School Mission
Aim and Mission
In keeping with the school’s mission ‘…to prepare the young people of today for the unknown occupations of tomorrow’, we expect all students in key stages 3 and 4 at Park Lane to be: responsible, respectful, resourceful, resilient and risk-takers.
These are the Park Lane 5 ‘R’s, and the concept of the 5Rs feeds into the IB Learner Profile which reflects the holistic approach to teaching and learning at KS5 – the IB Diploma Programme of study. The 5 Rs and IB Learner Profile underpin all we do at Park Lane to ensure our students leave us as well-rounded adults, ready for an independent life beyond school.
Achieving success by learning well and living well
Our aim is to support our students to become well rounded individuals and citizens of tomorrow, who are well prepared for a complex world. We believe that academic excellence is key to this, and that this is supported through a focus on wellbeing, metacognition and the development of skills and dispositions that support great learning. Our approach is built around several core elements:
Developing Character and Values… placing a high importance on character, values, and dispositions
Learning by Creating & Experiencing… founded on the importance of creativity and the opportunity to learn through different experiences.
Thinking Differently… fostering innovative and entrepreneurial thinking, embracing and promoting new ideas and new ways of thinking…. recognising that an agile mind/skillset is vital for success in the modern world.
Taking Individual Responsibility & Collective action… encouraging students to take individual and collective responsibility… working in groups to take action,’make things happen’ and create positive change.
Listening, Understanding & Collaborating… developing open mindedness, the ability to think through issues from multiple perspective, come to reasoned decisions, be able to work with other people even if their thinking is different.
Internationally minded, locally and globally engaged… embracing diversity and intercultural learning, grappling with global issues. Recognising that being ‘internationally minded’ means engaging with local issues as well.
Our aim is to support our students to become well rounded individuals and citizens of tomorrow, who are well prepared for a complex world. We believe that academic excellence is key to this, and that this is supported through a focus on wellbeing, metacognition and the development of skills and dispositions that support great learning.
