Nowadays, pupils are faced with many challenges within their school environment as well as within their real and virtual lives outside the school walls.
In order to deal with these challenges successfully, and in a manner that enables them to remain mentally and physically healthy, pupils need to have a well-developed moral compass and personal skills.
It is our strong belief that the development of the person (pupils and staff) is essential to and complements everything else we do in schools.
Character education and development have been gaining increasing attention within the education sector in the UK.
Research conducted by the Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues at the University of Birmingham – Character Education in UK Schools – showed that “a concern for the development of a child’s whole character is central to good education and practice” and that the majority of teachers felt their school already had a “whole-school approach to character building”.
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