Our Values

The Branch Christian School have the following values, which underpin all that we do:

• Parents have the primary responsibility before God for educating their children, working in partnership with church and school to prepare the children for adult life. We believe that the role of parents in the education of their children is very important and we seek to work together with good, open communication.
• Commitment to excellence in all aspects of school life: we aim to do the best we can, and we encourage children to give of their best in everything they do.
• We will actively embed the British Values into our curriculum and encourage inclusiveness and respect for all.
• The importance of each child developing spiritually, physically, intellectually, creatively, socially, behaviourally and emotionally.
• Clear and consistent discipline: we work to maintain fair discipline throughout the school with a clear code of conduct that all staff and parents uphold.
• Respect for authority and honour for all. We teach the students to respect authority as given by God to parents, teachers and others in the school, Church communities and those in positions of responsibility e.g. the police, government etc.
• A Biblical world view in all areas of school life. We aim to develop a Biblical approach in all aspects of the curriculum, administration and pastoral care.

We want to ensure future generations of Godly people rooted and established in their faith and with an unselfish, confident and serving outlook on the world. We want to train the students to live out their faith with strength of character and wisdom.  Throughout the school day the emphasis is on the 90 character traits that Jesus exemplified, which are listed below.

Affectionate	Courteous	Forgiving	Kind	Persuasive	Self-Controlled
Appreciative	Creative	Friendly	Knowledgeable	Prepared	Sincere
Attentive	Decisive	Generous	Longsuffering	Prudent	Steadfast
Available	Deferent	Gentle	Loving	Punctual	Submissive
Blessed	Dependable	Godly	Loyal	Pure	Tactful
Cheerful	Determined	Goodly	Meek	Purposeful	Temperate
Committed	Diligent	Gracious	Merciful	Ready	Thorough
Compassionate	Discerning	Grateful	Modest	Resourceful	Thrifty
Concerned	Discreet	Happy	Obedient	Repentant	Tolerant
Confident	Efficient	Holy	Observant	Resourceful	Trustworthy
Considerate	Equitable	Honest	Optimistic	Respectful	Truthful
Consistent	Fair	Humble	Orderly	Responsible	Understanding
Content	Faithful	Integrity	Patient	Reverant	Virtuous
Cooperative	Fearless	Joyful	Peaceful	Righteous	Wise
Courageous	Flexible	Just	Perseverant	Secure	Zealous

There is not one of these character traits that we would not want our children to have. The way we run the school through the PACEs, chapels, responsibilities, goal setting, work life and play life- it is all geared around encouraging the growth of character in the children.

We want them to build these character traits – to identify them and to understand them and then to instil them into their own lives. The teachers see the discipline that the children receive as an opportunity to encourage them to consider if they could be ‘fair’, ‘resourceful’, or whichever character trait they need to work on.

If they struggle to get through their work, for example, the teachers talk with them about their desire – do they want to be ‘diligent’, ‘thorough’, ‘perseverant’? Can they be ‘determined’ with this maths page? The focus on the character traits enables us to teach the children to consider others and treat them with a Godly respect and to develop self-control and self-esteem.  We want their hearts to be turned to God.