The Cornelius Vermuyden School and Arts College seeks to provide a quality education within a supportive, caring and disciplined environment to pupils of all abilities and to work with and for the local community. The education we offer recognises every person as an individual in his or her own right and aims to develop each child’s intellectual, cultural, emotional, spiritual, social and physical capacities to the full. This education celebrates the achievements of each individual and strives for excellence in the development and performance of every child in order that each is able to contribute positively to society at large.
As an Arts College we will raise standards in the Visual Arts for all our students across the ability range, leading to whole school improvement in performance. We will:
be active partners in a learning society with our local family of schools and our local community, sharing resources and expertise, developing and promoting good practice;
promote an arts educational culture, which is creative, expressive, technological and vocational;
make extensive use of ICT, exploiting new technologies in developing new approaches to teaching and learning across the curriculum;
raise the post-16 participation rate in the Visual Arts and provide young people with the skills needed to progress into further training, higher education and employment according to their individual abilities, aptitudes and ambitions;
develop and disseminate good practice to share with other schools, across Canvey Island, country-wide and beyond;
work closely with our local community: in the arts and among those we can reach through the arts, enriching, stimulating and enabling.
We believe that placing the Visual Arts at the centre of our school life will be transformational: for the arts in school, for our whole curriculum, for our relationship with local community, for the local arts community, for many individuals and groups who will be reached through arts activities.
We are convinced that being a successful Arts College will enhance all other areas of school life. We continue to commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in all aspects of the curriculum.
 | Pastoral record keeping for students who find learning difficult is meticulous, and well monitored procedures ensure confidentiality and a good match to need.In this school 'every child does matter'.
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School Aims and Objectives
To create a safe and stimulating learning environment in which all pupils will be able to develop their abilities and personal qualities to the full:
To ensure a purposeful, disciplined learning environment;
To ensure a high quality of teaching and learning;
To maintain a safe and well decorated physical environment;
To ensure the provision of academic and pastoral support for every pupil;
To develop, in each pupil, a sense of pride in, and responsibility for, the school as a community;
To ensure opportunities for the professional development of staff.
To equip every pupil to be able to play a role as a responsible citizen:
To offer opportunities within and beyond the formal curriculum for pupils to develop their particular talents and abilities;
To provide opportunities for pupils to exercise responsibility and take a meaningful role in discussion and decision-making;
To promote self-discipline, tolerance and respect in pupils for all members of the community.
To encourage every pupil to strive for excellence:
To expect the highest standards of behaviour and achievement from every pupil;
To celebrate achievement;
To expect the best from every pupil at all times.
To provide an education that promotes education as a lifelong process:
To ensure the provision of a curriculum that meets the National Curriculum and the needs of the pupils;
To ensure the provision of properly differentiated teaching;
To develop study practices and an approach to education that avows learning as an end in itself as well as a means to an end;
To develop practices and opportunities that offer educational opportunities to the local community.
To develop links with the community and local businesses for the provision of opportunities for the pupils of the school and members of the local community:
To provide opportunities for members of the local community to contribute to and share in the life of the school;
To encourage pupils to contribute to the life of the local community;
To provide opportunities for pupils to help others.
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