ACE Award for Dolton's and Merton's primary schools

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Gill Marlow, Chair of the Board of Directors at the Alumnis Trust which runs the schools, and headteacher Samantha Drew speak about achieving the ACE award for character education.

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00:00 It's a real privilege to be here today to celebrate with Dalton School this Character

00:06 Mark Award that's been awarded by ACE. This is one of less than 100 schools in the country

00:16 that have this award and all our nine primary schools alumnus have achieved this, so we're

00:23 extremely proud. We think the character of young people is vital for their future lives.

00:31 They show motivation, they show resourcefulness, resilience, kindness, they learn all that and

00:39 within that they learn to be inspiring change makers which is what we want for our communities

00:43 and the world, the country and the world further on. I am really proud as head teacher of the

00:51 Dalton School as well as the Clinton School down here in Devon to be really proud of our

00:59 prestigious achievement and being awarded the ACE Character Mark for our character education.

01:08 Everything we believe in here is about underpinning that firm foundation for the children

01:18 based on character so that they have all of the skills to go off into the world and be confident,

01:25 flourishing adults and inspiring change makers of our future.

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