At Byron Court, we have a motto that underpins what we intrinsically believe of all our children: ‘Believe it Achieve it!’ This means that we want to ensure that all children are given opportunities to develop their full potential and that the inspiring, broad, and balanced learning experiences they have at school will build lasting memories, inner confidence, and the ability to make a positive contribution to our society. We believe that we have personal and shared responsibilities to be the best we can be and that working together with governors, staff, pupils, their families, and our neighbors we can achieve the goals we set ourselves.
Byron Court has been a popular school since 1932 and you will see in our guest book that past pupils still retain fond memories of their experiences and our neighbors are proud to have been either educated at the school themselves or have enjoyed watching their children and grand-children grow and develop at Byron Court.
Byron Court was judged to be an outstanding school by Ofsted in 2012 and has since been awarded Teaching School status in March 2014, which reiterates that the school continues to deliver outstanding provision for its pupils in addition to providing teacher training, continued professional development to teachers and support to other schools through sharing good practice.
We currently have 680 pupils at our school, some of whom are located at our temporary off-site provision in Ashley Gardens, which accommodates a Year 1 Class. The school will be submitting plans for a permanent expansion to 5 forms of entry. The demand for school places across much of the country means that a large majority of schools are expanding and the governors and staff of Byron Court believe that it is vitally important that all children have a right to be educated at a good or better school.
- Inspire enthusiasm for learning
- Provide opportunities to reach our potential
- Work together to achieve our best
- Make a positive contribution to our community
- Build lasting memories
We are an inclusive school where pupils, parents, staff, governors, the L.A., and local services work in partnership to meet the needs of the community. We celebrate the positive contribution made by different social, ethnic, and linguistic groups.
Byron Court Primary is committed to ensuring that everyone traveling to and from the school can do so as safely as possible. We encourage those traveling to the site to use environmentally friendly modes of transport and to be aware of the needs of those living near the school. We believe this contributes to the health, safety, and developing independence of pupils and good relationships with our neighbors. The School wishes to give all children a sense of self-discipline, care for the environment, and a tolerance and respect for others, both within the School and the wider community.
Children are assessed continuously in Maths, English, Science, Computing, and Spanish. All pupils are regularly assessed using teacher assessment based on the new National Curriculum statutory requirement criteria, which is based on age-related expectations. Children’s progress is monitored and analyzed termly by the class teacher and Senior Leadership team. During these meetings, any additional interventions are identified and subsequently delivered to meet the individual needs of every child in our school. In the Spring term targets are set in English and Maths and shared with each pupil in a one-to-one meeting and later with the parents at parent’s evening. In the Summer term, children in Years 2,3,4,5 & 6 are formally tested, the results are used to inform final teacher assessments for the year: this indicates if pupils are on track to achieve age-related expectations. The national requirement is that 80% of children should be working at this level or above by the time they reach Secondary school.
