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Our vision is to create a school community where everyone feels valued, has the opportunity to explore, develop their strengths, and participate in new experiences. Our aim is to an inspirational school creating good people in an atmosphere that promotes confidence, high academic achievement, physical health, and emotional well-being. We believe education is a partnership between the school, the child, and their family. Hitherfield has served the local area since the 19th Century and continues to do so with our modern, well-resourced school buildings in stunning grounds including three playgrounds, a field, trim trail, nature area, edible playground, and a ball court. Our pupils make outstanding progress academically, physically, and socially, consistently above national progress averages. We are a ‘Lead Food Flagship School for Lambeth’ and share our food growing and healthy lifestyle expertise with other schools. We have won many awards and recognition including the Inclusion Quality and Arts Marks, and our pupils have won local and national competitions: the London-wide Robo-Challenge local Athletics Championships local football leagues, as well as being finalists in the national Microsoft Kodu cup for digital game design. At Hitherfield School we have high expectations of all our children, encouraging them always to do their best regardless of their gender, ethnicity, additional needs, or beliefs. We teach our children about the British Values - Democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty, and mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs and for those without faith. We do this in a variety of ways, including modeling democracy (for example pupil elections, General Elections, trips to the Houses of Parliament), through assemblies, and our inclusive curriculum. We are committed to educating holistically, focusing on the social, moral, creative, and artistic as well as the academic. We have worked hard to build a school community with positive relationships based upon mutual respect and support. We are proud of the cultural diversity that makes up our school community, seeing it as a strength that we should celebrate. We help children see the importance of taking responsibility for themselves, their actions, and their learning. Ultimately, this encourages them to become independent learners and active members of society All Lambeth maintained schools have a similar approach to meeting the needs of pupils with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities and are supported by the Local Authority to ensure that all pupils, regardless of their specific needs, make the best possible progress in school. All schools are supported to be as inclusive as possible, with the needs of pupils with Special Educational Needs and or Disabilities being met in a mainstream setting wherever possible, where families want this to happen. Pupils with Special Educational Needs and or Disabilities will take part in the activities of the school together with pupils without Special Educational Needs and or Disabilities whenever possible. View full school