Democracy is an important value in our school. The school has a proactive pupil voice strategy, enabling pupils to express their views to make a credible impact on school life. Our city is proud of its military heritage; a significant number of our pupils are from military families and are proud of their role in protecting democracy. Pupils have the opportunity to have their voices heard through our Pupil Governors. Our Pupil Governors consist of two elected representatives from each class; the elections of members of Pupil Governor is based on pupil votes. The Pupil Governors have an elected chair, vice chair and treasurer. Pupil governors meet regularly with the Headteacher and also attend LAC meetings to discuss specific agenda items. Each year, pupils decide upon their class expectations and the rights associated with these.

The importance of laws and rules, whether they are those that govern the class, the school or the country, are consistently reinforced throughout our school day. Our behaviour management is aligned to our core Christian values, clearly communicated expectations of behaviour. Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School is committed to creating a welcoming community of faith where high expectations for behaviour and conduct are understood and applied consistently.  At Holy Trinity, everyone is expected to maintain the highest standards of personal conduct, to accept responsibility for their behaviour and encourage others to do the same. Our Behaviour Policy is inclusive and designed to support the way in which all members of the school can learn and flourish together. Pupils are taught the value and reasons behind laws, that they govern and protect us, the responsibilities that this involves and the consequences when laws are broken.

Pupils are actively encouraged to make choices at our school, knowing that they are in a safe and supportive environment. As a school, we provide boundaries for our pupils to make choices safely, through the provision of a safe environment and planned curriculum. Pupils are encouraged to know, understand and exercise their rights and personal freedoms and are advised on how to exercise these safely, for example through our e-safety teaching and PSHE lessons. Pupils are given the freedom to make choices, e.g. signing up for extra-curricular clubs or roles in school. Collective Worship in school is supported by Worship Warriors. These pupils, selected through an application process, influence the organisation and evaluation of school worship influencing how future worship is celebrated. Worship Warriors also deliver child-led collective worship. The school has trained proactive teams of pupils, e.g. Class Ambassadors, Digital Leaders who support their peers in making informed choices during unstructured times of the day.

The vision for our school is to be a ‘welcoming community of faith where we learn and flourish together.’ We aim to embed, through an ethos of nurture, living out our core Christian values.  Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School is situated in a city of sanctuary. We have seen an increase in diversity over the last decade and now have approximately 23 languages spoken in our school.  Our school ethos and behaviour policy are based around core Christian values such as ‘respect’ and ‘responsibility’ and these values determine how we live as a community. This is achieved through enhancing pupils’ understanding of their place in a culturally diverse society and by giving them opportunities to experience diversity.  Pupils and adults are challenged if they are disrespectful in any way. 

Collective Worship is proactively used to address conflict or challenge prejudice issues directly or through the inclusion of stories and celebrations from a variety of faiths and cultures and opportunities are developed for pupils to explore Christianity as a multi-cultural world faith. Our RE and PSHE teaching reinforces this. Collective Worship and discussions involving prejudices and prejudice-based bullying have been followed and supported by learning in RE and PSHE.