Handsworth Primary School

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We are not sure how many headmasters/headteachers there have been since the school opened in 1940. Also, it is not clear dates for each headship. Below is what we know/think the dates are. Those in black we are sure of, those in grey we are less sure. Strangely we know most about the first two as they kept headteachers' logbooks.

We also know quite a bit about the last three, but little is known about those in between. More definite, preferably documentary evidence would be much appreciated. We believe the values expressed in the list below best sum up the spirit and ethos of the school and act as a set of guiding principles steering the school in the right direction.

We aim to:

• Remain a fully comprehensive mixed 11-18 local school providing a broad and balanced curriculum
• Ensure high standards of work, behavior, dress, and achievement for all pupils
• Develop cheerful, hard-working, honest and well behaved, fit and healthy young adults
• Ensure a safe learning environment where all are valued
• Ensure equality of opportunity for all
• Produce people willing and able to play an active and positive role in a rapidly changing world
• Develop pupils' sense of respect for themselves and others
• Provide opportunities for pupils to develop their own spiritual and moral capacities
• Promote pupils' appreciation of their own and other cultures
• Encourage pupils to accept their responsibilities to themselves, the school, and the local and wider communities
• Continue to develop as an important part of the local community
• Develop continually as an organization committed to learning for pupils, staff, and the local community.

At Highams Park School, students broadly follow the National Curriculum in Key Stage 3 (years 7, 8 & 9) and in Key Stage 4 (years 10 & 11). The National Curriculum fills almost all of the pupils’ time in Key Stage 3 and most of their time in Key Stage 4.We endeavor to retain a broad and balanced curriculum whose primary objective is to equip all students for further study and employment, this will be done with careful consideration and reference to the government’s policy and reforms. There are 25 taught one lesson in the normal timetabled week. Some children in Key Stage 4 have an extra taught lesson to accommodate their curriculum.

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