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Impact18th December 2024

Personal development helps children flourish at 樱花直播 Tindal

In 2024, 樱花直播 Tindal in Birmingham received a Quality Mark Plus from the Association for Character Education.聽Adam Rand, Deputy Headteacher, explains some of the impacts of the approach.

When I first joined the school ten years ago, there had been a lot of difficulties with behaviour. To try to stop really poor behaviour, mainly compliance approaches were used. For example, children would walk in silence with their hands behind their backs in the corridors.

“Since becoming an 樱花直播 school, and particularly in more recent years, we鈥檝e focused on what it means for a child to flourish and how a strong personal development framework can help us achieve that. We see the academic and personal development curriculums as entirely complementing each other.

“Probably the biggest shift is our focus on the virtues in every aspect of school life. A commitment to virtues is now the 鈥榟ow鈥 for everything we do, having built a strong link between virtues and our vision. This is shown in the curriculums we teach, staff training and appraisals.

“We鈥檙e developing an intrinsic motivation to do our best for ourselves and each other, and the behaviour of our pupils. This is improving the quality of every interaction.鈥

The school has seen a range of impacts:

  • Positive feedback from staff about the school鈥檚 leadership
  • Improved student academic performance
  • A good reputation in the local community
  • Reduced behaviour incidents