2.Promoting equality of opportunity, freedom of expression and social responsibility

• Create and maintain a diverse learning environment within which individual characteristics such as race, gender, age, nationality, disability and ethnic origin are recognised and valued.

• Embrace the Code of Practice developed by the Disability Rights Commission to address issues of access to educational services and facilities by disabled people/students.

• Increase the participation of students from a variety of backgrounds at various stages of their lives and careers.

• Employ staff from the whole community to enable them to help Overdrive Education achieve its aims.Offering students high quality delivery and support and a marketable outcome

• Provide a learning and working environment for students and staff that meets their needs, enables them to perform to the highest standards and encourages them to seek continuous improvement.

• Deliver programmes that offer academic rigour and market competitiveness.

• Ensure programmes meet all relevant national standards and benchmarks

• Invest in staff by providing opportunities for training and development to enable them to respond to the changing needs of the students, employers and society.

• Foster links with industry and commerce to further extend research and consultancy activities.

3.  Working collaboratively where there is a potential benefit

• Work with key local partners, including Local Authorities, Social Services, Youth Justice and SFA, to deliver a coherent vocational curriculum at 14-19 years of age and beyond.