We are a school rooted in the community of West Wickham whose pupils achieve well across the whole curriculum. Within a happy and caring atmosphere, we work in partnership with parents, staff, and governors, to ensure that children succeed in all aspects of their learning.
Our vision for our pupils is for them to become ‘Successful Learners, Confident Individuals, and Responsible Citizens’ during their time with us. To achieve this we deliver a well-planned curriculum that is inspiring, challenging and creative, and ensures children take an active part in their learning, developing their knowledge, skills, and interests.
We value and promote independence, thoughtfulness, and curiosity. We firmly believe that every child can achieve, so we support children’s confidence in their unique abilities and encourage them to take pride in all their achievements. We hope the information on our website provides you with an insight into the life of our busy school.
“Parents and Carers praised the school’s work and were overwhelmingly supportive of the school, confident their children are well looked after and effectively taught.” Ofsted 2018.
At Wickham Common, we aim to develop successful learners, confident individuals, and responsible citizens. To achieve this we:
- Provide a stimulating, relevant, and enjoyable learning environment
- Have clearly articulated, high expectations of all children
- Nurture the potential in every child
- Promote positive attitudes to learning
- Provide opportunities for children to learn and practice transferable skills
- Recognize that children achieve in different ways and celebrate their different successes
- Encourage children to value one another and to value the world in which they live and in which we are all interdependent,
So that every child:
- Feels safe and secure and has a positive self-image
- Values enjoy, and succeeds in learning
- Becomes independent and self-motivated
- Develops the ability to cooperate and to contribute to the work of others
- Develops a lively, enquiring mind with the ability to reason and to question
- Develops an understanding of the world and other people
- Acquires an understanding of social and moral attitudes and beliefs
- Acquires the concepts, knowledge, and skills that will enable them to enjoy, contribute to, and be adaptable in, a changing world.
From September 2013 all state primary schools (maintained academy and free) have received extra sports funding through The Primary PE ad Sports Premium as facilitated by the Department of Education. We intend to use the money to help improve the confidence and ability in the delivery of high-quality Physical Education amongst staff in the school as well as promoting active healthy lifestyle choices to pupils.
As a school, we feel that this will enable us to have the greatest impact on the pupils and is the most effective and efficient way for the funding to have a long-lasting and positive effect on future learning and physical development.
Funding will therefore be targeted towards the following areas:
- Continued Professional Development for staff via training courses.
- Adding and improving existing resources for teaching PE and Sport
- Supporting extra-curricular club provision.
- Increasing active participation in physical activity and school sport.
- Providing opportunities for children to compete within Intra and inter sporting competition
- Continually raising the profile of active healthy lifestyles given the many benefits associated with behavior, attainment, and achievement.
The impact of the Sports Premium funding will be measured by:
- An increase in delivery of high-quality PE lessons as monitored by both Senior Leaders and PE Subject Leader.
- Understanding and planning the new Primary PE curriculum 2014.
- Pupils' skills and knowledge.
- Increased participation within the curricular and extra-curricular provision.
- Increased links to local clubs, organizations, and other schools
- Greater links made with other quality-assured, expert external agencies who support positive, active, healthy lifestyles
As a good school to move to outstanding, the Governing Body of Wickham Common Primary School held a meeting on 12th June 2014, to discuss the option of converting to an academy. Governors voted unanimously to begin a process of an informed consultation over the status of the school.
Compass Academy Trust consists of four Bromley schools nearby judged 'Good' by Ofsted. We work together very closely and we are very proud of our achievements.
Our Aims and Principles:
- Leaders' strong and shared partnership
- All securely 'Good' schools - ambitious for 'Outstanding'
- Sharing best practice whilst maintaining individual uniqueness and identity
- Retaining local geography and local knowledge
- Strong financial controls for greater efficiencies
- MAT - growth will be managed with integrity to work with like-minded schools.
