Myton School

We want students to receive an excellent education, gain the grades they can aspire towards and find the next step in their education or training, but there is much more to this than simply achieving GCSE or A Level qualifications. The CBI, employers, our governors and parents alike, all say young people need to leave school with the experiences that enable them to develop the ‘soft’ skills and characteristics needed to thrive in life and succeed in employment. We want to enable all our students (regardless of background and potential barriers) to grow, develop and experience the richness that life can offer; including developing cultural capital, knowing how to stay healthy, expanding their minds and outlook on life, pushing themselves and trying out new things, creating new and meaningful hobbies and activities for themselves and preparing them for the workplace and life beyond Myton School. They enable students to try new things and look at the world from a different perspective, sometimes with a sense of awe and wonder, sometimes to spark an element of creativity or aspiration, sometimes to help them make positive choices and keep themselves safe. In order to ensure personal development for all our students we have developed a programme that encompasses a breadth of experiences, which we call the Myton Promise. This includes the core offer interwoven with our Pastoral Curriculum; the 50 Things Challenge; the classroom-based taught Curriculum; our extra-curricular provision, including regular clubs and our annual events run by departments and open to students that study those courses; and our Careers provision.