The SMSC programme is designed to improve students’ ability to discern right from wrong and to understand and appreciate others’ views. Its aims are to support students to socialise, communicate and cooperate with a wide variety of people. It takes account of a range of cultural influences and knowledge of British Democracy. The assembly programme promotes fully as does the RE curriculum.
All religious festivals are acknowledged and celebrated through Assemblies, Tutor Time and our calendar of celebrations! We use staff and student voice to drive how we celebrate religious festivals with the community coming together to celebrate Iftar, Christmas lunch, Hanukkah, Diwali, Holi and more. Our RS curriculum drives religious education at KS3 and KS4 while our Key Stage 5 Journey of Life programme also engages our young people in examining diverse beliefs and commonalities across a range of religious faiths.
Our Character Education is explicitly taught through Assemblies and Tutor Time, so that all students are clear about our values: Kind, Courageous and Curious.
Our PSHCE Curriculum explores moral concepts and ensures that all of our students are active citizens who understand and enact our British values. The culture of our school connects all that we are and all that we do. We expect all of our students to be kind and our behaviour policy ensures that students explore their decision making and its consequences. Our Culture Card sets the tone for all students, ensuring that they actively participate in our community as kind, courteous and curious citizens. We reward our students for embodying the culture of our school through our Culture Card and DNA points system.
Students at Lift Kingsley engage in a wealth of social experiences that enhance their learning journey, their school experience and their holistic development as individuals within a unified community, both within and beyond school.
External Speakers and Agencies
Each year group has regular opportunities to engage with external speakers and facilitators so that they can become active participants in society. The following list is far from exhaustive:
All students benefit from regular careers education via PSHCE, Tutor Time, Unifrog and external led assemblies to open their eyes to the wealth of opportunities the world has to offer them. All students KS3-5 are supported to develop healthy, safe and empowered relationships with friends, family and romantic partners through regular workshops with the LVA. The LVA also provides students with a comprehensive education in online safety, consent, coercion and the law, while also offering a supportive curriculum in developing self-esteem, self-talk and self-worth. Students have also begun to work with Women’s Aid, Expect Respect Programme and the Turning Point programme, to further develop their understanding of healthy, safe relationships.
We offer a wide range of intervention programmes to support the social development of our students also and work closely with both community and national organisations to do so.
A sample of interventions includes:
At the end of each term, each year group attends a formal rewards assembly where they are acknowledged for their academic achievements, but also, the manner in which they embody our school’s DNA and our school’s values. We also award students for their creativity, sporting prowess and progress in Reading. At Lift Kingsley, we believe that it is crucial to ensure that students are acknowledged for both achievement and improvement across a term.
Lift Kingsley sits in the heart of Hounslow and so, our community links are invaluable to us, as is the role that we play as active participants in our community. We work with a vast array of local partnerships to support the holistic character development of all of our students.
Our students are part of our community from the moment they are offered their place at Lift Kingsley. We welcome our students by sending them a care package on the day that they are allocated a place with us.
We arrange a series of events to support transition such as:
Our SEND and safeguarding teams work hand in hand with feeder schools to ensure the best possible start for our most vulnerable, ensuring that they are seen, known and supported.
Cultural celebration, inclusion and diversity is at the very heart of our Kingsley Academy community. All students engage with British Values education through PSHCE and they live those values through the culture and expectations of the school along with the opportunities they have to express themselves and celebrate their culture.
Students are educated and supported to live in a democratic society that abides by the rule of law. Our community is fully inclusive, tolerant and respectful to all and every student is taught about the Equality Act, protected characteristics and British Values through our PSHCE and assembly programme.
We also drive and celebrate the diversity of our school culture through our annual Culture Day when students dress up in traditional dress or in anything that represents their unique identity. The day’s activities also explores food, music, traditions, language, dance, art and more.
We run 3 Character Development Days per year focusing on our core values: Kindness, Courage and Curiosity.
Each term celebrates one value and is designed to develop the whole student. For example:
We also drives the acknowledgement of key events in our local community and on the British calendar. The list is not exhaustive, but includes:
Students are invited to enter Creative Campaign Competitions for Anti-Bullying Week, World Mental Health Day and Black HIstory Month each year.
Lift Kingsley
Cecil Road,
HOUNSLOW,
TW3 1AX
(Our School Reception and Entrance is in Cecil Road)
Safeguarding: safeguarding@liftkingsley.org
