Our overarching aim is to ensure that:

Every member of the Rushey family, staff and students, is noticed, appreciated, and supported to succeed and have a true sense of belonging.

Rushey 1-2-3

We want our students to broaden their interests and to develop their personal qualities, by embracing our Rushey 1-2-3 Expectations of Be Kind, Work Hard, Develop your Whole Self.  From the moment a student arrives at Rushey Mead Academy we ask them to live these expectations, so that it permeates in all that we do:

1 Be kind – We aim to develop respectful, accepting students who are kind to everyone. We intentionally make this our first value as we believe that it is the most important quality that members of our school community can demonstrate.

2 Work hard – We promote resilience, perseverance and determination as qualities to be admired and rewarded at school, as they will be in life. We expect our students to respond to feedback, improve, and to never give up. Our students learn that success needs hard work and effort and we actively teach them the necessary skills and attributes to achieve this success.

3 Develop your whole self – We expect all our students to achieve more than just academic excellence. We encourage students to develop themselves through our extra-curricular provision, so that they leave Rushey Mead Academy as well-rounded citizens with a broad range of experiences and interests. We want them to develop their leadership skills, sporting talent, musical and dramatic ability. We expect them to raise money or provide service to charities, and to challenge themselves to try something new and unfamiliar. All the experiences aim to develop a whole range of skills, helping our children thrive as citizens in the wider world.

At Rushey Mead all students, teachers and parents share a common vision to “Make A Positive Difference”.

This underpins everything we do and helps us to achieve the best outcomes for all students.

Every day at Rushey Mead we work together to Make a Positive Difference…

• …to ourselves. We support students to achieve the highest standards, not just in lessons and examinations, but also in extra-curricular activities. We encourage them to consider their behaviour and to understand how this behaviour makes a positive difference to them and their future prospects. Every individual truly matters and we support them to be the best they can be.
• …to others. Students at Rushey Mead consider their place in society and understand what it means to be a good citizen. The academy is extensively involved in charitable activity and students fully participate not only in fundraising for good causes but also in actively helping others. The development of leadership skills for students is an important focus for the academy through our “Compass” student leadership scheme. On a daily basis staff and students support one another and their peers to mutual success.
• …to our world. Every day we encourage all members of our learning community to respect their surroundings and make sustainable choices for the future. We take collective responsibility to make Rushey Mead, Leicester and the wider world a better place.

As part of The Mead Educational Trust, Rushey Mead Academy buys into the TMET 7 Cs.

The TMET 7Cs are the values that underpin all trust activities and decisions and are lived out through the curriculum at Rushey Mead Academy.

Challenge: an ambitious curriculum which gives access “to the best that has been thought and said,” so that pupils are exposed to and interact with rich, challenging knowledge, concepts and materials no matter what their starting points or characteristics.

Collaboration: teachers and leaders collaborate to curate the best content and pedagogical approaches; pupils collaborate to deepen learning and develop social and communication skills.

Culture: a curriculum which actively builds the cultural capital of our pupils so that they can be enriched and empowered.

Community: a wider curriculum which teaches about tolerance and an appreciation of diversity, equipping students to be active citizens who contribute positively to society, steeped in British values.

Courage: pupils are encouraged to persevere and show courage in the face of learning challenges which result from a rich and demanding curriculum; they are exposed to examples of courageous individuals who have acted with integrity in the face of adversity.

Creativity: pupils are taught to think creatively from a foundation of rich knowledge; the arts are prized and valued and give opportunities for expression and individuality.

Character: opportunities abound for character development through a rich and ambitious wider curriculum offer designed to develop positive personal traits, dispositions and virtues such as kindness and care for others.