We dream big;

Our Ethos and Values

Happy learners, high aspirations

Our ethos:

We are a happy school and pride ourselves on providing a nurturing, friendly, safe and secure environment where your child can flourish.

Our values:

  • The values we focus on are:
  • Respect – by valuing the diversity, rights and property of others
  • Enjoyment – through active enjoyment in school life
  • Kindness – by showing consideration to others
  • Cooperation – by working together appropriately to achieve our aims

Our vision is that:

  • All of our pupils will enjoy their education and make excellent progress regardless of their starting point

  • Everyone matters, is cared for, included and valued

  • Our school will work in partnership with others but will retain our own local community control

Our Aims

  • For all children to succeed and be happy

  • To develop a Growth Mindset in all our learners

  • To develop lively, enquiring and creative minds

  • To help learners develop an appetite for learning where they build confidence and relish the opportunity for discovery and achievement

  • To develop a continually evolving curriculum which is purposeful and authentic; inspiring, engaging and challenging; a curriculum which expands horizons

  • To help our learners develop real skills, focused on real purposes and real audiences

  • To embrace learning which encourages personal growth and a sense of self and belonging

  • To be part of an organisation where everyone will be learning: children and adults

  • To develop our learners as global citizens

‘Effective Phonics Teaching: The school is considering a new phonics program to maintain high-quality teaching.’

‘Well-Planned Curriculum: The school has redesigned its curriculum to build on existing knowledge, with all teachers responsible for specific areas.’

‘Enthusiastic Curriculum Leaders: Pupils, including those with special needs, benefit from scaffolded tasks and appropriately pitched work.’

‘Student Responsibility and Community Engagement: Pupils also engage in community activities, like making Christmas food hampers and starting a road safety campaign.’

‘Support for Early Career Teachers: The school supports early career teachers with training from subject leaders.’

‘Governance and Safeguarding: Governors have a strong understanding of the school’s strengths and areas for improvement, effectively supporting and challenging the school leadership.’

‘Wider Development Opportunities: The school promotes pupils’ wider development through opportunities beyond the curriculum, such as links with a school in Uganda, debates, sustainability awareness, and diverse role models.’

‘Student Responsibility and Community Engagement: The school offers numerous lunchtime and after-school clubs, fostering interests in sports and creative arts.’

‘Effective Phonics Teaching: Reading books match the taught sounds, and additional support is provided for pupils needing extra help.’

‘Governance and Safeguarding: Safeguarding arrangements are effective, with consistent training and comprehensive incident logging.’

‘Enthusiastic Curriculum Leaders: Curriculum leaders have clear visions for their subjects, with PE and mathematics leaders investing in schemes to support teachers.’

‘Happy and Safe Environment: Pupils feel happy and safe at school, working cooperatively and responding well to teachers’ instructions. They perceive the behavior policy as fair and report that bullying is rare.’

‘Effective Phonics Teaching: The phonics leader ensures consistent teaching of phonics across the school.’

Ofsted quotes:

‘Student Responsibility and Community Engagement: Year 6 pupils are given responsibilities, such as being ‘dinner buddies’ and leading celebration assemblies.’

‘Support for Early Career Teachers: An emotional literacy support assistant has been employed to enhance the special educational needs and disabilities team, providing valuable support to parents and pupils.’

‘Well-Planned Curriculum: Curriculum leaders have developed knowledge organisers to identify key knowledge, skills, and vocabulary, which are shared with families and pupils.’