As a school, we aim to provide children with a memorable education with a focus on language learning. We provide children with opportunities that help them develop the skills and the knowledge needed to succeed academically while also enabling them to grow as joyful and creative individuals. Our children are supported to be active citizens, always striving to have an impact locally and globally.
We are committed to providing our children with a memorable education through engagement with local and global communities, and language teaching for them to become citizens who can play an active role in 21st-century society.
Our values are the basis upon which we develop all our work at La Fontaine Academy. They are the following:
- Excellence
- Respect
- Collaboration
- Responsibility
- Creativity
We expect our staff and children to constantly live out those values, being able to develop a sense of accountability and mutual responsibility across the school. We also recognize our STEP values, which are shared across our academy trust. We teach children that these are our family values.
They are:
- Passion: Passionate about learning
- Urgency: We recognize the importance of every moment
- Positivity: We spread positivity to all around us
- Aspiration: We dare to be great
- Commitment: We are committed to improving and progressing
La Fontaine Academy is an inclusive, non-denominational, state-funded primary school teaching children aged 4 to 11 in English and, for a few hours a week, in French. The school opened in Bromley in September 2014. Our school offers a unique service to parents and communities in Bromley which is underpinned by our beliefs in inclusiveness and academic excellence and the real value to children’s academic potential and life chances that arise from the learning of another language. All children are welcome at our school and we strive for a diverse intake, reflecting our local community. Our school:
- Delivers the English National Curriculum
- Focuses on maintaining high standards to secure outstanding assessment results linked to the English National Curriculum
- Focuses on academic excellence in English, mathematics, science, and French. We measure our success against national standards
- Provides pupils with excellent preparation for secondary education
- Develops our pupils’ extraordinary cultural capital through a rich and broad curriculum and extensive community engagement. We understand education to include a deep understanding and appreciation of both British and world cultures as well as of the wide diversity of cultures and customs that make up contemporary life in Britain and beyond
- Promotes tolerance and cultural exchange, guiding children to become responsible citizens in later life
- Helps our children become rounded, happy, and confident individuals and achieve their true academic potential in a friendly and disciplined school.
