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Mount Stewart Junior School prides itself in being an outstanding school. The school provides a caring and friendly atmosphere to ensure that your child will have a happy and fulfilling all-around education. It is the mission of Mount Stewart Junior School to foster a lifelong enthusiasm for learning. We are committed to maintaining a community of high expectations of themselves and each other. We aim to foster partnerships with parents/ carers and the wider community which support children’s development and help them to understand their future role in society. Within a happy, secure, learning environment we endeavor to value the contribution of every individual and to celebrate diversity. The school will ensure through its processes and practices that children ‘be healthy’ ‘stay safe’, ‘enjoy and achieve’, ‘make a positive contribution’ and through gaining increasing skills and knowledge ‘achieve economic well being’. We aim to set standards of excellence in the teaching and learning experiences we offer and to allow our pupils to acquire knowledge, understanding, skills, and attitudes which will be the key to their success in future education and adult life. We aim to meet the needs of all our pupils by involving them in an appropriate, broad, and balanced curriculum. We aim to achieve efficient management of school finances and to provide a pleasant, safe, and stimulating learning environment for our pupils. We aim to develop and sustain a happy and secure environment in which our children gain confidence and independence while learning to accept responsibility and to make a positive contribution to a caring school environment. At Mount Junior School, we have high expectations of our parents, and in choosing to send your child to the school we expect to work in partnership with you in providing an all-around education for your child. We want every child to be happy, achieve the most they can, and leave here a confident, well-mannered, and educated young person. Our view of education can be best summed up by the SCHOOL MISSION STATEMENT: "Life-Long Learners Reach Great Heights". The aims of mount Stewart junior school: To provide a challenging, yet supportive environment to stimulate, maintain and develop, a lively enquiring mind. To encourage all pupils to reach their true potential and eventually become independent learners who value learning with and from others, i.e. have a positive attitude to life-long learning. To value application, perseverance, initiative, and independence of thought and action, as well as cooperative endeavors. To develop in pupils a sense of moral values which can form a framework for a sense of own worth, and relationships with others, so become responsible members of society. To develop in pupils a positive attitude towards themselves and others with a strong sense of self-respect. Also to develop a sense of respect for other peoples’ property, ideas, and beliefs irrespective of gender, race, disability or academic achievements, etc. To appreciate human achievements, failures, and aspirations. To develop positive attitudes towards and concern for the environment. To offer a broad-based curriculum to facilitate the acquisition of knowledge, promote enjoyment in learning, and provide knowledge and skills to equip students for work and leisure as active, confident, and responsible members of a rapidly developing society. At Mount Stewart Junior School we aim to make learning around experience. We deliver a diverse enriching curriculum that develops skills through creative hands-on learning. Our curriculum is relevant and meaningful to children as it has an emphasis on the children’s interests and has a consideration of their different families, cultures, religions, and backgrounds. Children are also given exciting opportunities to explore topics each half term through a mixture of interesting homework activities and projects, workshops, and trips. The Government set out its definition of British values in the 2011 Prevent Strategy, and these values have been reiterated this year (2014). At Mount Stewart Junior School these values are reinforced regularly in the following ways. In actively promoting British Values, we will also focus on, and be able to show how our work with pupils is effective in embedding fundamental British values. This also means challenging pupils, staff, or parents to express opinions contrary to fundamental British Values, including ‘extremist views’. Much of our current work already encompasses these values and will be intrinsically linked to our School Teaching Plan. View full school

We want our school to be a supportive happy, vibrant place where children and adults work and learn to live together in harmony. Our aim is for each individual to achieve their full potential by providing a caring, stimulating and creative environment that challenges pupils to do their best. We believe that the education of pupils is central to the work of the school. Mount Stewart Infant School recognizes that each child is an individual that all children need to succeed, therefore, Mount Stewart Infant School respects the individual needs of children fosters a caring and creative environment, and emphasizes the social, emotional, physical, intellectual development of each child. We aim to provide a stimulating learning environment where all children thrive and reach their potential. Help pupils to develop mentally, morally, physically, socially, and emotionally. Develop and train our staff to provide a first-class education for our pupil's Set high standards for everyone within our school community Work in partnership with our parents, the community, and other agencies for the education and welfare of our pupils. Make learning, fun, enjoyable, challenging, and rewarding. Create a harmonious school community where pupils are safe, happy and learn to appreciate the differences and diversity within the school community. Our values are Respect for different beliefs and cultures. Honesty and Integrity are what we say and do. Equality for all pupils, staff, and parents. Tolerance and Fairness. At Mount Stewart Infant School, we aim to identify, at the earliest opportunity, all children who need special consideration to support their physical, sensory, social, emotional, communication, or cognitive development. Pupils with SEND will have access to a broad and balanced curriculum through quality first teaching. We also provide additional and different provisions, to support pupils when necessary. We are proactive in identifying any additional needs early, including the needs of children with statements who are transferring in from nursery, so that we can provide the appropriate intervention to match the needs. We work with a range of outside agencies from Education, Health, and Social Care, to ensure that pupils receive the correct support. We are delighted to welcome you to our school. Our federation comprises Mount Stewart Infant School and Mount Stewart Junior School. Our schools have a long and proud history of serving their community with each having its own identity. Now operating together as one organization, we believe our schools are gaining tremendously from working collaboratively, more importantly, we strive to provide a seamless transition for our pupils between the two schools. As one Governing Board and Leadership Team, we are best placed to offer our children the highest possible standard of 21st Century teaching and learning, with one vision and purpose for the benefit of our pupils and for the success of the community we live in. Our federation prides itself in providing a supportive, community environment within which children can flourish. We seek to stimulate the love of learning in our children so that they want to learn for themselves and achieve to the very best of their abilities. Every child is valued as an individual and encouraged to develop their best selves within a setting where they are happy, well cared for, and, most importantly, where they care for each other. Each year group has a topic overview of the year which is matched to the Programme of Study for the National Curriculum or EYFS curriculum. The topics are reviewed at the end of the school year and any changes will be incorporated in the new school year. The yearly overview is broken down into medium-term plans or termly units of work to show progression, continuity, and development of basic skills. Each year group plans weekly activities from the medium-term plans. Class teachers adapt these plans to meet the needs of their class. The curriculum focuses on developing skills attitudes knowledge and social skills to foster collaboration of ideas and working together towards a common goal. Our curriculum also includes extra-curricular activities and promotes equality of opportunity. We provide a range of extra-curricular activities to enhance pupils’ learning. These activities include trips linked to topics, after-school clubs – chess, art, music, ICT, football, Gymnastics, Taekwondo, drama, and ballet visiting theatre groups and other companies and presenters. Clubs help pupils to collaborate with pupils of different ages and abilities and to use some of the skills they have been learning at school. View full school

We are a two-form entry community primary school maintained by the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. We have a Foundation Stage and admit children from three to eleven years old. We look forward to welcoming you and your children to our happy, successful, vibrant, and caring school. We see parents/carers as partners in the education of their children, and greatly value their contribution to school life. Children thrive when they feel happy, safe, and respected, and when they are set for challenging and stimulating work. We are committed to lifelong learning and have a thriving learning center for parents and the local community on site. We aim to: Develop a friendly, supportive, and forward-looking school that inspires everyone to achieve their best and make positive contributions. Deliver a rich, creative, and stimulating curriculum to raise the attainment of all children. Encourage and promote independence, self-discipline, and excellent standards of teaching and learning. Build an inclusive school community whereby all parents, children, and staff feel safe, proud, respected, and valued. As part of the curriculum, we have specialist teachers for Art and Music, who provide excellent art and music learning opportunities. We enrich our curriculum with theatre companies who come to provide drama and music workshops covering many of our topics. Children also have opportunities for off-site learning through visits to places of interest and learning, which are linked to topics. Year 6 also has the opportunity to stay in Kent for a week-long residential trip, where they learn through field experiments and outdoor learning. In our school, we recently introduced an amazing new scheme called JIGSAW. JIGSAW brings together PSHE Education, emotional literacy, social skills, and spiritual development in a comprehensive scheme of learning. Teaching strategies are varied and are mindful of preferred learning styles and the need for differentiation. Jigsaw is designed as a whole school approach, with all year groups working on the same theme (Puzzle) at the same time. This enables each theme to start with an introductory assembly, generating a whole school focus for adults and children alike. The whole scheme is designed with six themes (Puzzles) for six half terms. All themes include the use of The Jigsaw Circle. The Jigsaw Circle is a tried and tested teaching approach, popularised most successfully in recent years by Jenny Mosley. It brings children and adults together to feel equal and valued so that they can share ideas, thoughts, and feelings. The aims of learning French at Stewart Headlam are to foster an interest in learning another language and to make it fun, to make children aware that language has structure and that the structure differs from one language to another, and finally to lay the foundations for future study. View full school

Stewart Fleming Primary School is an Academy School in the London Borough of Bromley. The school was inspected by Ofsted in June 2016 and judged to be an outstanding school. Amongst many positive aspects, OfSTED found our ethos to be one where pupils are well cared for, make outstanding progress, behave well and enjoy coming to school. Every day at Stewart Fleming is an extraordinary school day. Our unwavering commitment to delivering an inspiring and inclusive curriculum develops independent learners. We endeavor to nurture inquisitive minds to enable them to become the best that they can be. The following principles, laid out by The Pioneer Academy are tried and tested in all of its schools and have been recognized as being highly successful by Ofsted. These principles underpin The Pioneer Trust Mantra which promotes success for children and guarantees improved outcomes. Promoting and achieving excellence - to inspire children and adults to achieve the extraordinary in dynamic learning environments that foster the development of independent learning. Working in partnership across The Pioneer Academy to provide innovative opportunities for staff and children to raise aspirations Recognizing the importance of outstanding teaching and learning - to develop leaders of learning, create the reality and sustain high-quality educational experiences and raise the self-esteem of all children enabling them to contribute positively to society Actively encouraging creativity and innovation - giving opportunities for risk-taking and the exploration of new knowledge and concepts to grow a ‘can do’ and ‘no excuses’ learning culture Consistent high standards of behavior and attendance - role modeled by all staff to shape the ethos and values of the school, support learning, and promote achievement Equality and diversity - to gain mutual respect through an understanding of the key values of justice and equality Safeguarding health, safety, and welfare - to protect all children and adults This will be achieved by: Securing outstanding leadership at all levels within the school and across The Trust Developing excellent governance and strategic planning, including legal, promotional, and financial management Appointing and developing highly qualified, excellent Teachers, administrative, and learning support staff Establishing a regular forum for children and families to discuss views with school leaders and governors, contributing to our journey to excellence Learning from the best systems for self-evaluation, review, and inspection to monitor and measure progress Bringing school staff and partners together to learn from each other, consider innovative practice, and inspire future developments View full school