Benson is a wonderful school that welcomes children and families from so many different cultures and countries. Our strength is our diversity! When you join Benson you become a Benson Bee, a member of our community, a team player who supports and encourages all, always prepared to try something new and work hard to achieve success, but most importantly you will always remember that at Benson: 'There are no limits to what you can achieve'
Whenever you walk into a school you can get a real sense of what is going on from the way children and adults greet you. At Benson, one is struck by the friendly nature of all the staff and pupils here. Respect for one another is a keystone to our success. We are proud that we treat each other well and know that we in return are shown the respect we all deserve. This school is a ‘respecting rights’ school and as such helps children understand that they are valued and listened to. We will be teaching our children that respect is a very essential element of life.
But we also have a really important job to do to ensure that our children grow up with the necessary skills of reading, writing, and maths. We will be trying to instill a real love for books and the characters encountered there. Children will learn not only how to read a wide range of literature but will also have opportunities to talk about how stories impact them and their own lives and how they can bring history & RE alive. We will help children make mathematical links with the world around them and show them how maths skills help solve scientific and geographical problems.
Of course, as a healthy school, we are keen to make sure that our children are active and skilled in running, throwing, catching, batting and swimming. We have some top athletes, cricketers, basketball players, and footballers here (watch this space Aston Villa!). Our links with King Edwards Aston Grammar School ensure we have the highest quality ‘skills’ teaching here. We know their support makes a real difference to all we do.
We value creativity too. Not just through art and design and technology but through the way we teach in every subject by asking open questions and demanding that our children make judgments and evaluations. Our ‘Ask it’ sessions challenge our children to deepen their understanding of the world around them. So there are no limits.
At Benson, we all work to create an environment where all children feel welcome, accepted, valued, safe, and confident that they will get the right support to help develop their talent and achieve their goals. We work hard to help remove barriers to learning, to give each child the chance to reach their full potential. Successful inclusive provision is seen as the responsibility of the whole school community and applicable to all pupils.
At Benson Community School we work hard to deliver a curriculum that is engaging, exciting, and inquiring. We teach all subjects through a ‘creative curriculum’ which means the learning across English, Maths, Science, Design, and Technology, History and Geography are all linked by a common theme each half-term or term where possible. We call this a ‘Learning Journey’.
