The development of ‘character’ is much debated in schools. Our schools work together to contribute to the development and expansion of effective approaches for building character, which clearly have a positive impact on educational attainment, engagement, employability and well-being. This is done according to priority by each in their own way, developing strands of character within the Moral, Civic, Intellectual and Performance Virtues (after Aristotle). What all our schools are committed to, as a joint effort, is to ensure expertise in the development of the ‘performance virtues’ of RESILIENCE and CONFIDENCE - these are the two most significant in terms of determining success, particularly for young people from deprived socio-economic backgrounds