“Character Education is of vital importance to Five Acres High School. Our commitment to Character Education is founded on the belief that to be successful students require a healthy balance of academic ability and an understanding of the values that are required to succeed in all walks of life. Within our school context we ensure that students live and breathe the values we collectively aspire to and also have opportunities to demonstrate them through action. The result is a thriving school full of students, parents and staff who are fully invested in becoming the best versions of themselves. We are delighted to be the first school within Greenshaw Learning Trust to be recognised by being awarded the ACE School of Character Quality Mark Plus. We understand our duty to be trailblazers for those that follow on and also to ensure that our commitment to developing character sits firmly at the centre of all that we do.”   Mr S Phelps Headteacher

“Leaders have fostered a strong sense of community as well as one of nurture and support. The conceptualisation of character development as a lifelong ‘journey’ has clearly been internalised by both pupils and staff. It was also clear that leaders have succeeded in building a culture of trust, collaboration and mutual understanding which has helped create the conditions in which staff and students can flourish and where character development is an authentic and sustained part of what it means to be a student at Five Acres High School”