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At Deansbrook Junior School we believe that children should be encouraged to become lifelong learners who are prepared to go out into the world without any fear of the unknown, with the confidence to deal with successes and failures, and know-how to learn from them. At Deansbrook Junior School we believe that all children should have access to a broad and balanced curriculum. Planning of the curriculum will be flexible to meet pupils’ differentiating needs and to ensure progression, whatever a pupil’s prior attainment. We are an innovative and creative school, constantly seeking inspirational ways to engage and excite children. The quality of our school grounds and classrooms are exceptional and our high standards of achievement reflect this. Our children, their parents, and their teachers have a real voice in the school. All our stakeholders’ views are taken seriously and acted upon. We work together to ensure children leave school with confidence and pride. Deansbrook Junior School is committed to providing all its pupils access to a broad, balanced and relevant education. As part of the school’s work to ensure that all children receive their full entitlement, Deansbrook aims to prevent negative outcomes and enable pupils with special educational needs (SEN) to reach their full potential by raising their aspirations and the expectations for all, to be included fully within the school’s community, to have access to a creative curriculum that provides a focus on outcomes and to make a successful transition towards adulthood. Our school works hard to ensure that all the new children and their families that join us are provided with supportive admission and induction program. On a child's first day, a member of our staff will welcome both them and their parents into our school. Within the first two weeks of a child joining us, staff will have assessed their learning needs including, where appropriate, the child's proficiency in English. At Deansbrook we like to think everyone may have a gift or talent and aim to nurture these throughout the school. All children are given every opportunity to develop their potential and staff have high expectations. Children are routinely provided with challenges to extend their learning within the classroom and there are often other opportunities in a range of curriculum areas to extend skills and nurture particular talent. Including opportunities of performing in assemblies, work with artists and authors in residence and professional bodies e.g. Saracens. Children may also attend afterschool clubs and masterclasses at Deansbrook and local secondary schools. We aim to provide your child with a safe and healthy learning environment to enable them to grow and develop. Our Welfare Assistant and is there to help any child in need of assistance during the school day. There is a Welfare room with first aid facilities to deal with minor injuries. They also assist with monitoring absences and makes note of children's visits to the Welfare room. There are additional staff members who are trained first aiders who are on duty at all times and are based in classrooms and the playground during break-times. We would like our school to be known for a listening school, a warm positive ethos where all children are happy to come to school, High academic standards that are achieved without labeling by ability, Creativity, sporting achievement and community involvement, Individual aspiration, achievement, and resilience. We aim for our children to: Be proud of their school Feel happy and secure in school Have high self-esteem through recognizing and developing their strengths Know they are valued for themselves Value and respect others and recognize their qualities and achievements Be aware of their role in the wider community Value cultural diversity View full school

Deansbrook Infant School is a community school for children between the ages of 3 and 7 years, set in attractive grounds on the borders of Mill Hill and Edgware. We currently have three classes in our Reception year, three classes in Y1 and three classes in Y2. Our nursery has 78 part-time places. We have been judged by Ofsted to be a ‘Good School’ and aim to provide all children with the best possible start to their education. We have a committed and professional team of staff who strive to maintain excellent standards at the school. At Deansbrook Infant School, every individual is valued for who they are and what they contribute to the school. Values are intended to support the personal, social, and spiritual development of every pupil throughout the school. Each month the children learn about a new value through assemblies and it is integrated into the learning throughout the day. Values are displayed in a prominent position in the main school and Nursery with suggestions on how the children can show the value with supporting photographs and captions. Children are awarded certificates or stickers when achieving the value of the month. There are 11 values over the year which also link to the British Values. At Deansbrook Infant School we aim to provide a happy, secure and challenging environment where all children will develop confidence, self-esteem, a desire for learning, and will achieve their personal best. We provide a stimulating, broad, and balanced curriculum through which children are actively learning and individuals are equally valued. We seek to develop positive attitudes towards learning, life, and society. We encourage children to have respect for themselves and others as well as their environment and to work and play together in harmony. The school has nine classes and a Nursery. The Nursery and Reception are known as the Early Years Foundation Stage and Year 1 and Year 2 are known as Key Stage 1. The majority of our Year 2 children transfer to Deansbrook Junior School which shares the same site and with whom we have an established transfer program. Year 3 through to Year 6 are known as Key Stage 2. We place a strong emphasis on making the school environment an attractive and stimulating place to learn. All classrooms are very well resourced with Interactive Whiteboards, reading areas, role play areas, creative areas, and a range of relevant resources and attractive displays. In addition to these, there are many additional resources, which are centrally stored, for use across the school including laptops and iPads. The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) classes have their outdoor areas with an appropriate range of resources to support the seven areas of learning of The EYFS curriculum. The main playground has a playhouse, climbing frame, and covered areas with activities for the children to use during playtimes. We believe that a good partnership between home and school has a positive impact on children’s learning and we encourage parents to be fully involved with their children’s education. We ask you to support your child, as set out in our Home School Agreement, and encourage and support them to do their best. View full school