Charter for Aspiring Learners

This applies from the youngest child in each nursery to the Director of Education, and to all those working in local authority and national educational institutions:

As a learner:

I have the entitlement of having a pleasant and stimulating learning environment which has consistency of procedures, and relationships of those around me who I can trust.

I am respected as an individual, no matter my age, gender, race or other characteristics.

I have opportunities to learn and participate with others;

I have opportunities to have degrees of freedom, to be able to have personal space, choice of activity and way of being.

I also respect the requirements of others for their space and will respect their needs.

I will respect the need for collective decisions which are the basis of joint trust.

I can expect that fairness and justice are essential for the enrichment of relationships.

I can expect to talk about and comment on the consequences of my actions

I am entitled to have support in my learning and have feedback about my learning related to myself as an individual and not in comparison with others.

I am respected when I make mistakes and I am welcomed when I say “I am stuck and do not understand".

I have entitlement to play a part in service to others and have a personal voice within the institution and community.

A Charter for Educators exploring 21st Century Education: 

As an educator, I am distinctly different in my approach from an administrator, a manager or a quality inspector; 

I am interested in building out the conditions for others to grow in their possibilities and competencies, no matter their circumstances;

To do this I need personal confidence in myself and skills to communicate and develop complexity in organisation; 

I recognise the three essential conditions of security, graciousness and ordered freedom; 

I recognise the energy in all of us for self improvement and development;

I recognise how life’s circumstances at home and in institutions can cause this enthusiasm to be dissipated;

I recognise how caring adults can, by supportive conversations, source a stronger sense of coherence about life, and self resilience.

I understand that positive  feedback is more beneficial than negativity.