Cultural Capital & SMSC

Cultural Capital

Our Cultural Capital is the essential knowledge that you need to prepare you for your future access. 

A person's Cultural Capital has now become a huge focus in the education world, and, at Cove, we give our students an environment that allows them to realise the Cultural Capital they already have within them as well as making them aware that it grows. 

Through our focus on Care, Character and Academic Excellence, we drive our students to be ready for the wider world and whatever path they decide to take.

SMSC

Care, Character and Academic Excellence are what underpin our life at Cove School.  We wish to enable students to develop their self-knowledge, self-esteem and self-confidence, as well as distinguish right from wrong and to respect the law. 

Through our systems we encourage students to accept responsibility for their behaviour, show initiative and understand how they can contribute to community life.  Providing a broad general knowledge of public institutions and services in England will help to assist students in acquiring an appreciation of, and respect for, their own and other cultures in a way that promotes tolerance and harmony between different cultural traditions.

Promoting British Values

We are committed to upholding and promoting the values that make us proud to be British -i.e. the fundamental, shared principles that form the basis of society and identity in the United Kingdom. These values typically include:

• Democracy: Explicitly taught through the Humanity subjects and embedded in practices such as voting for Sports Captains, School Council and the Head Boy and Girl.
• The Rule of Law: The importance of laws, whether they be those that govern the class, the school, or the country, are consistently reinforced.
• Individual Liberty: Students are actively encouraged to make independent choices, with the knowledge that they are in a safe , secure and supportive environment.
• Mutual Respect: All members of the school community are constantly encouraged and directed to treat each other with respect and kindness.
• Tolerance of those of different faiths and beliefs: Student are equipped with the ability to understand their place in a culturally diverse society and are given the opportunities to experience such diversity within the school community.