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A note from the Head:

Over the last 15 years there has been an country has slipped down the international league tables.

More students than ever go to university.

Everyone knows that getting a degree guarantees very little. The expansion of higher education has produced a situation where graduates are graded in terms of which university. Getting into a good university with competition from able foreign students is a real challenge. It is still the case that top universities are populated by pupils who have come from independent schools and good grammar schools.

Successive Governments have tried to raise standards in schools and combat social ills by removing autonomy of head teachers and ruling schools from Whitehall. It has burdened teachers with initiative overload and undermined their creative energy.

Independent schools are free from this level of interference. They can act quickly in responds to the needs of their pupils.

But successful education is the outcome of three factors:

• The quality of life in the home
• The quality of school leadership
• and the quality of teaching.

So our aim is run our school to make the task of parenthood easier.

To set out clear goals in terms of standards, and ethos for the school and to monitor progress towards them.

To recruit good staff, support them, monitor standards of teaching and learning and make interventions and changed where necessary.

It is a set of responsibilities that are ongoing. A school is a place where there is always scope to improve. The desire and motivation to improve is what keeps a school on course and gives it its vitality.

Those who visit the school and speak to parents will witness a school which is committed to high standards and making life in school an enjoyable memorable experience.

Philosophy of the School

 
Education is in an important sense an end in itself, it is a process which develops the inner child and which brings forth their gifts and their talents. It is sometimes argued that requirements of the world of work should not impinge upon a pupils education. Of course this is true but it is widely accepted that the United Kingdom’s future lies in providing high value knowledge and services to a massive developing global economy and for the next generation to play their part effectively they will need a high level of knowledge, personal skills and a commitment to lifelong learning. When parents make a significant financial sacrifice and opt for independent education they want to ensure that their child has a positive learning experience upon which pupils can successfully build at secondary school. And parents also trust that the school will steadily cultivate the values, aspirations and attitudes which will help them to lead a fulfilling life.

In terms of the acquisition of knowledge and skills we aim to:

• develop a child’s numeracy and literacy skills consistently from year to year, so that by year 6 most pupils exceed national standards;
  
• develop the child’s physical and creative and artistic skills through games, swimming, singing, drama, poetry, art, sculpture, silk painting, printing and collage work;
  
• introduce pupils to the rigour of scientific enquiry through conducting simple practical experiments and
  
• develop the pupils’ physical skills through good play opportunities and a balanced PE curriculum.

In terms of promoting the well being of pupils the school strives to:

• maintain a school ethos which values and respects all pupils;
  
• reinforce the view that everyone has an important contribution to make;
  
• stress that we all make mistakes and that the important thing is to learn from them;
  
• encourages pupils to see that life is full of opportunities;
  
• help pupils to see that giving to others brings its own reward;
  
• stress that their choices are important - they shape the future;
  
• to see that every time they have a wish or desire they plant a seed and
  
• to reinforce the view that they can make a difference.

In terms of the well being of the child and the shaping of aspirations, attitudes and desires this is where the partnership with the home is crucial; we have a joint responsibility to nurture the moral sensibilities of the child, and to guide pupils towards developing the qualities which will sustain them in a turbulent and challenging world. This is done partly through instruction, but just as importantly, through our own words and deeds. As teachers we have to ensure that on a daily basis we foster a school ethos in which teaching is subtly intertwined with nurturing the inner child. The school has to work as a community in which children learn to play and work together effectively, a community in which pupils words and deeds count; where they learn to respect others, strive to do their very best, where they learn to forgive and be forgiven.

Please read:

• our Partnership with Parents page
• our thoughts on the Welsh Language
• and what happens After Treffos