- High standards centred on equity and excellence
- Exceptional schools working in collaborative partnership
- A strong place-based system with no child left behind
- A centre of innovation and educational excellence developing ideas and new ways of working
The Camden Education Strategy ‘Building Back Stronger’ (BBS) sets out a shared vision and ambition for all Camden Schools and stakeholders.
Our ambition for the future is based on the twin pillars of equity and excellence. Our schools do not have to choose between achieving excellence or supporting children who start from a position of disadvantage.A system which is better for disadvantaged children is better for everyone.
Education has the power to transform lives. It nurtures and develops individuals, allowing them to thrive. In Camden, we believe it also has an essential role in helping individuals grow as good citizens, ambitious for change, and able to contribute positively to their communities and society. We recognise the importance of high academic achievements to both individuals and society. But our definition of the purposes of education goes wider than this. Education can shape the values of future generations to create a fairer, more inclusive and sustainable society. The diversity of our school population represents a new and very promising future where difference is a source of strength and a spur to creativity.
This action is rooted in:
- evidence about the needs of children and young people and their families
- what schools have identified as their priorities
- the outcomes that have been commissioned from Camden Learning by the local authority
- the need to ensure that Camden Learning develops and grows as a sustainable and fit-for-purpose organisation
Our ambitions to 2030
Our foundations
To achieve this vision, we need foundations on which to build our work together.
These are:
An ambitious inclusive system: A system that breaks down the barriers to learning by calling out inequalities, acting to address them, making sure children and young people feel a strong sense of belonging to school and community so that no one is left behind.
A collaborative and federating system: A system where we use collaboration to motivate, learn and achieve better, taking collective responsibility for all our children, working together in formal and informal partnerships, including federations, so they are served well.
Think, test and Learn: A system where we are constantly developing ideas and new
practice and approaches, learning from research and staying at the leading edge of new and effective practice in education by trialling new ways of working.
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