Our School Vision

We pride ourselves on providing a nurturing, friendly, safe and secure environment where your child can flourish. Our guiding principles are kindness, patience and inclusion.

We encourage everyone in our school to dream big and to be aspirational beyond the every day. We help them to build their own individual dreams rather than moulding themselves to fit in with the dreams of others. As a team, we then we give them the support, encouragement and skills they need to chase after these dreams tirelessly.

We teach our children to believe that if you set your mind to something you can achieve it. We help them to develop self-belief that will make them ready to go out and thrive in the world. We also want them to value other people’s self-belief and be ready to help them grow.

We take pride in achieving excellence in everything that we do. We do not judge ourselves against other people’s standards but instead work to be the best that we can be.

Whilst the children are with us, we work together to give them the tools they need to develop the feathers on their wings and their confidence to fly. We know that when they leave here they will be ready to soar!

‘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.’

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

‘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.’

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

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

Ofsted quotes:

‘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.’

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

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

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

‘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.’

‘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.’

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

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