What is SMSC?
SMSC is the promotion of spiritual, moral, social and cultural development. High quality SMSC is central to the ethos at Batley Girls’ High School and is closely aligned with our values of Achievement, Respect and Transformation.
Our aim is to develop active citizens who will make a positive contribution to the school and wider community. From democratic participation in choosing the whole-school charities, a wide range of student voice activities, our holistic curriculum and much more, SMSC is central to our work as a school.
Fundamental to our work on SMSC is to engage our students in understanding the British Humanitarian Values of:
We were awarded the Gold level of the National SMSC Quality Mark in May 2021 and have also been recognised as a Beacon School. To obtain the award we demonstrated how we embody the SMSC values through the activities set out as well as through student response.
Please click on the below to view our departmental outcomes for Rights and Responsibilities, which aligns to each subject area for this academic year.
The strength of the school's SMSC development include the below examples:
Chosen Charity
Based on a school-wide vote: Batley Food Bank
We support this charity with a whole school approach, which includes contributions for non-uniform days as well as in subject areas, such as RE, who ran a food drive with Year 10.
This is also the nominated charity for BG6 College and Stronger Together, our Parent/Carers' Forum.
We also support other local/national charities at specific times of the year, such as BBC Children in Need, which we communicate with students in advance of the fundraising for that specific charity.
To read more about our engagement with parents and what our Stronger Together (Parents/Carers' Forum) members have to say, please view the link below:
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