Vision and Values

Mission Statement

At Leigh Academy Dartford, from Nursery onwards, we provide children with meaningful opportunities and experiences to become global citizens who have a desire to learn.  Our purpose is to equip our children to be internationally-minded and to possess the essential skills they need to be successful and engaged in all their learning throughout their educational careers and within their future vocations. They will leave Leigh Academy Dartford as determined, persistent achievers who have the aspiration to change the world for the better.

As individuals, through the embedding of the International Baccalaureate Learner Profile, our children become open-minded and knowledgeable as they develop their ability to inquire and explore their own curiosities. They learn how to tackle problems through thinking skills and communicate, in more than one language, as they work collaboratively. At all times they act in a principled manner and are caring to all that they engage with. Our children develop the confidence to be risk-takers and work both independently and cooperatively. They also develop an understanding of how to reflect on our world and their own ideas and experiences and to ensure that they take a balanced approach in order to maintain and promote wellbeing.

Our aim is to send all our pupils onwards so they become lifelong learners, who are successful, confident and responsible global citizens with a desire to improve the world in which they live.

Ethos and Values

At Leigh Academy Dartford we are committed to providing a caring, friendly and safe environment for all of our pupils so they can learn in a calm and secure atmosphere. We believe every pupil should be able to participate in all school activities in an enjoyable and safe environment and be protected from harm.  

We Value:

• Our truthfulness, honesty, politeness and consideration towards others
• Respect and tolerance of the opinions and beliefs of others.
• Persistence and determination to realise dreams and the ability to inspire confidence and courage to achieve success.
• Self-discipline, self-respect, empathy and the capacity to live as an independent, self-motivated person with an awareness of the world community.
• Our children’s inquisitive and imaginative minds,  their questions, communication skills, and participation as members of co-operative groups;