Our Values and Vision

Our Vision

At Harris Academy Chobham we seek to enable our students develop as individuals who are sustained by an intrinsic sense of pride and a recognition of their own worth as human beings.  Many Chobham students come from challenging backgrounds and work hard to get to school and to succeed here.  All of our students make a unique contribution and all have much to celebrate in their lives and talents.  Our aim as a school is to help our students recognise, appreciate and fulfil their individual and collective gifts.

At Chobham Academy, we wish to assist the development of our students in five key areas:

This extends to creating an environment where all students are happy, appropriately challenged and stimulated, and feel able to fulfil their potential.  The things that make our vision distinctive are:

• All Chobham students will achieve a broad range of exceptional educational opportunities
• The different talents of our students are recognised, cultivated and celebrated
• Students are helped to understand moral issues and recognise the difference between right and wrong.  Our students are encouraged and supported in speaking up for what they believe to be right
• Students are enabled to succeed in whichever areas they possess talent and have a desire to achieve
• All students are supported in making as much academic progress as they are capable of and in achieving as highly as they can
• All students are recognised as unique individuals and enabled to express themselves in an articulate way
• Our students will possess good levels of knowledge and have a broad cultural, scientific and historical awareness
• Our students will be active young citizens who take responsibility and are considerate towards others
• Chobham students should be creative thinkers, capable of taking risks in their learning and studying independently
• Students will be socially adept and confident when meeting new people
• Students will be environmentally aware and knowledgeable global citizens
• Our students will have a commitment to equality and inclusivity and embrace diversity

To help us achieve our ambitions we aim to make the following provision a typical experience for all students at Chobham:

• Great teaching and learning
• Strong and supportive relationships with fellow students and staff
• A diverse range of enrichment activities and trips
• A safe and secure environment where young people can express themselves with confidence
• Outstanding role modelling from adults in the Academy community
• A range of external speakers and mentors
• An inspiring learning environment
• A broad and exciting curriculum that meets the needs and aspirations of all students.

Our Values

Guiding them on their journey through the academy are our ‘ICHEER’ school values. These values ‘inclusion, curiosity, honesty, empathy, excellence and respect’ provide children with a framework to guide their personal development as they move through the primary and secondary phases of the academy.  

Inclusion: At Chobham, we are at the centre of the diverse East Village community. The primary academy is a school with a heart which develops all children, regardless of their background, with self-confidence and high morals who care for and respect each other, their families and the staff at school. 

Curiosity: Every lesson and opportunity for learning is carefully planned to engage students and stimulate their natural curiosity. Across the curriculum, partner talk is used to ensure all learners take an active role in their own learning.

Honesty: All Chobham Academy students and staff will have the highest expectations of themselves and those around them. At our academy, students are taught to be reflective and use their experiences to guide their future behaviour.

Empathy: We teach our students to understand and share the feelings of others.  Being interested in the wellbeing of others and helping those in need is as important as succeeding ourselves. Each day, we will strive to do our very best for ourselves and for those around us.

Excellence: Through our unwavering belief in the potential of every child we generate for students a transformative experience allowing them to forge ambitious lifetime aspirations and assist cultivate in them total self-belief: the belief that they can and will achieve excellence in education, they are worthy of greatness, and capable of and responsible for  serving the community.

Respect: Chobham is recognised for its self-disciplined and well-mannered students who are respectful, courteous and who take pride in themselves, their academy and their community.

All Inclusive Ethos

An Ethos That Celebrates Who We Are And Where We Live

At the heart of our Chobham ethos is the passionate belief that all students are uniquely valuable and all students have the right to succeed in their education. We believe that it is our job to ensure this happens and that all students, regardless of who they are, leave primary school happy, confident and ready to succeed in their next phase of life.

Our school is in the heart of the borough of Newham. We are proud to be a part of a richly diverse inner London community. At Chobham, our differences are not only celebrated but actively discussed and learnt about. Our school community is a warm and welcoming environment in which staff, students and families are known and valued.

At Chobham, we believe that guided discussions and plenty of ‘talk for learning’ is central to students’ academic and social growth. Students are encouraged to give their own views in a reasoned way and to do their best to understand, and always respect, the views of others. In all of our primary classrooms, children are given regular opportunities to practice and manage this skill.

Also central to our Chobham ethos is the belief that schools have a duty to guide students moral as well as academic development. We strive to ensure that our students understand their responsibilities in the community and the wider world and grow to develop morals which help them to lead a healthy, happy life and through their actions benefit others. We use our assembly and PSHE programme as well as a regular schedule of extra-curricular events and fundraising activities to support this learning. Also key to our students understanding in this area is the frequency and quality of day to day discussion between staff and students, which helps them to think in a responsible and community centred way.

Mutual respect and tolerance are integral elements of our school culture at Chobham. We promote an inclusive approach to issues surrounding disability, race and ethnicity, religion/belief, sexual orientation, gender, age, marriage/civil partnerships and parenthood. Our PSHE curriculum seeks to actively teach understanding in these topic areas in a sensitive and age-appropriate manner. The Academy has a zero-tolerance approach towards bullying.

Students are helped to understand the attitudes and beliefs that are protected by law and form part of British values. These values are not just taught but are embedded in our school life and ethos. British values include; individual liberty, the rule of law, democracy, tolerance for those of different faiths and beliefs, mutual respect and awareness and tolerance of communities which are different to their own. This helps prepare our students for life in modern Britain, giving them the confidence to support one another and to challenge discrimination and extremist attitudes. This philosophy also underpins the academic curriculum and is taught through every subject.