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Our pupils enjoy their time at school and the learning that takes place. We offer an exciting curriculum that provides pupils with memorable experiences that stimulate their interest and enrich the learning. We have high expectations for all our pupils and the education we provide ensures that they achieve academic excellence. There is a strong focus on the vital skills of reading, writing, and mathematics, alongside the other areas of the curriculum. We are proud to serve a diverse, multi-cultural, and multi-faith community. Our pupils learn to embrace each other regardless of any differences. Pupils are empowered through developing their self-confidence, resilience, and life skills. We place a great deal of emphasis on each pupil’s overall growth so that they can make a positive contribution to society. “One of the proudest moments each year is when we say goodbye to the Year 6 pupils at the end of the summer term, knowing that they are fully prepared for the next stage of their learning journey.” At Dairy Meadow Primary School we embrace the fact that every child is unique. We are an inclusive school and encourage all children to be tolerant and understanding of the varying needs of others. We take an inclusive approach to teach pupils with SEND and provide for pupils with a wide range of needs and disabilities. Skilled teaching staff, delivering high-quality learning experiences that are appropriately differentiated and personalized, meet the needs of the majority of the pupils in our school. A minority of pupils require an additional special educational provision to meet their needs. The physical education (PE) and sport premium is additional funding provided jointly by the Departments for Education, Health and Culture, Media and Sport and goes directly to primary schools to spend on improving the quality of PE and sport for all children. At Dairy Meadow Primary & Nursery School we promote the fundamental British values of: Democracy The rule of law Individual liberty Mutual respect Tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs. View full school

Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form is a four-form entry 11-18 multi-cultural, and inclusive comprehensive school situated on the eastern side of the City of Birmingham. We have 840 students on roll including 200 plus Sixth Form students, 50 plus teaching staff, and a support and administrative staff of 30 plus. At Bordesley Green Girls' School and Sixth Form We work with each student and her family to achieve our aim of 'bringing girls' greater success'. Our students are hardworking, ambitious, and generous and are justifiably proud of their achievements and their school. Community support is a huge strength of the school and we have extensive business partnerships. We work hard every day to ensure our pupils receive the very best state education available and to encourage them to believe in themselves. Our pupils are rightly ambitious and they go on from our Sixth Form to the UK's top universities or apprenticeships in some of the country's leading companies. Bordesley Green Sixth Form has gone from strength to strength and is now a dynamic community of over 380 students. We pride ourselves on providing truly inclusive education. At the heart of our philosophy is that that student matters. We care about the progress our girls make and are committed to their success. Our teaching and pastoral staff work tirelessly to create an atmosphere where the girls can perform at their best. Our broad curriculum combines academic rigor with numerous opportunities outside of lessons. There are many opportunities to develop leadership, volunteer, and enhance skills through a varied program of Enrichment. We aim to prepare our students and equip them for the future into the post 18 world: into higher education, employment, a gap year, or a foundation course whatever the right choice for them may be. We have formed extensive links with universities, local businesses, and voluntary groups to offer our students the chance to enrich not only their experiences but also the lives of others. We regularly engage external speakers to further inspire our students and create a real sense of community locally, nationally, and internationally. Our Sixth Form students worked tirelessly to get our World Class School status. We celebrate the achievements of our students and take pride in them. We also take pride in the range of destinations our students leave us to go on to. Last year 70% of our students progress into higher education to study a range of courses: Medicine, Dentistry, Physiotherapy, Nursing, and Primary Teaching to name some. Whatever is the personal ambition of students, wherever they may see their future being, we can help them to achieve their goals and give them advice and guidance along the way to help make their ambitions a reality. View full school

St Edmund Campion School was opened in 1975 as a Catholic Comprehensive School due to the amalgamation of St Agnes’ Grammar School, St Thomas of Canterbury School, and St Margaret Clitherow School on two sites. In 2004 following a major building program, the school settled on to its current site as a seven-form entry mixed comprehensive school. We are utterly committed to our Mission Statement ‘Achieving together through Christ’ with a strong ethos of valuing the individual together with care and respect for all members of our community within Christian values and the teachings of Jesus. We have strong links with our feeder primary catholic and local community schools to ensure that there is a smooth transition between primary and secondary education which understandably can be very challenging for some students and parents. We have just over 1000 students in the school including the Sixth Form. The school places great emphasis on academic excellence to ensure that students of all abilities and social backgrounds achieve their full potential and we regularly send students to Universities all over the country as well as placing great emphasis on personal development. The school has high expectations for all staff and is committed to providing outstanding teaching and learning. St. Edmund Campion School exists as part of a partnership of home, parish, and school, which together educate and pass on the Faith to our children. Together we strive for every member of our community to achieve their full potential, academically, personally, and spiritually in the atmosphere of high-quality personal relationships. The basic rule is the fundamental commandment of Our Lord, ‘Love God and Love your Neighbour’ expressed in day-to-day activities in school through the offering of our prayer and work to God and courtesy and consideration to others. As a Catholic Sixth Form Centre, our faith is at the heart of everything we do and our distinctive ethos is at the forefront of all you achieve, both inside and outside of the classroom. All Sixth Formers play an active part in building and sustaining our ethos through liturgy, assemblies, and charity work. In our Sixth Form, you can expect to receive high-quality teaching, outstanding pastoral care, and a wide variety of enrichment. We have an action-packed timetable for you and you can feel confident that your success and progress are our priority. The Sixth Form offers you a fresh start and is an exciting time to focus on subjects that you have a real passion for and a desire to learn more about. Sixth Form life requires you to adopt a focused and responsible attitude to your learning. This involves managing your time effectively and playing an active role in your learning. You are important to us – as the role models in our House System our younger students will look up to you. You will be the leaders of our school community. This is the start of an exciting journey – one which we are looking forward to sharing with you. View full school

Everest Collegiate High School & Academy is an independent, private Catholic school from preschool through 12th grade providing gender-specific education on a co-ed campus. Committed to excellence in academic, character, and spiritual formation through the Regnum Christi model of Integral Formation, our education is centered on the person of Jesus Christ, devoted to the Blessed Virgin Mary. It is faithful to the Magisterium of the Catholic Church. Everest teaches students to be Catholic Christian leaders capable of utilizing their strengths and aware that God has a unique plan for each of them. Supporting the parents' commitment before God to raise their children in the Catholic faith, Everest guides encourages and supports students in their journey to fulfill God's will for their lives. Our students are educated to be self-confident people of integrity who will transform society according to the Gospel's standards. The Everest student is capable of success in a rigorous and balanced academic environment, and an Everest family is open to our Catholic mission, understanding the investment of time, talent, and treasure involved with the education of their children. To teach students to be Catholic Christian leaders capable of utilizing their strengths, they can fulfill the unique plan that God has for each of them. Everest embraces its values of fostering student excellence, living an authentic Catholic faith, and practicing sound leadership. Academic excellence Personal attention for students and parents Gender-specific learning Small class sizes Athletic and teamwork formation Catholic identity, values, and perspective Loyalty to Magisterium of the Catholic Church Recognition that God uniquely creates each student Spiritual, character, and apostolic formation The daily presence of priests and consecrated women Safe environment Highly qualified faculty/staff devoted to the mission, vision, and values of the organization Fiscal responsibility Engaged stakeholders who contribute time, talent, and treasure View full school

Founded in 2001, Alive Montessori & Private School aims to provide an environment where educational results can be achieved by children of all abilities and from all cultural, ethnic, and religious backgrounds. Students at Alive School develop high standards of integrity, with confidence in themselves and respect for others. We provide a friendly, caring, and safe environment where students can grow in confidence and become successful. With a wide variety of activities, we help set students on their chosen paths. Maria Montessori was born in Italy in 1870 and continued her education until she died in 1952. Ahead of her time, she was the first woman in Italian history to earn a medical doctor's degree. After practicing medicine for only a few years, she embarked on the career path for becoming famous as an enlightened educator for young children. She was convinced that the conventional schooling methodology left much to be desired and developed her system to enable children to learn. This involved creating a carefully structured and stimulating environment where children are exposed to many materials and activities they learn. Most parents are amazed when they first see the richness of materials in a Montessori classroom; it is undoubtedly different from the typical classroom in our public schools. Maria Montessori designed her materials along "sensorial" lines to allow them to discover, learn, and develop using all their senses. Sandpaper letters and numbers, geometric shapes to manipulate and compare, wooden blocks and beads for adding and multiplying, and so much more contribute to the child's understanding of the world around him. Dr. Montessori consistently taught reading and writing to children between the ages of four and six, well below the expected norm in our public school system. She was of the firm belief that this was the best time to do so. She believed that children must re-create whatever it is that they are learning in order to understand it. For this reason, she taught these vital skills in the reverse order from our usual educational standard – writing and then reading. From a humble start in a single room teaching poor children using her educational ideas, the Montessori Method of education has spread throughout much of the world for a simple reason. As a parent, there is no better gift you can give your child than a solid education that gives him the skills and confidence to succeed in his life. Julia Simon, the principal of the Alive School, is a certified Montessori pre-school teacher (Maria Montessori preferred the term "directress," as this more accurately described the function – to direct the children to discover and learn on their own). Computers and electronic calculators are excellent tools that did not exist until just a few short years ago. However, one unexpected consequence of their arrival seems to have been a general deterioration in our schools' math ability. For example, we often see grades 3, 4, and 5 children unable to do the most straightforward addition and multiplication without using a calculator (or their fingers). Why should this be? Because students are now allowed to use calculators on their exams, it seems that basic drills of multiplication tables or adding columns of numbers are no longer considered important enough to be taught in school. Even worse, since problems can be entered into a computer or calculator without much thought, the basic concepts behind them are often not well understood. This becomes apparent when students "memorize" some procedure or formula and yet have no idea why it works. They may be able to rotely and mechanically work out problems and even do well on exams. However, without understanding why these procedures work, they eventually fall on their heads as the math becomes more difficult. Alternatively, they graduate not being able to use what they have supposedly learned in school. Using real-life examples and materials that demonstrate the concepts behind all math procedures, our students learn that math is a valuable subject that can be applied to the world around them. With this understanding as a solid foundation, they can gain skill and certainty by practicing and drilling. We ensure that our students thoroughly practice all aspects of basic calculation – arithmetic – so they are not helpless if a calculator is not available. Far from being a drudgery, when math concepts are fully understood and practiced, students develop a good number sense and take pride in their new-found skills. Our modern world is full of distractions that can cause our children to have difficulty focusing. Accurately taught, math is an excellent way of disciplining and training the mind that has benefits in all aspects of a child's life that require the ability to concentrate. Math, dealing with quantities, shapes, measurements, numbers, calculations, and relationships in the physical world, is essential. Students must learn the basic concepts and develop a particular skill in applying them to their finances, their future jobs, and their lives. View full school

Brimmer is a Pre-K to 12 coeducational day school that upholds high academic standards while implementing innovative ideas. We develop lifelong learners who are informed, engaged, and ethical citizens and leaders in our diverse world. Brimmer is a community of expert faculty, devoted staff, and outstanding students dedicated to success. Our robust interdisciplinary curriculum and inspiring learning environment come together to support our students in becoming intuitive, respectful, and compassionate graduates. Our students thrive in a learning environment that inspires curiosity and empower students to push the boundaries of their education. Our multi-dimensional curriculum is built on an understanding of the skills, attitudes, and abilities needed and valued in society. These include critical thinking, creative application, and global awareness, among others. Brimmer's teachers, across all divisions and disciplines, work closely together and find opportunities to collaborate. Because of this, our students learn to work well in teams and to think creatively and analytically about complex topics, particularly in the STEAM fields of study. We encourage students to speak publicly, demonstrate their knowledge, and use their imaginations to produce innovative work. Of equal importance is our value-centered culture, which helps our students become honest, respectful, responsible, and kind citizens. Lessons are taught through a global lens. Students learn about other cultures, languages, and people while developing critical skills for our increasingly interconnected global society. In Pre-Kindergarten, our students start studying world languages, and by 12th grade, they have traveled abroad through our Winterim program. Our students are from diverse backgrounds—both international and domestic— helping us learn a great deal about different cultures within our community. Professional development for our faculty is a significant priority for Brimmer. Each time our teachers return from studying abroad or participating in workshops, they inspire their students and infuse new energy into their classrooms. Our teachers model what it means to be life-long learners. Guiding principles that define a Brimmer education: Inspired to Learn: We foster active learning and challenge students to think and work independently and collaboratively, become confident problem solvers, and be critical thinkers. Encouraged to Explore: We encourage students to engage their curiosity, expand creativity, explore interests, develop a voice, and strive for personal best in an inclusive environment. Encouraged to Explore: We encourage students to engage their curiosity, expand creativity, explore interests, develop a voice, and strive for personal best in an inclusive environment. The Brimmer Diversity Council is dedicated to fostering an inclusive school community that values and actively promotes an awareness and appreciation of our differences while honoring our shared humanity. We are committed to providing leadership, guidance, and ideas to ensure that School policies, programs, and curricula reflect the mission and foster an environment in which all can thrive. At Brimmer and May, students thrive in a learning environment that inspires curiosity and empower students to push the boundaries of their education. Our curriculum is multi-dimensional, robust, and built on an understanding of the skills, attitudes, and abilities needed, recognized, and valued in society, such as critical thinking, creative application, and global awareness. Across all divisions, students understand how all academic disciplines, particularly the STEAM fields of study, interrelate with each other. Students are encouraged to think through problems in innovative and analytical ways, find solutions, and master the process of learning and problem-solving. This experiential approach to learning allows students to learn by not relying only on memorizing facts. Our curriculum and programming's global focus helps students gain a worldly perspective and a deep understanding of other societies and cultures. These lessons occur both in the classroom and abroad through travel opportunities and joint projects with students across the world. Our learning environment encourages students to be inquisitive, confident, and open with their ideas and beliefs. Students receive personalized attention, and our dedicated faculty works closely to make the learning experience exciting and engaging. As a result, Brimmer inspires thinkers and doers. View full school

We are committed to developing an educational journey based on the principles of Rudolf Steiner, which will further the growth and nourishment of students and our entire community. Our Mission & Essential Purpose. To educate our children to: Nurture and encourage a strong sense of self and sense of responsibility towards the world Please give them the foundation to realize their destiny Be the best adults they can be and do what they need to meet the challenges of the future. To provide for: Social, academic, emotional, and physical education of the children Rounded holistic development of the children – our basis for this is the picture of development given to us by Rudolf Steiner and elaborated in Steiner schools around the world since his time Foster a life-long love of and a learning capacity. Our purpose is to: Provide education of the whole child Support development of healthy, individual, imaginative, creative, and socially responsible children and adults Nurture families and community. Values are the core of the school's being. They tell the "how" of what we do and underpin our policies, processes, and vision for the future. Our values also determine how we interact with each other and the broader community and environment. We value the developmental picture of human consciousness given as a basis for this education by Rudolf Steiner. We believe children need to play, be part of nature, and enjoy a time free from childhood's early commercialization. We understand that a healthy childhood provides the foundation for ongoing well being in later life. Steiner Playgroups aim to develop a sanctuary for safe play for children and an oasis of peace, friendship, and healthy parents' activity. Our playgroup sessions are filled with music, movement, verse, and song. Playgroup is essentially a family experience. It provides an opportunity for parents to meet and for children to play alongside and experience being in other children's presence. The environment is prepared to meet the child's nature and needs. We offer various playgroup sessions: usually, they are in the morning between 9:30 am, and 11:30 am. Our Playgroup offers songs, stories, natural materials, and simple toys to encourage the child's imagination. The rhythm of active and quiet play is carefully planned to create a safe and joyous environment that is enriching and nourishing. "Our highest endeavor must be to develop free humans beings, who are able of themselves to impart purpose and direction to their lives." Rudolph Steiner In the "heart of childhood" years, each child develops his life of feelings. For this stage, Rudolf Steiner asked teachers above all to work as artists not to teach art as a subject, but to bring into the classroom all the living imagery, color, and poetry they are capable of. Classroom practice, too, should have a living organic balance between listening, speaking, and doing, between humor and seriousness, impulse and patience, taking in, transforming, and giving out. One of the most notable ways in which the Steiner school approach to education differs from others is the response of the Curriculum to the various phases in child development. Preceding years at the Ballarat Steiner School focus on delivering high quality and rich educational experience to children. We provide a hands-on artistic approach in the teaching of literacy and numeracy. In the preceding years, developing imaginative capacities enables us to engage with academic material and forms the foundation for future creativity, problem-solving, and innovation. The timing of curriculum content and lessons is carefully matched to the children's developmental and emotional needs. The capacity to appreciate the beauty in the world is developed. The Curriculum is designed to harmonize with the particular stage of development that the child has reached while affording a rich context to work on practical and academic skills. In this way, the development of the life of feeling is not divorced from practical learning, and the Curriculum is both integrated and genuinely child-centered. Historically the human being drew pictures before reading and before the use of abstract symbols. There is a pictorial introduction to the alphabet, writing, reading, spelling, poetry, and drama in classes one to three. Speech is a crucial element and precedes writing as a foundation for reading. Many aspects of schooling – form drawing, craft, foreign language, eurythmy, etc. help foster children's development for reading. The children learn the letterforms through stories and pictures given by their teachers. In our foundation years, speech and language are developed extensively through many mediums. This begins in Playgroup where they learn short poems and rhymes, listen to short stories and continue in Kindergarten and Prep, where they experience more prolonged and more complicated rhymes, songs, and stories. All this builds the foundations for reading and writing. By the time the children are in Class One, they are more than ready to explore the world of reading and writing, and all the foundation stones have been set. In the Curriculum, writing precedes reading and is developed out of the creative experience of drawing or painting letters. The children write words and read their writing before working with printed literature. We aim through the classes to share the finest literature with the students, appropriate to their age. Stories are told to each class, and the children are also read to. Our reading approach, which includes daily individual reading, is full of imagery, content, and the richness of language, which develops an appreciation of literature in the students. The children's imaginative life and grasp of the language are nourished by hearing and re-telling, acting, and illustrating stories. For the 6-7-year-olds, the teacher may draw mainly on fairy tales, moving on at eight years old to fables and legends, to Old Testament stories at nine years old. The Norse stories and sagas follow at 10, Greek myths and legends at 11, and the Roman and Indian Empires at 12. In using a sequence of this kind through different qualities of imaginative experience, the teacher prepares the way for history. Mathematics is experiential and creative. An understanding of numbers is built based on concrete, real-life tasks. Learning the concepts of fractions, for example, through the dividing of a cake to share - estimating and measuring. Counting aloud, chanting tables, musical rhythms, and skipping games all enhance and deepen the child's understanding and knowledge of numbers and systems. The four processes are introduced through stories and explored through art in such a way as to stimulate imagination and creativity as well as understanding. Preceding years at Ballarat Steiner School concentrate on a hands-on approach to life. In modeling, painting, cooking, woodwork, gardening, or drawing, the children are happily and earnestly engaged in a rich life experience. Children nourished with fantasy and opportunity for artistic expression will have the capacities needed to meet their day's technological and social challenges. The Australian Steiner Curriculum framework was developed in response to the Federal Government's proposal to create a mandatory Australian Curriculum for all schools. As Steiner education is internationally recognized, Steiner Education Australia was allowed to put forward an alternative curriculum framework for recognition to protect the integrity of Steiner education philosophy and pedagogy. The documents were developed from Steiner's indications to support schools and teachers and for submission to government authorities, highlighting the mandatory content, knowledge, and skills of the Australian Curriculum in a Steiner rich context. The Curriculum that is adhered to in our school was developed by Steiner Education Australia and accepted and recognized by ACARA (Australian Curriculum and Regulation Authority). It aligns with the National Curriculum and provides compliance with the VRQA (Victorian Regulatory and Qualifications Authority) requirements. The primary lesson approach begins in Class One and extends through all classes until the school's end. It takes place first thing in the morning for 1-2hours, while the children are fresh. In it, such subjects as mathematics, English, geography, science, and history are presented imaginatively to engage the students' whole-hearted participation: physically, cognitively, and emotionally, incorporating movement, music, modeling, painting, and drawing, along with traditional skills. Each main lesson usually lasts three weeks and then is left to rest. This alternation of subject matter provides for maximum variety, concentration, and understanding. The breathing space in between-the forgetting-is part of the "digestion" of education. The class teacher taught the main lesson, who leads the students, one year after another, building on past lessons and laying the foundation for future studies. Following the main lesson, and throughout the day, subjects such as French, music, craft, painting, eurythmy, form drawing, and ongoing mathematics, reading, and grammar are provided. View full school

Our hopes are high, and by them we are bound together. We are creating an extraordinary and unique school. Whittle School & Studios is the first truly global and modern institution serving children from ages 3 to 18. We not only want to improve our students’ lives, but we also hope to contribute to the cause of education on every continent. We measure our success not through the narrowness of exclusivity but through the breadth of our impact. Pioneers in education who have come before us have taught us that a modern school knows that the way students learn will outlast what they learn. We understand that the social and emotional development of every child is different, and we work with students to help them blossom and grow at their own pace—we don’t force kids into lock-step and one-size-fits-all education. We believe that learning happens everywhere and all the time. That’s why we see an ingenious facility as an on-going lesson in design, that the digital age can be used to help students learn beyond the four walls of the classroom, and that school schedules and calendars need to be reconceptualized. Our graduates will stand out. Grounded by rigor and knowledge, they will be undaunted, creative and bold, ready to lead or help in the wholly transformed and challenging world of their future. Each will shine in at least one passionate, purposeful pursuit in which they will achieve excellence, and as a result, lifelong confidence. All students will speak other languages and study in other cultures, yet remain deeply connected to their homelands. Our faculty will be learners too, side by side with our students. We’ll choose those that want to guide children, and have demonstrated distinction in their academic discipline. They’ll choose us because our global scale brings them unequaled opportunities for professional development, and our rewards for them are more commensurate with the great good education brings to society. We thank those who have generously supported us, and we look forward to sharing our work with all who aspire to reimagine education. Our curriculum is a truly global one, combining the innovative work of leading educators with the best curricula from around the world. For Early Learning, our curriculum is inspired by the Italian Reggio Emilia model, grounded in student autonomy and discovery of the world. Our curriculum uses a thematic approach that ties to the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals. It also highlights the Chinese national curriculum and is aligned with principles from global best practices, including the National Research Council’s Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), Singapore Math, Australian Mathematics Standards (ACARA), as well as competencies developed in partnership with the Center for Curriculum Redesign, Harvard. In Upper School, our model takes inspiration from the traditional American Independent School curriculum, including research and presentation components of the AP curriculum, is bolstered by some of the best traditions from the British tutorial system, and is also deeply informed by research in learning science and some of the best aspects of the Chinese approach to education. We offer our students a learning experience that is truly Integrated, Personalized and Global. View full school