Ethos & Vision

Behaviour and Safety

• To enable all pupils to set themselves high standards, to take pride in their work and to strive towards high achievement.
• To enable all pupils to be confident and self-motivated and to take advantage of opportunities to make a positive contribution to the school and the wider community.
• To create a happy, relaxed, safe and purposeful atmosphere in which each child and adult can develop personally, socially and morally: where positive and co-operative relationships, tolerance, understanding and respect for all people are inherent.

Leadership and Management

• To involve parents and the wider community in school life to ensure that all aspects of pupils’ progress are fully inclusive, shared and supported.
• To celebrate special aspects of the pupil’s work and life at school and cause the school to pursue excellence in all its activities.
• To provide clear leadership and effective management at all levels which takes the school forward in its chosen direction.
• To ensure that cognitive education is embedded within all aspects of the school’s work.
• To plan realistically, making effective use of the school’s resources in which to achieve the best possible learning outcomes for pupils, together with developing working relationships with all other agencies.
• To monitor, evaluate and continually improve all aspects of school life.
• To value the contribution that everybody makes in achieving the best outcome for the pupils.
• To contribute effectively to the Thinking Schools Academy Trust for the benefit of all pupils within the Trust.

High Aspiration for All Children

We have an ethos of high expectations, where every child flourishes intellectually, personally and morally. We teach our children to be successful independent learners who concentrate, persevere, take risks and have a willingness to make mistakes. We want all our children to make accelerated progress and achieve well.

Making Learning Irresistible

We want to make learning irresistible so that your child comes to school every day happy and eager to learn. We know that children are naturally inquisitive and we aim to develop this curiosity by providing a curriculum that engages and excites but also provides challenge at the correct level.

As a Thinking School, we teach our children to become creative, analytical, adaptable and resilient thinkers which we believe is a vital skill needed for life in the rapidly changing 21st Century.

Above all, we want to give even the youngest children the behaviours that will enable them to become successful lifelong learners.

A Nurturing and Safe Environment

Children learn best when they are in an environment which makes them feel happy and safe. We pride ourselves on our high quality learning environment which is calm and purposeful and promotes children’s independence.

There are high expectations of behaviour and everyone in the school community has a responsibility for maintaining a relaxed, calm and happy atmosphere. We recognise that all behaviour is communication and that sometimes children need support to make the right choices.

Throughout the school, we will nurture your child’s social development. From learning to share in the Early Years to coping with a fall out with friends, your child will be supported to recognise and deal effectively with the different emotions that they experience. We want to equip our children will the skills which will enable them to be polite, confident, hardworking members of society.