At Braeburn Primary and Nursery Academy, children are our number one priority for whom we strive to deliver high quality teaching and learning whilst at the same time providing rich, exciting and enjoyable learning experiences. Everything we do as a school is to ensure that the children achieve their very best. We are extremely aware that children get one chance of a memorable education and it is our aim to ensure that they all reach for the highest levels of personal achievement and development.
We want every child to be successful; to reach for success from the very first day they join us and throughout their school lives so that when they leave us, they have a love of learning firmly embedded and a thirst for continually developing their knowledge and skills.
We aim to give all children the best possible opportunities to grow and develop as people in their own right and at their own pace.
We hope to achieve this through our school expectations, which are at the heart of our school:
Our school community is built on the foundations of Respect, Self Belief, Kindness and Honesty. 
At Braeburn we show Respect for each other and for our environment.
Respectful relationships are promoted in all areas of school life and with all members of our school community. Good manners and polite, respectful behaviour is celebrated. We promote kindness and friendship which is demonstrated by both children and adults. We seek to develop respect for our environment through our behaviours and our curriculum.
Being respectful means you act in a way that shows care for how your actions may impact others. We can show respect for people, places, and belongings. For example:
“When you practice gratefulness, there is a sense of respect towards others” – Dalai Lama
At Braeburn we aim to develop our self-belief and recognise that anything is possible if you continue to try.
We believe that high self-esteem, self-confidence and happiness are central to our learning no matter who we are in school. Everyday is a new learning day and by having confidence in ourselves and our ability to do things successfully we will be able to thrive.
Through the school’s curriculum, we positively encourage the children to always believe in themselves, be strong, resilient and self- aware. When a child believes in themselves, they strive academically and this is the first secret to success. All staff promote and value self-belief.
“Believe you can and you’re almost there” – Theodore Roosevelt
At Braeburn we aim for everyone to show kindness to others.
Kindness is being selfless, caring, compassionate, and unconditionally thoughtful. Like love, it takes practice to understand and feel it. At Braeburn we promote the importance of love and demonstrate this through kind acts for example:
“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted” – Aesop
At Braeburn we aim to be honest so that any problems are easily resolved.
Honesty is crucial to develop trust, respect and integrity. Telling the truth is the most important thing . All pupils and staff should want to be honest with one another, no matter how difficult this can be at times. Making mistakes is part of life. We are all humans and we aim to promote pupils to be the most authentic versions of themselves.
We will promote this by:
“To make children capable of honesty is the beginning of education” – John Ruskin
As well as supporting our children to live out our school values, we also focus on Ebor’s values of Excellence, Belonging, Opportunities and Respect.
