knowledge, skills and values they will require to develop into well rounded young people. The BEATs provide the foundation for this, and are central to the development of each student. Our students deserve a school and a community that they can be part of, a school that cares about them, and one to which they belong.

In order to champion each and every student all staff use the Rights Respecting language of the BEATs to develop positive relationships with students. Every student has a named champion for the vast majority this is their tutor. Our Culture of High Aspirations (CHAsp) champions every student to reach their full potential both academically as well as in the development of their character. We believe that a rights respecting culture is a demonstration of the BEATs in action, and that the explicit teaching or rights and the need to respect these of these is fundamental to developing each student. We ensure that students are rewarded for their efforts in all areas of school life.

Our BEATs permeate throughout each area of the curriculum, we explicitly teach students the BEATs, what they mean, how they are demonstrated and why they are so important, this provides the basis for the character education of students along with our school virtues. Through our PD programme we develop our students understanding further of the BEATs this incorporates citizenship, PSHE and careers education. Our Religious Studies curriculum supports this the development of students character and understanding of respect throughout KS3 and 4, and our enrichment programme gives our students a wider experience of BEATs in action.

Our students are invested in the BEATs and the importance of these are not lost on them. Many of our students choose to become ambassadors to help new students to the school belong. Our Champions of Change and Hear to Here ensure that no student is not represented and feel safe. The prefects are proud of their school and are great role models of the BEATs and these are ably led by our senior and Head students who lead the peer education of rights education and BEATs to all in school.