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Downe Primary School is situated near the center of Downe Village in High Elms Road. The original school building dates from 1906 with a large modern extension added in 1973. In Summer 2004 a new modular classroom was added that further increased the classroom accommodation. We now have 4 classrooms with a dedicated space for the reception children, complete with an outdoor learning space. Also, we have a support room which is used for group work. We also have a school hall, library, computer area, and music room. We are a small school with a caring family atmosphere. We have high expectations which we work hard together to achieve. Everyone in our school and community is important to us. We aim to achieve the highest possible attainment and to develop the full potential of every child in all areas – Spiritual, Moral, Cultural, Mental, and Physical. We provide consistently good teaching which is both stimulating and challenging this motivates our children to be engaged, excited, and successful learners. We provide a broad curriculum and many extra curriculum events and activities. We value our partnership with parents and other members of the community. We hope that you will enjoy browsing our website and that it will give you a flavor of all that goes on at our school. At Downe, we aim For the highest pupil achievement. To fully develop the potential of each child in all areas. To encourage the child's sense of individual worth and help the child develop sensitivity to the needs of others. To do this the school will aim to provide: High quality of education. A broad and balanced curriculum that promotes the spiritual, moral, cultural, mental, and physical development of the pupils. A happy and caring environment where pupils feel secure. View full school

Downe Manor, where everybody has the opportunity to be inspired to reach their full potential through memorable learning experiences. Downe Manor is a well-established and successful primary school. Visitors and pupils tell us that we are a harmonious school community with good pupil & staff relationships and that we provide good teaching and additional support to all children. We have a dedicated, committed, and talented staff and a broad, exciting, and relevant curriculum that enables Downe Manor to develop and extend the different abilities of all children. Downe Manor benefits from a new purpose-built school, specialist facilities, and extensive grounds. We endeavor to provide a happy and stimulating environment for all pupils and staff. Children and learning are at the heart of the school. To achieve educational success we set high standards and we keep to them. We believe that successful learning comes through effective teaching, interesting lessons, hard work, effective behavior management, and good attendance. We are determined to maximize the learning of all our children, increase their sense of self-belief and strengthen their respect for each other. We want children at Downe Manor to enjoy their learning, have fun and learn creatively. We constantly strive to improve ourselves and the outcomes for all of our children. We are ambitious and have very high expectations of children's behavior and their learning. At Downe Manor Primary School we respect and value all children and are committed to providing a caring, friendly and safe environment for all our pupils so they can learn, in a relaxed and secure atmosphere. We believe every pupil should be able to participate in all school activities in an enjoyable and safe environment and be protected from harm. This is the responsibility of every adult employed by or invited to deliver services at Downe Manor Primary School. We recognize our responsibility to safeguard all who access school and promote the welfare of all our pupils by protecting them from physical, sexual, and emotional abuse, neglect, and bullying. Where deemed appropriate, the school will seek medical advice and guidance on the best procedures to support pupils to enable them to take part as fully and safely as is possible in all school activities. We expect parents/guardians to advise the school of their child’s specific medical needs. Details will be recorded and held on the school’s computer system. They will be displayed in the medical welfare room and in classrooms out of sight of other pupils, to alert the teacher (and any temporary supply staff) to such needs – this includes asthma and anaphylaxis. View full school

Disillusioned by the independent education that existed for girls at the time, our founder, Miss Olive Willis, held the strong belief that a school should meet the needs of young women by valuing and prizing individuals and engendering a strong sense of community. She believed that excellence, excitement, and enthusiasm for the world around should be hallmarks of that school community, that teachers should not be placed on pedestals, and that girls should not be expected to rush around in a feverish attempt to behave like boys. Consequently, Downe House was established as a school where each individual within the community matters and where relationships between staff and pupils are normal’. Our values have not changed since the School opened in 1907 kindness and respect for others are as valued today as they were when the school was founded. Downe House’s aim has always been to enable, encourage and prepare girls to play a full and positive part as citizens of a global community and as outstanding women of the future. Wander around our calm, collected, extremely happy boarding school environment and you will see that those founding principles are very much in place today. We understand that choosing a school for your daughter is a huge decision and that your daughter’s interests, talents, and needs will look different from those of another girl. When a girl joins Downe House we provide an environment that both supports her development and celebrates her individuality – there is no such thing as a ‘typical Downe House girl’. What girls do have in common, however, is that they are challenged academically and are given as many opportunities as possible to become the women that they want to be. We encourage and support girls as they identify and develop their academic strengths, and we provide almost limitless opportunities to become accomplished musicians, actors, athletes, artists – wherever their talents and ambitions take them. Downe House girls excel, and they do so because they enjoy what they do. As one parent said, ‘we couldn’t be more thrilled.’ Be kind, work hard, aim high We want to ignite a love of learning and be sure that when your daughter leaves Downe House, she will believe that there is nothing she cannot achieve in the world. Of course, academic results matter greatly to us and we expect girls to aspire to excellence in all they do, both in the classroom and beyond. However, we place equal importance on equipping every girl with a well-established work ethic and a core set of traditional values, skills, and beliefs that will allow her to flourish in today’s rapidly changing world. With only girls in the classroom, in the science labs, on stage, and in the sports field, both intellectual and physical confidence can grow without any stereotyping or gender-weighted expectations. There are so many things that make the difference at Downe House. For girls in the Lower School, it includes the term spent in France by all Lower Fourth girls. The Upper School and Sixth Form have the opportunity to take part in our far-reaching Global Student Exchange Programme with 16 partner schools across six continents. Not to mention our Elective Programme which provides ‘super curricular academic enrichment to challenge and stretchable girls. View full school