What is Character Education?
Character is a set of personal traits or dispositions that produce specific moral emotions, inform motivation and guide conduct. Character education includes all explicit and implicit educational activities that help young people develop positive personal strengths called virtues.
Character education is about helping students grasp what is ethically important in situations and how to act for the right reasons, such that they become more autonomous and reflective in the practice of virtue.
At Ossett Academy we have chosen six virtues that underpin all that we do. These are Ambition, Courage, Compassion, Open-mindedness, Resilience and Duty.