Situated in the heart of Walthamstow, we are a Christian school, seeking to serve our diverse and vibrant local area. We welcome children of all faiths and no faith to our caring and friendly school community. Having opened as a new school in September 2012, we received our first ever Ofsted report in September 2014. The report acknowledges the school to be good with outstanding features. We are excited about building on this strong foundation as we seek to move to outstanding in all areas.
Comments from the report include:
- Outstanding leadership by the headteacher, leaders, and governors has established a good school within a short time.
- Provision for pupils’ spiritual, moral, social, and cultural development is excellent. It is embedded in the subjects taught and in the ethos of the school.
- Teaching is good because the staff has high expectations.
- Pupils make good progress.
- The school’s work to keep pupils safe and secure is outstanding.
- The school is a caring and nurturing place in which pupils behave well and get on well with each other. Pupils and adults care for and respect each other.
- There is a clear vision for further improvement and a strong determination to bring this about.
We have outstanding children at our school and we are very proud of them. They can be pleased to read Ofsted’s report and to know that their excellent approach to school has been acknowledged. With such fantastic children and a strong school community we know that, by God’s grace, Emmanuel Community School will go from strength to strength.
Emmanuel Community School is a Christian school. Its Christian ethos is at the heart of its mission to serve the local community. The school welcomes children of all faiths and none whose families value Christian education. We aim to provide for children’s moral, social, cultural, and spiritual development. We instill in our children positive attitudes to learning and children are encouraged to take responsibility for their actions. The school is a friendly, welcoming, and culturally inclusive community where pupils show a strong awareness of the needs of others.
School Ethos & Values:
- Provide a safe, secure, and stimulating learning environment in which children can enjoy learning and develop positive relationships with others.
- Deploy a range of teaching styles to meet the needs of different learners.
- Insist on high expectations of attainment and behavior.
- Involve parents and carers in our school life and develop strong links with the local community.
- Celebrate all achievements.
- Provide experiential learning outside of the classroom at every opportunity.
- Give children opportunities to voice their ideas and opinions, thus ensuring that their voice is heard and listened to.
- Encourage an understanding of the meaning and significance of faith and promote Christian values of love, acceptance, tolerance, and good citizenship.
- Become highly motivated independent learners who achieve high standards.
- Develop an understanding of the responsibilities involved in living as part of the family, school, local and wider community.
- Respect and care for the environment and world we live in.
