Brook House Primary School

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At Brook House Primary School, we believe that all children and students have a right to an excellent education to give them the best life chances irrespective of race, color, creed, or circumstance. We have high aspirations for our children.
We believe that obstacles and barriers, both real and perceived, can be overcome by clear, strategic, and targeted support that creates culture change based on sharing good and outstanding practice, collegiality, and a relentless pursuit of excellence. This underpins our high expectations and actions and drives all the staff to provide opportunities for our children to reach the highest possible levels of attainment and achieve exceptionally well in all walks of life.
We are an inclusive, caring school where every child matters. We recognize that all children have talents and abilities to celebrate, and part of our role is to help children to discover these. We challenge and develop our pupils to become curious, autonomous learners who are inspired and stimulated by a rich and varied curriculum that is appropriate to their individual needs. We develop our children’s learning skills and, by setting high expectations and exacting standards, we prepare our children to flourish and have high self-esteem and self-belief.
At the core of this ethos is our belief in investing in training and development for pupils to enable them to develop as individuals and professionals to achieve excellence.
Through our links with quality tertiary providers, we have access to the most up-to-date research and training at the forefront of educational development. Through effective use of this professional and leadership development, we can provide learning journeys for aspiring professionals at all levels to develop into outstanding practitioners and leaders within our schools.
At Brook House Primary School, our values are built on mutual trust and respect for all. We work to ensure that every member of the school community feels valued, and is treated fairly and well.
To achieve this, the school's behavior policy sets out how all members of the school can live and work together in a safe, happy, and secure environment. While we do have several rules, the main aim of the Behaviour and Discipline Policy isn't about enforcing these.
It is about promoting good relationships so that people can work together with the common purpose of helping everyone to learn, and so that students can become positive, responsible, and increasingly independent members of the school community. The school rewards good behavior, as it believes that this will develop an ethos of kindness and co-operation.
The National Curriculum is a set of subjects and standards used by schools so children learn the same things. Academies do not have to follow the National Curriculum but must teach a broad and balanced curriculum including English, Maths, and Science, as well as Religious Education.
In the Foundation Stage, the physical development of a child is designated a Prime Area of the new Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) Framework. At Brook House Primary School, we provide children with the opportunity to take part in a range of activities that offer physical challenge, both indoors and outdoors, using a wide range of equipment and resources as they work towards the Early Learning Goals in this area. The curriculum is organized into blocks of years called ‘key stages’ (KS).
At Brook House Primary School, we ensure the core British values are reinforced regularly. Brook House Primary School has already gained the Recognition of Commitment (ROC) and Level 1 towards the UNICEF Rights Respecting School (RRSA) Award. Each year, the children decide on their “class charter”, as well as the rights associated with these, and all children contribute to the drawing up of the charters.
Within school, pupils are actively encouraged to make choices and take responsibility for these choices, knowing that they are in a safe and supportive environment. As a school, we have a responsibility to provide boundaries and safety for children through rules and regulations but also to give our children opportunities to make mistakes and to learn from their experiences.
Pupils are encouraged to know, understand and exercise their rights and personal freedoms, and advised how to exercise these safely, for example, through e-safety lessons.
Through our ‘Brook House Five Ways’, children develop core values, (Respect, Responsibility, Aspiration, Honesty, and Kindness). We encourage a community spirit and sense of belonging, where children show respect for each other, understand differences, and have a very clear sense of right and wrong. Children learn that their behavior impacts their rights and those of others. All members of the school community are expected to treat each other with respect.
When children leave Brook House, they do so not only as enthusiastic and learners but also as responsible and caring young people with an understanding of their role as part of a community.
Brook House Primary School is situated in a very culturally diverse area, and there are a strong history and philosophy within the school of celebrating cultural diversity. Our program of assemblies addresses understanding and acceptance of different faiths and beliefs through stories and celebrations from a variety of faiths and cultures.
The Lion Education Trust believes that obstacles and barriers, both real and perceived, can be overcome by clear, strategic, and targeted support that creates culture change based on sharing good and outstanding practice, collegiality, and a relentless pursuit of excellence. This leads to high expectations and action to provide opportunities for our children to have high attainment and achieve exceptionally well in all walks of life.

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