Personal Development

Personal Development encourages pupils to develop personally, emotionally, socially and physically, and to lead healthy, safe and fulfilled lives.

It also encourages students to become confident, independent and responsible citizens, making informed and responsible choices and decisions throughout their lives.

At the Beacon of Light School, we believe that academic success must be complemented by the development of a wide range of personal skills. This prepares our students for the next phase of their education and, more importantly, provides lifelong skills that support positive personal relationships and career aspirations.

We provide an ethos and curriculum which ensures these characteristics are developed, through bespoke personal development packages tailored to the needs of the pupils, assemblies, enrichment activities, educational and residential visits, the PSHRE curriculum, and a focus on careers. Together, these prepare our pupils to be honest, kind and respectable citizens.

Our pupils have faced many challenges in their education to date and our curriculum will support them to be resilient and brave; approaching every day and every situation with a positive attitude. They will be brave enough to ask for help, to support others, and to champion their believes.

We aim to raise aspirations, engage and prepare students for these everchanging opportunities, responsibilities and experiences and to equip them with the knowledge and skills and understanding to manage the choices, changes and transitions ahead of them in an increasingly competitive and evolving world so they can “Learn More. Do more. Be more” and create a positive future for themselves.