To track the student's development of their character, and to be able to recognise and reward their progress, all students record their activities in their Character Curriculum booklet. From Spring 2026, we will also be using the Be World Class Character Curriculum platform to further enhance our Character Curriculum provision. This is an exciting digital service which not only tracks student achievements, but actively supports them to reflect on what skills and knowledge they have developed as well as identifying their next steps. Both the physical Character Curriculum booklet and Be World Class platform are fully aligned around our core values of Aspire, Achieve and Thrive. When Character Curriculum sections have been completed, students are awarded certificates and badges in assemblies to recognise their progress and effort.

• Link to our newly updated Character Curriculum Booklet here

Benefits to Students: 
For Students, BeWorldClass is an engaging reflection and portfolio building platform to highlight the achievements they are most proud of

• Future-Ready Students 
  BeWorldClass supports pupils to develop the skills, competencies and characteristics they need to prepare for success in their future. We know we cannot predict, with any degree of certainty, the knowledge and understanding our students will require. But we can predict the skills and attributes they will need to thrive. Life cannot be well lived without skill. BeWorldClass helps students build resilience, adaptability and leadership. They gain the confidence to navigate challenges in education, employment and life.

• Global Competence 
  Preparing pupils to be global is essential. The competencies students develop through BeWorldClass are internationally translatable and transcend cultural and linguistic barriers. Knowledge sets don't. For example, a young person needs to be creative in any country, in any language; they do not necessarily need to know about the development of Protestantism in Europe. Skills such as empathy, problem-solving and creativity are recognised and needed across all countries. Any vision of a future global education system is built on systems of competencies and characteristics. Whether at home or abroad, students are empowered to contribute meaningfully in any context.

• Character Before Academics
  BeWorldClass starts with character and builds the foundation for academic and personal success. These traits support learning by improving motivation, focus and the ability to reflect. The programme is inclusive, giving every student the opportunity to grow and succeed. Research shows that parents are most concerned with schools developing their children's skills, competencies and characteristics so they can survive in the future, once they have left school.

• Active Learning and Agency
  Focusing on actions is vital. It will take our young people's action to overcome the challenges they will face – not passivity. We have to train them to act. Competencies are active by nature, and characteristics are based on learner agency. BeWorldClass promotes this agency, encouraging students to act, reflect and take responsibility. They develop a sense of "responsibility to participate in the world and, in so doing, to influence people, events and circumstances for the better." Students are supported to become proactive, collaborative problem-solvers. Characteristics are understood by everyone, and exercised socially – they are the functions on which collaboration relies.

• Confidence and Self-Knowledge
  Many students struggle to articulate their strengths in terms of skills and characteristics. BeWorldClass supports them in exploring their personality and identifying their strengths. The platform gives students a framework to confidently reflect on who they are and how they grow. Through this reflection, they gain the language and self-awareness to express their World Class qualities – preparing them for interviews, applications, networking and real-life conversations.

• Recognition and Motivation
  BeWorldClass makes the hidden curriculum visible. Tutors, teachers and school leaders can find the achievements that may have previously gone unnoticed. Particularly useful and motivating for students that struggle academically. Celebrate these achievements in assemblies, tutor time etc.

Alongside our bespoke Character Curriculum, students are also supported to develop positive habits and learning behaviours through our core routines. These include:

• Morning Line Ups, which create a settled start to the day and an opportunity to have uniform and equipment checked. Personal organisation and punctuality are important here.

• Tutor time routines including homework checks, which encourage personal responsibility over homework completion and meeting deadlines.

• Behaviour Routines which support students to make appropriate choices about their behaviours and consequences

• Rewards and Celebrations; such as our weekly ‘Celebration Friday’ slides which shine a spotlight on student success and build positive interpersonal tutor relationships.

• Assemblies; occurring weekly covering issues such as Holocaust Memorial Day, Black History Month, Remembrance, National Apprenticeships Week, European Languages Week, Anti-Bullying Week and Safer Internet Day. Chosen themes aim to develop empathy, compassion, personal responsibility and respect. All assemblies are mapped against Fundamental British Values as well as our core PD themes of Aspire, Achieve, Thrive.