Vision Statement

Values, culture, and character through excellence in standards. Devizes School raises aspirations and builds futures — we change lives.

Values — Courage, Pride, and Resilience

  • We have courage to always try and do the right thing, even when it is difficult to do so.
  • We have pride in ourselves, each other, and our school.
  • We have the resilience to never give up and always bounce back.

We do this with the spirit of kindness, trust, and cheerfulness.

Prospectus

British Values

At Devizes School, we actively promote British values through our school vision, ethos, agreed rules, curriculum, and teaching. As such, we promote tolerance of, and respect for, people of all faiths (or those with no faith), cultures, and lifestyles.

We prepare children and young people positively for life in modern Britain by supporting them through our words, actions, and influence, not just within school, but also within the wider community.

Promoting Our Values

The government defines British values as:

  • Democracy.
  • Rule of law.
  • Individual liberty.
  • Mutual respect.
  • Tolerance of those of different faiths.

At Devizes School, we value the diverse ethnic backgrounds of all pupils and families and undertake a variety of events and lessons to celebrate these. We have found this approach to be enriching for all parties as it teaches tolerance and respect for the differences in our community and the wider world. Underpinning all of this is a range of curriculum topics that have strong links to the British Empire. We actively challenge children, staff, and parents expressing opinions contrary to fundamental British values, including ‘extremist’ views.

As part of The White Horse Federation, we passionately believe that by working together, the children are able to have a higher quality of education, and that as colleagues, we will also benefit from and reap the rewards of a values-based organisation where no one is left behind.

Parent Handbook 2024-25

In this booklet you should find almost every piece of information you’ll ever need in order to support your child(ren) in being successful with us here at Devizes School. Throughout this book direct links for digital versions and QR codes for paper copies are provided, for direct links to relevant websites/forms as described.