Pebble Brook School
A specialist community school for young people aged 11 to 19 years.

Something new.
We updated our ‘vision, values and ethos’ during Autumn Term. Below are the words staff and governors have agreed best describe our school or best describe our aspirations.
Please feel free to contact me at school if you have a question or a comment.
Many thanks
David Miller
Headteacher
Vision, Values and Ethos
Autumn 2021
Vision
To inspire and enable our school community to be great learners and great people.
Supplementary Line
Bringing out the best in everyone
Values
WE VALUE | WE AIM TO |
LEARNING | • Create nurturing, challenging and empowering learning opportunities for pupils, staff and parents |
INCLUSION | • Offer a broad, balanced curriculum that is relevant and accessible for all pupils |
ACHIEVEMENT | • Celebrate the achievements and successes of each individual |
COMMUNICATION | • Ensure everyone has a voice and their contribution is valued |
RESPONSIBILITY | • Secure the accountability of all through distributive leadership, rigorous monitoring and evaluation |
REFLECTION | • Improve future performance through the continuous evaluation of our practice |
CREATIVITY | • Try new ideas to continuously raise standards |
COMMUNITY | • Foster positive working relationships with parents, multi-agency professionals and the local community |
DIVERSITY | • Promote tolerance and respect for individual differences, abilities, needs and beliefs |
WELL-BEING | • Create a safe, caring environment in which everyone is healthy, happy and ready to learn |
TRANSITION | • Equip pupils and families with the knowledge, skills, independence and resilience to face future challenges |
BRITISH VALUES | • We promote democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect. |
Ethos
We listen actively
We communicate effectively.
We respect each other.
We believe in ‘High Challenge, Low Threat’ (Myatt)
We enable each other.
We find the best in everyone.
We care about each other.
We notice and celebrate uniqueness and individuality.
We promote all our values and vision beyond the school day and into the daily lives of our whole community.
We enjoy our school.
Churchill Avenue
Aylesbury
Buckinghamshire
HP21 8LZ
office@pebblebrookschool.com
01296 415761
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Tall Ships Sailing Residential
On Monday 6th September 2021, myself and five students travelled by minibus with the Oasis youth worker and youth to Portsmouth. After we all took a covid test, which thankfully was negative for everyone, the Tall Ships crew took us through an orientation and split us into two separate teams or ‘watches’ so that tasks could be allocated to us on a daily basis. The students were all excited for the sailing to get underway. As we set sail for the Isle of Wight, we did not realise how fully, by the end of the week, we would be involved in manning the 72 foot, Challenger yacht.
We spent some time in Cowes before setting sail for Poole. The weather was fantastic, we had to make sure we wore our hats and used plenty of sunscreen. Each watch or team would take turns to cook and clean up after meals, alternately. Meanwhile, when up ‘on deck’ we were introduced to terms such as ‘port’, ‘starboard’, ‘flaking’ and also the yacht paraphernalia and associated tasks. One such task was ‘helming’ or steering the yacht, which the captain allowed everyone to do, students and staff alike.
Here is how one student described the third day (Wednesday);
“…We then set sailed to Weymouth where I went with my mum and step-father. We sailed across the sea and I liked sitting at the front. In Weymouth, we went to an arcade and I won a prize for a sweet. Then we went for a stroll and probably went pass the apartment we stayed at with my parents. For dinner we had fish and chips and chicken burgers.”
On Thursday we set off back to Portsmouth. The weather had changed so we had to put on the wet weather gear given to us by the crew. The sea was rougher than it had been on the previous days and so it was ‘all hands on deck’ as we worked together as a team to hoist the main and yankee sails, whilst the yacht pitched from side to side. The next day was our last day and we all worked together to clean the yacht. Everyone had passed their ‘Start Yachting: Practical Sailing Course’, so we all received certificates. It was time to go home. What an adventure!
We would like to give a big thank you to the Tall Ships crew and the Clare Foundation who made this fantastic opportunity possible. Here is what another student had to say;
“I had a good time on tall ships I went on this big boat for a week and I helped with all the stuff like putting the sail up, to move it away from ports and to move it into ports…My favourite part was when we went around Weymouth and I don’t have a bad part. If you ever have the chance to do this, then I say do it as it is a good experience”.

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