At Colmers, our school vision is Opening Minds & Opening Doors.
We are ambitious for every one of our students to benefit from a Colmers education that opens doors beyond school. Great teaching is our core business – we want to excite and inspire our learners, equipping them with the powerful knowledge and understanding they need to succeed in and beyond their examinations. The exceptional extra-curricular and enrichment opportunities that we offer support our students’ personal development, which is central to their success and well-being.
Achieving Excellence, Belonging Together and Challenging Mindsets are our school values and underpin everything that we do at Colmers. We value the talents, potential and unique qualities of every Colmers student and are ambitious to make sure that every single student aims for excellence.
At Colmers, this is about always trying our best, learning from mistakes and being determined to keep improving: we recognise that everyone has different starting points but we do not set a limit on what any individual can achieve. We are determined that each child achieves their best possible examination outcomes alongside a positive sense of identity, knowing how important both of these are to opening doors beyond school.
It is very important to us that every student, every member of staff and every parent and carer feels part of the Colmers family. Our relationships with parents and carers are essential to ensuring the success, safety and well-being of our young people, especially as they navigate our fast-changing world. We are a community that values our individual differences while we work together towards shared goals.
At Colmers, we think it is essential to promote diversity, equity and inclusion. This means that we celebrate our differences and do our very best to remove barriers for individuals and groups who may face additional challenges, disadvantages or discrimination.
Colmers Characteristics
Our students will be encouraged to embody the Colmers Characteristics and take their place in the world as happy, healthy individuals who have successful relationships with their family, friends and neighbours. Our 9 Characteristics are below and are linked to our Achieving Excellence, Belonging Together and Challenging Mindsets values. Throughout a student’s time at Colmers we support students in developing these characteristics both inside and outside of the classroom and these are also linked to our rewards system.
