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At Eastbury Primary School we aim to provide a wonderful environment for all of our children to succeed and thrive in. We are a warm, welcoming community set in beautiful buildings and grounds which enhance our children’s learning. We believe that every child should achieve, even exceed their potential whilst feeling safe and happy every day. At Eastbury Primary School we believe that every child should achieve, even exceed their potential whilst feeling safe and happy every day. Along with our fabulous, modern buildings, we boast an excellent and dedicated team of teachers and support staff who strive every day to get the very best from the children in our care. We are proud to offer free after-school clubs each night of the week as well as a daily breakfast club and a variety of activities during lunchtimes. At the end of their school day, children attending a club go to the hall and can enjoy a healthy snack and a drink if they wish to before they start their extended learning. The school funds all the costs incurred so these are also free. A special thank you goes to the staff that generously give up their time to run these activities. We try to ensure our clubs reflect the feedback we receive from children and parents. If you have an idea for a club, please contact our school office and we will consider it when we plan our future provision. Each school has been asked to publish a statement about how they ensure that pupils are developing a full and balanced understanding. At Eastbury Primary School we are proud to represent several cultures and faiths and always strive to promote these key aspects of being a well-rounded citizen. Eastbury Primary School has an ARP for Deaf Children (Additional Resource Provision). We offer a highly qualified and experienced staff to support deaf children throughout the school from Nursery to Year 6. We have a specialist head of provision, teachers of the deaf (ToD), and Education and Communication Support Workers (ECSW’s) who support children using a bimodal bilingual communication approach using speech and sign language. We work both in mainstream classes and lessons and also offer specialist withdrawal lessons and small group work, including reverse inclusion groups with hearing children. We use British Sign Language (BSL) and Signed Supported English (SSE) across the whole school with many staff who are trained or training to use sign language. We use sign language for all assemblies including singing assemblies, and to help hearing children learn also. We offer a sign language-friendly environment and are proud of our deaf children, their culture, and their identity within the school. We support our families, staff, and the local community through home visits, sign language classes and clubs, and our Deaf Empowerment And Friends (D.E.A.F) Support Group is an affiliate group for the National Deaf Children's Society (NDCS). Homework is set by the class teachers and sent to all pupils every Thursday. The expectation is for these tasks to be completed to the highest standard by the following Tuesday. Daily number practice is also essential for Mathematical development, as children are expected to solve addition and subtraction problems (including decimals) and quickly recall all times and division tables to 12 by the end of Year 4 at the very latest. We also strongly recommend that children keep a diary where they write extensively about the most memorable events of their day. Children at Eastbury Primary School are organized into four different Houses as specified in our behavior and rewards system. All Houses have developed their own distinctive identities through identification with their name, color, logo, and motto. Our school encourages engagement with inter-house activities and assemblies. Since it was introduced, the house system has changed our school atmosphere and ethos. It has allowed pupils to have a greater sense of belonging build support for younger students from older ones improve corridor behavior and improve understanding of other year group events and issues for all students. Read Write Inc. is a method of learning letter sounds and phonics, and we use it here at Eastbury Primary School to aid children in their literacy. Reading opens the door to learning. A child who reads a lot will become a good reader. A good reader will be able to read more challenging material. A child who reads challenging material is a child who will learn. The more a child learns, the more he or she will want to find out. Using Read Write, the children learn to read effortlessly so that they can put all their energy into comprehending what they read. It also allows them to spell effortlessly so that they can put all their energy into composing what they write. View full school

Eastbury is a wonderful school in which to learn and work. At Eastbury, we want every pupil to be happy and part of our success story. We do our best to ensure all pupils are healthy, feel safe, and are extremely well educated. We, therefore, have high expectations and ambitions for every pupil. Our mission statement is 'Getting the best from and for all our learners'. The Early Years Foundation Stage is a curriculum for children from birth to five. We follow the curriculum in Nursery and Reception. Each child learns skills, acquires new knowledge, and demonstrates their understanding through seven areas of learning and development. The total time spent on teaching each day is 5 hours (excluding break, lunchtime, and registration times), totaling 25 hours per week. Each Year Group is sub-divided into groups of 25 - 30 or less for teaching purposes. Students are grouped according to the needs of the individual subject with setting by ability predominating. The placement of each student is regularly reviewed and is changed when appropriate. Eastbury Sixth Form provides a supportive environment in which students feel valued, grow in confidence and fulfill their academic, moral and social potential by combining high expectations with a powerful support network. Our Sixth form results for both academic and vocational courses are amongst the very best in Barking and Dagenham and many of our students go on to attend the country’s most competitive Universities and Apprenticeships. By joining Eastbury Sixth Form you are choosing to become part of a thriving community with an ever-growing reputation for academic excellence, a comprehensive enrichment program, and post-18 support to ensure every student leaves on an aspirational and well-matched progression route. We place a high emphasis on not just the academic attainment of our students, but also their moral and social development. We offer a wide range of trips, events, and workshops to ensure all our students leave as confidant, independent, and responsible young adults with an appetite to continue their learning with vigor and enthusiasm. Supporting and caring for Students is a key priority. Every student can succeed with the right support and encouragement from home and school. We work closely and develop a partnership with parents to support their child at Eastbury. Parents receive a detailed report of their child's progress once a year. This contains an assessment of current attainment and suggestions for improvement. Throughout the year, progress reports and regular contact keeps parents informed if we have cause for celebration or concern. We encourage all parents to attend our regular Parents' Evenings and Open Days, where there is a valuable opportunity to discuss in greater detail the progress of their child and agree on strategies to help reach the highest possible standards. Our fortnightly newsletters and primary newsletters ensure that parents are kept up-to-date with school events and how to support their child academically. Also, we have a full-time Parent Support Advisor who can make home visits and meet families when needed. Learning Support Specialists and assistants identify students who need support and work closely with them across the curriculum to provide extra help with their learning. A range of additional 'Booster' classes enables learners to succeed in the core subjects of English and Mathematics. We also provide additional lessons and reading schemes to boost students' literacy levels. Our highly regarded Hearing Impaired Centre has well-equipped rooms that cater to the needs of learners with hearing loss. A team of specialist teachers and communicators provides support in small groups and the classroom. Highly experienced Learning Mentors and Youth Workers support the emotional needs of our students and help develop a positive attitude to learning. They work closely with students who are experiencing anxieties about school, have problems in their lives outside of school, or who need help with forming friendship groups. For those students who do not have English as their first Language, our Bilingual Assistants provide support in accessing the curriculum, and specialist teachers provide additional English Classes. As well as developing proficiency in English, we encourage students to be literate in their first language and study a GCSE in their home language. Working at Eastbury Community School provides an excellent opportunity to develop your career as a teacher or associate (support) member of staff. We are a successful, well-ordered, and inclusive school serving a diverse community. Our number one priority is to improve teaching and learning, and we pride ourselves in being a school where teachers can teach, and aspirational children want to learn. As a mixed community school in Barking, East London we are at the forefront of innovation and development. The school is proud of the excellent progress of students and outstanding provision of care & guidance, support for, and collaboration with other schools and teachers, and our plans to extend this further in the future is a key priority for the school. .Well-being and high-quality professional development for all staff are at the heart of what we believe is important. As a member of staff, you will work in a supportive environment where staff contributions are valued. Many of our staff want to develop their career at Eastbury and we are proud that many people gain promotion both within and beyond the school. Above all we want our students and staff to be happy, successful, and healthy. View full school