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Beaver Road Primary School is an oversubscribed three form entry primary school, situated in the heart of Didsbury village, South Manchester. Our school was graded to be Outstanding in 2011 and 2014 Beaver Road maintains the Outstanding grading. At Beaver Road Primary School we believe excellent teaching gives children the life chances they deserve. We work hard to provide a caring, stimulating, and inclusive environment to ensure that every child reaches their full potential. We recognize that you know your child best and you may feel that they need additional help or support for some or all of their time at Our School. Not all children will need extra support with their learning but the progress of all children at Beaver Road is monitored closely to ensure support is provided where necessary. Under the terms of the co-ordinated admissions scheme, the LA is responsible for coordinating the admission of all children to Manchester schools and academies. It is the responsibility of the governing body of Beaver Road Academy Trust to draft, consult on and determine the admission arrangements of all academies within the trust. This policy includes admission arrangements for Beaver Road Primary School. All parents are required to apply to their home LA regardless of where the school/academy they are applying for is situated. Manchester residents will apply to Manchester LA. The LA will liaise with other Admission Authorities in Manchester and other LA’s where required. Manchester LA will inform parents/carers in writing of the outcomes of their application. The school curriculum comprises all the learning and other experiences that each school plans for its pupils. The national curriculum is one part of the school curriculum. The National Curriculum provides pupils with an introduction to the essential knowledge that they need to be educated citizens. It introduces pupils to the best that has been thought and said and helps engender an appreciation of human creativity and achievement. The National Curriculum is just one element in the education of every child. There are time and space in the school day and each week, term, and year to range beyond the National Curriculum specifications. The National Curriculum provides an outline of core knowledge around which teachers can develop exciting and stimulating lessons to promote the development of pupils' knowledge, understanding, and skills as part of the wider school curriculum. As an Academy school, Beaver Road does not have to follow the National Curriculum. However, the School Senior Leadership Team has decided to incorporate the new National Curriculum into the Beaver Road school curriculum. We have adopted the Learning Challenge approach developed by Focus Education and used by many very successful schools. The Learning Challenge concept is built around the principle of greater pupil involvement in their work, resulting in a meaningful and relevant curriculum that promotes high standards. The Learning Challenge Curriculum is an approach to structuring and delivering the curriculum often described as an approach for 'intelligent schools'. It is underpinned by a secure pedagogical framework that weaves together the critical elements of curriculum, teaching & learning, and assessment. Beaver Road is an Outstanding school because of the quality of the teaching that goes on day-in, day-out in classrooms. Over several years of innovation, we have developed an approach to Teaching and Learning that we believe secures the best possible learning environment for children to flourish. The Pupil Premium is additional funding given to publicly funded schools in England to raise the attainment of disadvantaged pupils and to close the gap between them and their peers. Children learn and develop in different ways. Teachers know and understand this and use different teaching styles to plan work at different levels to meet the needs of all pupils in their class. This is called “Quality First Teaching.” All pupils at Beaver Road receive “Quality First Teaching” from their class teacher. We aim to provide the highest quality learning environment for your child and for them to achieve their full potential. All our classes, when necessary, are supported by teaching assistants, and pupils are offered additional support or catch-up intervention programs where needed. At Beaver Road, the progress and attainment of all pupils are reviewed on a termly basis by the School Leadership Team. These termly pupil progress meetings help identify children who may need additional support. If a child continues to have difficulty after intervention or has a high level of difficulty when they join Our School, they may be considered to have special educational needs/disability (SEND) and are placed on the SEND register. This decision is made in partnership with Parents and Carers. At Beaver Road Primary School teaching and learning opportunities are adapted and continually evaluated (with support of external agencies when required) to ensure the needs of all our learners are met. Parents and Carers should not feel unduly anxious about such additional support as it allows children to receive the specific help they need to take the next steps in their learning journey. To ensure that staff is aware of children’s needs some children create a Pupil Passport in conjunction with their class teacher and their parents. The Pupil Passport is designed so that staff has the correct information. This means that appropriate strategies are used to ensure that teaching has the maximum impact and pupils feel valued and their needs are understood. View full school

Here students will grow and develop, learn who they are, what they want, and how to get it. They thrive discovering the whats, exploring the hows, and challenging the whys with tools and partners that reflect the ever-changing now. Here teachers are mentors, experts, collaborators, and motivators, dedicated to reaching their potential. They are more than instructors – they are the designers of rich learning experiences. Here graduates are knowledgeable, confident, and savvy leaders – ready to collaborate and compete in a world that depends on them to make a difference. At Beaver, we are a community of thinkers and doers. Beaver is so much more than a school – we are at the forefront of education. We consistently look beyond tradition and our walls to learn from and partner with the best. Thus, we can present a classic and innovative subject matter in a creative environment that yields real results. Students use state of the art technology in everything they do – not only as a tool for research and discovery but also as platforms for expression, communication, and creativity. We partner with the most outstanding innovators out there to adapt and apply the most effective teaching methodologies. We have partnered with IDEO, an award-winning human-centric design firm, to train all of our teachers on bringing design thinking to the classroom, regardless of the subject. And together with MIT, we are the co-founding partners of the NuVu Studio program, where students receive innovation training provided by MIT scholars, based on the MIT studio model learning. We are an active and welcoming community of students, teachers, parents, and alumni. We learn and grow from each other, enriching our offerings, and providing access to fantastic opportunities. Being a part of the Beaver community is a special honor that is exciting and continually inspiring. Our partnership with the Hiatt Center’s civic engagement program inspires and enables students to create social change. Social justice curriculum and community building opportunities raise awareness of and involvement in social responsibility. Beaver Country Day School admits qualified students of any race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, creed, handicap status, national origin, or ethnicity to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate based on race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, creed, handicap status, national origin, or ethnicity in the administration of its educational, admission, financial aid, athletic, or other school-administered programs or policies. Beaver strives to expand the nature of school for students and teachers. Deeply committed to individual student success in an actively collaborative environment, our teachers challenge students to: Identify and build upon their strengths. Engage with real-world challenges and questions both within and outside the classroom. Act effectively within a diverse cultural and social framework. Schools can do targeted and practical work with students and families of underrepresented populations through a Distributive Leadership Model. At Beaver, our diversity director heads the global history department, teaches upper school English and middle school percussion, greets people at the front desk, coaches field hockey and baseball, advises sophomores and sixth graders, directs the spring musical, leads each division, fosters positive alumni relationships, and interviews prospective students. Diversity, equity, and inclusion are essential aspects of every position. The director is not a she, a he, or a collective we. Conducive with this “we” approach, Beaver’s director of student engagement helps coordinate and monitor our strategies and support systems for this work. Since 1920, Beaver has given students the power to excel in any circumstance. Beaver challenges students to go beyond mastery of content and conventional problem-solving instead;, we prepare students for an undefined era where the New Basics are the cornerstones of professional success and personal development. We stretch the mind's capabilities around academic subjects, particularly when they are connected to complex issues. We emphasize writing skills, persuasive communication, and collaboration to teach students to express their ideas effectively. Multi-dimensional thinking is the platform for success in today’s complex society. The earlier students learn the sophisticated thinking skills needed to master this complexity, the better. In all disciplines, we teach students to see things from multiple perspectives, identify a range of approaches, and think adaptively and flexibly to conceive robust solutions. View full school