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Welcome to Chesterton. We are an Ofsted Outstanding 2 Form Entry inner-city primary school situated in the heart of Battersea, southwest London. We’re fortunate to have a Children’s Centre co-located on our school site meaning we can offer education, and a wide range of services, for families and their children aged 0 to 11. Within this website, you’ll find news and information about all aspects of Chesterton life from our alfresco classrooms and outdoor reading spaces, to our exciting Shanghai Maths curriculum and our PE and Music departments. Please take a look at our latest KS1 and KS2 results here. Whether you’re an existing Chesterton parent, a new parent looking for the right school for your child, or a teacher looking for your next career move I hope you find everything you need. If you have any questions about the school, or suggestions for any further information you’d like to see on the website, please contact us. We run regular open days and if you’d like to visit the school at any other time please call the school office to make an appointment. The Department for Education states that there is a need for schools to promote fundamental British values. These are: Rule of law. Democracy. Tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs. Mutual respect. Individual liberty. At Chesterton, we are continually enriching and developing our curriculum so that it incorporates British values as part of our overall PSHCE (Personal, Social, Health, Citizenship, Education) program. Click here to see how our curriculum actively promotes an understanding of fundamental values. Pupils learn what is right and wrong through classroom rules, school rules, and also through the Behaviour and Discipline Policy available on the Policies Page. Our work as a UN Rights Respecting School means we identify rights and responsibilities, both personal and collective. We hold an anti-bullying week each year and do regular work on this through PSHCE. Positions on the School Council and Eco Committee are decided through a democratic process involving all pupils. Pupils are given an understanding of freedom of speech for all, including the role the media plays in this. Children’s newspapers are provided for all-year groups to facilitate discussion of local and national issues. The school takes part in Rights Respecting School Initiatives. Debating forms part of English lessons where pupils listen and respond to contrasting viewpoints. All incidents of racism and bullying related to protected characteristics (i.e. age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity) are registered and the Local Authority is informed. The school makes weekly rewards for politeness and considerate behavior. All staff consistently model mutual respect in their dealings with children and parents/carers. We fundraise for charities e.g. Red Nose Day, Shoebox Appeal, Children in Need. The school takes part in Rights Respecting Initiatives. All pupils are made aware of their responsibility in making choices and decisions. Our behavior policy (available on the Policies Page) embeds the idea of consequences based on choice and action. Children are encouraged to make the right decisions about behavior in class and around school, therefore making positive contributions towards creating a lawful environment where we are all responsible for our actions. Each year we identify areas within the school that need to be developed, these are worked on through the curriculum and throughout the school day. We then evaluate how we have done before setting our priorities for the following year. These are our School Improvement Priorities for 2017-2018: To raise the attainment of science through high-quality teaching and rigorous assessment procedures. To embed the culture and values of global citizenship across the school. To raise standards in basic skills through targeted teaching of handwriting, spelling, and basic number facts. To maintain high levels of attainment and progress in all year groups through the identification of vulnerable pupils (including high prior attainers) in all core subjects. For science, art and design, physical education, humanities, PSHCE, and music, the Chris Quigley skills-based curriculum is used to ensure that all the relevant objectives are taught in the context of the termly topics. This ensures there is a progression of skills across year groups that are taught in appropriate and relevant contexts. The Wandsworth SACRE scheme of work is used as a starting point for the Religious Education (RE) curriculum and computing is planned from the Rising Stars scheme of work and links with topics are made where possible. The whole curriculum is enhanced through an exciting and diverse range of trips including residential trips for the children in Years 5 and 6. The school employs specialist teachers for PE, computing, Spanish, and music who work alongside the class teacher to ensure the children receive the best possible learning experiences. Children in Key Stage 2 also have the opportunity to work with secondary school teachers from local schools. This allows children to benefit from the expertise of these teachers, as well as to experience the excitement of a secondary setting. Several topics or subject weeks throughout the year further raise the profile of individual subjects: book week, curriculum week, sports week, and topic launches all provide children with exciting and interactive experiences and opportunities inside and outside the classroom. View full school