What sort of place is Sir Harry Smith Community College?
Sir Harry Smith is a Comprehensive Community College. We aim to create a friendly and caring environment. We believe that:
- Everyone has a right to equal chances
- Everyone is of equal value
- Everyone deserves respect
The following statements indicate something of the Sir Harry Smith ethos.
- We want our students to become articulate, confident and self-disciplined adults, responsible for their own behaviour and caring for others
- We wish to emphasise co-operation, tolerance, sensitivity and empathy
- We seek to meet the needs of each individual
- We wish to develop students as responsible citizens
- We welcome all members of the community and visitors to the College
- We have high expectations of all staff and students who work at the College
- We think it is important to maintain and develop an attractive working environment
What we are looking to achieve
Via a programme of teaching and learning activities:
- We help students to develop lively, enquiring minds, the ability to question and argue rationally and to apply themselves to tasks
- We help students acquire knowledge, skills and understanding to gain maximum benefit for adult life and employment in a fast changing world
- We help students to be responsible for their own health, fitness and hygiene
- We help students to respect other people’s religious and moral values and to understand other religions and ways of life
- We help students to understand and appreciate the multicultural world
- We help students to understand that everyone regardless of their race, sex, social background, status or disability has a right to equal opportunities
- We invite parents to be partners in the education of their children