Aims
We aim to ensure that any child coming to Ferndale feels welcome, and from the outset develops a positive attitude to school life, learning to meet its demands with commitment and cheerful vigour, in an environment that is fair, firm and friendly.
We seek to educate the whole child, fostering not just academic skills but intellectual curiosity, not offering a narrow curriculum but providing for creative, cultural and sporting interests.
We seek high standards to which children are keen to aspire.
We believe that children need to feel good about their community, appreciating the virtues of co-operation and loyalty, whilst remaining individuals and growing in confidence and independence.
We endeavour to teach by example and by guidance habits of courtesy, responsibility, and respect for others, their welfare, their feelings and their possessions.
We seek to understand parental hopes and dreams and address their concerns, working with them to secure the happy development of their children, socially and academically.
We want the children we care for to feel good about themselves, which will, we believe, empower them to do good at the same time as doing well. We want them to be decent and moral, with a love of life and a regard for their World.
