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This is a very successful school situated on spacious and pleasant grounds with a long history of serving the Davidson’s Mains area of Edinburgh. Pupils from age three in the nursery to age twelve in primary seven are accommodated in our large and varied buildings. We are a large school but we aim to maintain the friendly, supportive family feel of a school at the heart of its community where every child is well-known and valued and they and their parents feel a strong sense of belonging to the Davidson’s Mains Primary family. Our strong staff team strives to encourage our pupils to develop a growth mindset to learning and through this the ability to use their talents and skills to their full potential. We also aim to build confidence and resilience when faced with life’s setbacks and ensure they develop the skills to become successful lifelong learners. We aim to provide your children with a happy, stimulating, and challenging environment in which their contribution to the school is valued. We expect children to be kind and helpful to each other, to develop high self-esteem and self-discipline. We encourage children to find pleasure in learning and playing together, to understand, respect, and value the different cultures and backgrounds that enrich our school and its community. We believe that we can best succeed in our aims when parents and the school work in close partnership. We encourage parental involvement in classes and throughout the school. Between us, we have the most important job of educating your children enhancing their academic and social skills, their physical development, their emotional and spiritual development, and preparing them for the future. For our part, we will do all we can to ensure that your children receive a good education. As a parent or carer, you can ensure that your children get the maximum benefit from their education by involving yourself in and supporting their learning. You can also help by ensuring that your children get a good night’s rest and arrive on time for school each day. The AIMS of the school are as follows: To ensure every child is supported and challenged to make maximum progress and achieve to the very best of his/her ability. To provide a welcoming, safe and caring environment in which each child’s uniqueness is valued, supported, and respected. To build and maintain effective partnerships in the school and wider community. To equip children with the life-long learning skills required to be proactive and successful in the 21st century. To improve continually the health of all children and staff through strategies that promote a balanced lifestyle and encourage physical and emotional wellbeing To ensure all members of the school community enjoy equality of access to educational opportunities regardless of their needs, religion, culture race, family, social or economic background To provide effective support systems for everyone to achieve their potential. To ensure that the school’s promoted staff provide the highest quality of leadership and management and support for all To improve the quality of learning and teaching by providing a program of continuing professional development for all staff To promote and enable leadership to be distributed throughout the school. We are committed to supporting the development of the whole pupil, encouraging their development academically, spiritually, morally, socially, and culturally. Our learning community is strengthened by a set of core values that underpin the life and work of our school. We develop the Four Capacities of the Curriculum for Excellence, Responsible Citizens, Effective Contributors, Successful Learners, and Confident Individuals in our pupils through the teaching of these values. Our ‘living values’ provide a ‘compass’ to steer by in making choices and decisions and in shaping our daily lives. View full school