Character Counts

Your child’s education is a three way partnership between the child, the parents and the school. We appreciate all the support you can give us, particularly in reinforcing the high expectations we have of our students, not only in terms of their academic achievement, but also in terms of their personal development.

What is Character Counts all about?

Citizenship was introduced into schools from September 2002.  At Ken Stimpson we had been gradually introducing aspects of Citizenship into the PSHE curriculum for a number of years.
With specific focus on Social  and Moral Responsibility we employ a strategy called Character Counts, which helps students’ personal development by teaching about the six pillars of character.  Students are rewarded for exhibiting ‘good character’ and when there are problems, staff refer back to the pillars to try to help the students understand what went wrong.  
The programme has become an integral part of the way in which staff communicate with students and has had a very positive impact.

Many of our students are already exhibiting excellent standards of Citizenship, particularly by being involved in making the school community a better place to be. We have an active and efficient school council, who shape and help develop the school.Over twenty Year 9 students are already trained to be ‘buddies’ to the new year 7 students, to help them settle in and be a listening ear for anyone with problems. These are excellent examples of good citizens – and we want to see even more.
 

The 6 Character Counts Pillars are...
 

FAIRNESS Playing by the rules, taking turns, sharing, being open-minded and listening to other people’s opinion. TRUSTWORTHINESS Being honest, reliable and loyal. RESPECT Living by the rule ‘Treat others the way you want to be treated’, being courteous and polite to others and discussing problems. CITIZENSHIP Doing your share to make your school and community a better place: co-operating with others, being good neighbours. CARING Being sympathetic, considerate and unselfish: showing appreciation: being able to forgive others, and help without expecting anything in return. RESPONSIBILITY Doing what we’re supposed to do, being accountable for our actions, using self-control.

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