Strategy
OUR SCHOOL CREED
Guildford County School, Specialist Music College
We are County. This is our C.A.S.T.L.E. The place where we excel.
This is our framework of values and behaviours, the way that we articulate what our school means to all members of our proudly comprehensive school community. A community where everyone gives and receives respect. Always. And a community where we value the opportunity to work in partnership with others, knowing that through all of our endeavours – from courtyard to classroom and beyond – we will get the best from everyone, building our collective resilience along the way.
Our school is a centre of excellence, proudly serving our community. We are a place where we give and expect our best: in our work, in our thinking, in our approach to all aspects of our lives. We are sure and certain that the work that we do here is both urgent and important. Time is never wasted.
Our familiar image is that of a castle and our values and behaviours are the foundations upon which that castle is built. Our castle is a symbol of strength and safety that represents the heritage of our school, our place in Surrey and our attitude to life.
Our C.A.S.T.L.E. is also the shorthand method by which we consolidate all that we hold closest to our hearts at County.
We are CUSTODIANS of our school, our country and our planet, vowing always to leave things in a better place than we found them. Be that the physical environments that we inhabit, the relationships that we value or the attitudes that we live by. Our school belongs to us and we belong to our school; regardless of our individual circumstances.
We are AMBITIOUS. Whether student, staff member or family, we expect the best of ourselves and we achieve great things. We enjoy our many successes quietly, preferring to celebrate the success of others before our own and looking always for the greater good of our school.
We deliver the highest STANDARDS in all areas of school life. We have a kind, compassionate and disciplined environment. We have logical routines that are easily understood by us all. We have an academic and creative curriculum that delivers our students into honourable adulthood.
We have a TRANSFORMATIVE approach in all that we do. We provide bold opportunities that will shift mindsets, grow character, build skills and open doors into the world outside our gates. We are problem solvers, we are reflective thinkers and we deliver creative and sustainable ways of working across our school community.
We are unwavering in our commitment to LEARNING, knowing the importance of developing as individuals and growing at every opportunity, in order that we may all know success. Whether child or adult, all who are part of our family of learners will work deliberately and with precision. We move ever forward in the pursuit of knowledge, applying and evaluating our understanding along the way.
We deliver EQUITY in all aspects of our work, acting with thought, with respect and with empathy. Always. Regardless of your place in our community – student, staff member, family – we welcome you warmly and we offer you a genuine, meaningful and non-discriminatory place to work, to learn and to become the best version of yourself.
We are County. This is our C.A.S.T.L.E. The place where we excel.
