Coleford Junior School is a mainstream academy. The school is purpose-built and designed to integrate up to thirteen physically disabled pupils. We are fortunate to be on the edge of Ruislip Woods in a beautiful setting with an extensive field, playground, and nature areas.
We provide a secure, happy, and stimulating community where children and adults can grow and develop learning in partnership. We aim for and encourage high standards in both personal and academic achievement, working within the framework of a challenging and creative curriculum.
Coleford Junior School is a purpose-built school that is designed to integrate up to thirteen physically disabled pupils. We are extremely fortunate to have a very beautiful setting. In addition to our playgrounds, we have extensive fields and are on the edge of Ruislip Woods. We have eleven designated classrooms. We also have extra teaching rooms, a food technology room, an ICT room, a well-stocked library, Conference Room, Parents’ Room, hydrotherapy pool, a beautiful pond area, a multi-purpose hall, and several resources/activity areas.
Children transferring from Coleford Infant School are usually guaranteed a place in year three. Other parents interested in Coleford Junior School for their children should contact the school office to make an appointment to view the school. We are committed to an equal opportunities policy that recognizes the rights of all pupils, staff, and parents, regardless of race, belief, gender, or disability. This is exercised during the admissions procedure.
Coleford Junior School’s curriculum has been developed about the National Curriculum, Hillingdon Guidelines, and our philosophy. We encourage independent learners who are excited and challenged by the learning opportunities given to them.
Over an academic year, the children’s learning will be enhanced by special curriculum days or theme weeks. Examples of these include Best of British Arts Week, Natural World Arts Week, and Maths and Science Weeks. The children all participate in a wide range of creative and group learning experiences, which they love and which become a highlight of their time in Junior School. We run a wide range of extracurricular clubs, before school, after school, and at lunchtime. You can gain a place on these via the parent logon on Fronter.
Learning from the local and wider environment is a very important part of life at Coleford Junior School. All year groups will go on an average of at least one trip per term and we also welcome numerous visitors into school to enhance the children’s learning. In line with the law and our charging policy, we request voluntary contributions for these trips.
Coleford Junior School has a very special, caring atmosphere in which everyone is appreciated for his or her own merits. All children have access to the Coleford Junior School Curriculum. Our school closely follows the SEN Code of Practice and we are proud to say, is one of a very few schools which have been awarded the coveted Inclusion Quality Mark four times, holding it since 2006. We want all children to achieve their potential, including those with special needs.
At Coleford Junior School we have the advantage of extra resources so that children with physical disabilities can learn alongside able-bodied children. This means that we have extra staff and extra equipment. Physiotherapists and occupational therapists, provided by the local health authority, are based at the school. We also have access to speech and language therapists. There are a sensory room, physiotherapy suite, and hydrotherapy pool on site. We have a 17- seat minibus with a tail-lift for wheelchairs. Integration has many benefits for individual children, their classmates, and staff.
