Our Values

The attitudes and principles your child takes with them into adult life will be formed during their junior school years. At Micklefield we support this with a strong set of values that shape everything we do.

Kindness • Respect • Resilience • Responsibility

Step into Micklefield and you will be greeted by a huge wall display highlighting our school values. Ask any child, parent or staff member about them and you will be regaled with tales of kindness, respect, resilience and responsibility. 

Affectionately known as the KRs, these four values inform everything we do: the staff we recruit, the way we teach, how we make decisions and the way we care for you and your child. They are at the heart of our school family, bought into by all.

Why do we place such emphasis on them? We believe that the KRs are what will make the biggest difference to your child’s future. 

• The world needs people who are kind and respectful, who take responsibility for their actions, know right from wrong and think beyond themselves. Society needs resilient individuals, who persevere in the face of adversity and who embrace the opportunities failure provides for success. The KRs help your child become a well-rounded, decent human being who contributes and makes a difference.
• Our job as educators is to prepare your child for senior school, tertiary education and, ultimately, for a world we do not know. What will set them apart from AI will be their emotional literacy: their ability to empathise, collaborate and support others who are struggling. We believe the KRs will enable your child to function and thrive in a changing and challenging world. 
• As adults, we know that life can be demanding. Much as we want to spare your child difficulties, it is important that they are equipped to cope with life’s ups and downs. We see the KRs as the inner moral compass on which your child can fall back in later life. Our values develop the strength of character that will guard and guide your child throughout life. 
• More immediately, the KRs are why your child will learn. By treating your child with kindness and respect and creating a community which prizes and models these values, your child will feel safe and valued. This in turn breeds happiness, the key ingredient for learning.