Ashmole school has been providing education to children in the locality around The Oval since 1967 and currently has two hundred and nineteen children on roll aged three-eleven years. Ashmole has many strengths and it is the welcoming and inclusive environment that draws families from many cultures and backgrounds to the school. The school provides well for a range of learners including those with Special Educational Needs as well as able pupils who achieve standards that are greater than those expected nationally in their academic subjects.
The school engages in a range of partnerships to enhance the opportunities it can provide for the pupils. Music is a major feature of school life and in addition to curriculum-based music, the school commissions London Music Masters to provide violin tuition to all pupils in Key stage 1. Many children continue to learn this instrument throughout Key Stage 2 and leave with a passion for music as well as a high standard of proficiency (often having achieved Grade 5). The school is a member of The Oval Learning Cluster that alongside other local schools provides services to children (competitive sports, arts events, residential visits), parents (ESOL, ICT, and parenting classes), and staff (professional development). Since January 2015 the school has joined the Wyvern Federation that includes two other local primary schools – both rated outstanding in all aspects by Ofsted. Ashmole is a key contributor to this organization and benefits too from shared expertise and systems.
Ashmole Primary School is a school that serves the needs of children in the local community and prepares its pupils to make positive contributions to modern Britain. Ashmole has many strengths and it is the welcoming and inclusive environment that draws families from many cultures and backgrounds to the school. The school provides well for a range of learners including those with Special Educational Needs as well as able pupils who achieve standards that are greater than those expected nationally in their academic subjects.
The Ashmole Core Values are essential to the way we foster a learning community within our school. They form the basis of the way pupils form relationships with each other and the adults in school they act as a reference for how to respond to challenging situations and they provide the guidance that pupils need to develop effective habits of successful learners.
Providing the best learning opportunities for pupils throughout their time at Ashmole is essential to ensuring the best outcomes. Academic outcomes are an important part of how the School successfully prepares its pupils for the future. A mixture of the whole class and small group teaching with effective early intervention in the essential curriculum areas of reading, writing, and mathematics ensures that pupils can confidently meet the expected standards as set out in the National Curriculum.
Pupils are supportive of each other and behavior both in and out of lessons is of a very high standard. A commitment to recognizing and acknowledging the everyday positive behavior of our pupils ensures that they take pride in their school and how they conduct themselves to act as role models for each other.
We believe that happy children are more motivated and better able to work. We hope that our school ethos will enable this to happen and that our pupils will have happy memories of their time at Ashmole.
At Ashmole Primary School we ensure that through our school values, rules, curriculum, and teaching we promote respect for all cultures, faiths, and lifestyles. We value the ethnic backgrounds of all our pupils and families and undertake a variety of events and lessons to celebrate and explore these alongside other cultures in our country. Through this approach, we teach an understanding of, and respect for the differences in our community and the wider world.
