Co-op Academy Rathbone is an ambitious, welcoming and safe learning community.  Pupils will thrive personally, emotionally and academically, able to successfully move onto their next steps.

Striving for excellence, together

At Co-op Academy Rathbone we develop the whole child. We aim to provide an ambitious, inclusive, spiral curriculum that caters to the unique needs of our pupils. Our adaptive curriculum will have the Co-op values and Ways of Being at the centre, and is designed to:

• Do what matters most and develop all-round excellence: Equip pupils with the character, knowledge, skills, and understanding necessary for future success. There is a core focus on literacy and numeracy.

• Allow us to be ourselves always and foster personal growth: Promote pupils' emotional, social, communication, character and moral development and develop them personally and emotionally.

• Show we care, instill a love of learning and consideration for others: Cultivate a positive attitude towards education, lifelong learning, other people and the environment.

• Allow us to succeed together and prepare for next steps: Provide pupils with the foundations for success in secondary-aged learning and beyond

By the end of a pupil’s time at Co-op Academy Rathbone, a pupil will be more:

• Equipped with the necessary skills, knowledge and understanding to progress successfully to their next steps
• Literate and vocabulary-rich
• Able to fluently read and write
• Able to communicate effectively
• Numerate
• An independent learner
• Showing the character and qualities required to thrive in the 21st century
• Emotionally resilient, more able to take responsibility and self-help
• Aware of the needs of others and what it means to be in a community: kind, forgiving, aware of equity and equality
• More aware of the world around them and of the world outside of Liverpool, aware of British Values and democracy
• Ambitious for themselves and their community
• Positive towards learning and their future
• Aware of future learning and earning opportunities
• Able to be a successful contributor to a community; having the social skills to thrive
• Supporting others at school and in their community, showing solidarity when facing adversity
• Aware of the risks around them, and how to take responsibility and self-help to stay healthy and safe in life and within relationships