Our vision is:
‘‘To provide a safe and caring learning environment where everyone can thrive. We want to develop every child as resilient, independent life-long learners capable of making an active contribution to an ever-changing technological, diverse world.”

We believe that education should be an enjoyable, continuous process with strong home/school links providing that vital continuity. Penllergaer has 12 values that are firmly embedded in our inclusive ethos.

To achieve these we aim:
✓ To develop the whole child –intellectually, emotionally, socially, physically, morally and spiritually.
✓ To design a curriculum that is purposeful for our learners offering them a range of skills and knowledge based experiences.
✓ To cultivate a climate of success for all children, enabling optimum progress and celebrating all of their achievements in all aspects of their lives.
✓ To instil a positive attitude to learning.
✓ To involve our pupils in the learning process by facilitating and valuing pupil voice and empowering them to make decisions about school life and beyond.
✓ To develop in all individuals, resilience and perseverance having the capacity to work both collaboratively and independently, taking measured risks, solving problems and being enterprising and creative.
✓ To develop literate, numerate and technologically able pupils to function effectively in an evolving Twenty-first Century. ✓ To develop a personal moral code, sensitive to the needs of others.
✓ To promote equality of opportunity and understanding and respect for all irrespective of race, gender, ability, religion or culture locally, nationally and globally.
✓ To help learners to become confident, self-respecting, ethical citizens.
✓ To support Continuity of Learning.
✓ To actively promote Children’s Rights and responsibilities.

✓ To preserve and develop our own cultural identity within Wales, promoting the Welsh language effectively.
✓ To instil in our learners the importance of a physically active and healthy lifestyle.
✓ To raise pupils’ awareness of sustainable development issues through classroom study and community action.
✓ To create an ethos of continual self-evaluation with high expectations and standards at its core.

Penllergaer Values were devised by all stakeholders – honesty, trust, empathy, fairness, responsibility, tolerance, perseverance, positive attitude, friendship, resilience, appreciation and collaboration.
Penllergaer Primary staff are ‘ACE’ aware and trauma informed and emotion coaching is at the heart of our practice.