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Since 1885, Saint Thomas Academy has developed leaders guided by an honorable moral compass. Our Catholic foundation, ongoing campus ministry activities, service learning opportunities, and academic requirements in theology and community service will shape your son’s character and beliefs. This, combined with our military leadership curriculum and applied leadership opportunities within the Corps of Cadets, fosters teamwork, mentorship, and servant leadership among all cadets. Throughout our history, the cadets of Saint Thomas Academy have been well-served by the foundation that is unique to the Academy: all-boys, Catholic, college prep, and military leadership. Saint Thomas Academy boasts a 10:1 student-faculty ratio and small class sizes, allowing faculty time to work with your son individually, ensuring he is encouraged and challenged academically. Each week, faculty have scheduled tutoring hours after the regular school day and before after-school activities begin when they can help students who may have a simple question or need personalized instruction. Our manageable size means everyone at the Academy takes an interest in your son’s development. We all embrace our mission of developing boys into young men of character and know this is best realized in partnership with each other, with the boys, and with parents. The Academy’s unique all-male environment fosters an inimitable bond of brotherhood. And yet, your son will have ample opportunity to explore his individual interests through coursework and co-curricular activities, such as the world-renowned Experimental Vehicle Team, top-ranked athletics, or the prestigious Model UN. We will ask a lot academically of your son and provide the support he needs to succeed. Our dedicated faculty are passionate about teaching boys and have tailored their courses to the ways boys learn best. They will help your son develop the skills he needs for college and beyond through hands-on applications, interactive exercises, and creative instruction. Because of our small class sizes, faculty can devote themselves to one-on-one support if your son should need it. For more than 130 years, the Saint Thomas Academy community of students, parents, faculty, and alumni has prepared young men to succeed in college and life in an environment shaped by the message of Jesus Christ. Saint Thomas Academy’s tradition, discipline, and spirit influence the life of a young man long after graduation. Our mission – to develop boys into men of character – is our promise to our students, our families, our community, and the world. We accomplish this through the transformative power of an educational and life experience deeply rooted in Catholic faith and traditions, academic excellence, military leadership, and an all-male environment. Students at Saint Thomas Academy immerse themselves in their studies with great energy and extreme focus. From the beginning of the day until the evening hours, our classrooms, hallways, labs, and learning center buzz with discussion, experiment, and learning. In our curriculum, your son will learn broad genres of literature and writing, develop skills in basic algebra to calculus, and further his understanding of religion. At Saint Thomas Academy, every boy is pushed to reach his full potential and find his passion. The work of creating a community of inclusion that respects individuals is an essential element of the Saint Thomas Academy mission and its values. Diversity activities often challenge assumptions, habits, and long-held beliefs and habits, and they ask all groups to recognize their similarities and celebrate their differences. Saint Thomas Academy is committed to fostering diversity in its student body, faculty, and staff, as a core value of the school community. Saint Thomas Academy encourages respect for individuality and believes in the importance of community. Therefore, Saint Thomas Academy calls students to standards of academic achievement, behavior, and dress that are conducive to self-discipline, respect for others, and sound moral conduct. View full school

At Bishop Thomas Grant, we have a long-standing tradition of being a fully inclusive Catholic school. We expect all our students to make exceptional academic progress and to be fully supported in their journeys of faith. We inculcate in our students the importance of hard work, good manners, smart appearance, courtesy, co-operation, and service to others at all times. We ensure a curriculum fit for the 21st Century that is personalized to meet and challenge the needs of individual students. We are a school with traditional values and high aspirations. At Bishop Thomas Grant School, we expect and encourage each student to fulfill their potential, and we enable them to continue to grow in their faith and mature into fine young people. In this ever-changing world, the school continues to evolve and adapt, ensuring that our students develop the skills required to move on to higher education and employment and to confidently take their place in society. The ethos and high aspirational culture of our school are rooted in Gospel values to quote the Diocesan Vision for Education, “We stand on holy ground. Every child, every young person, every adult is a unique image of God.”Parents are the first educators of their child and at Bishop Thomas Grant School we communicate regularly with parents and families. We continue to set challenging targets to make certain that the school builds on its current academic success. This, along with our enrichment program and extra-curricular activities, serves to ensure that our students receive a broad and balanced education and can succeed in life as confident, resilient, and well-rounded individuals. At Bishop Thomas Grant School, our Catholic faith is not simply an added extra that we teach and offer our students it is integrated into the whole life of our School and in all aspects of the curriculum. It is conveyed in the values and attitudes which are incorporated into the way we structure and manage, into the relationships between staff and students, and into the aims we set ourselves. We believe that the Catholic vision of life can enable human beings to become more human. In our School, we undertake to present it, live it, and celebrate it. Our Catholic Vision was acknowledged by the Archdiocese of Southwark in their recent inspection of the school. We are a truly comprehensive school and our curriculum reflects this. Students at Bishop Thomas Grant School will make the expected levels of progress in their subjects and go beyond this. We are committed to ensuring that every child leaves us with the best education to prepare them for their lives as adults and as followers of Christ. When you send your sons and daughters to secondary school you place your trust in us. We have the opportunity as educators to enable students to shine and gain the qualifications that will open the doors to their future careers. We believe passionately that every student at Bishop Thomas Grant School must access a modern curriculum that is fit for purpose, stretching, enjoyable, and that equips them with the skills and knowledge for the future. The curriculum at Bishop Thomas Grant School is reviewed annually to ensure that we are meeting the needs of all students. The best schools do not wait for the world to change before they adapt their curriculum in line with others. The best schools change their curriculum as the world changes and other schools follow them. Students at Bishop Thomas Grant School experience a rich world-class curriculum that will enable our learners of today to be the leaders of tomorrow. View full school

Welcome to St Thomas the Apostle we are an 11-18 boys Catholic school with a co-educational sixth form. We are currently ranked (according to the Department for Education performance tables) as the 11th highest performing school in the country in terms of the progress our students make (+0.91 progress 8). Achievements such as these are born out of a culture of hard work and success. Our most recent Ofsted inspection (November 2014) has categorized our school as “outstanding” in all categories. The boys take tremendous pride in their school community and their learning. One student told the Ofsted Inspectors: “we enter as boys but we leave as young men.” St Thomas the Apostle is a school where success is achieved within a nurturing Christian community. This is reflected in our motto “Achieving Excellence with Care”. We insist on the highest standards of behavior, uniform, attitude to learning, and respect for one another and the environment. By providing a traditional, yet broad and balanced curriculum for all our students, we can recognize and develop individual talents and interests. Building on our growing reputation for excellence, we opened our new Sixth Form in September 2015. Our students benefit from the close links with the best universities in the country and a high proportion leave us to attend Russell Group universities. St Thomas the Apostle College strives to provide an outstanding level of education for all its pupils within an environment of strong Catholic traditions. We value all members of our College community and encourage all staff and students to bear witness to the Catholic faith in their work and relationships. The College aims to provide a happy, caring, and successful learning environment for all our students where their true potential can be realized. Our students all receive an academic curriculum that is broad and balanced. The spread and the depth of the curriculum have been carefully thought through and facilitate our students to receive the very best outcomes in their GCSEs, A-Levels, and beyond. The broad and balanced curriculum we have put in place ensures that all boys are prepared for the opportunities, responsibilities, and experiences of adult life. We encourage all boys to develop enquiring minds and equip them with the skills necessary to become autonomous learners. By taking responsibility for their learning our students will leave St Thomas the Apostle College fully equipped to cope with the demands of a complex, fast-changing society. The 6th Form at St Thomas the Apostle College combines high expectations of academic performance, a commitment to personal development, and increased independence and responsibility for our students as they prepare for Higher Education and successful careers. The academic curriculum is supplemented by an extensive enrichment program on Wednesday afternoons, work experience placements in the summer term, and a comprehensive program of events to prepare students for Higher Education, prestigious apprenticeships, and future careers. The 6th Form Centre offers a wide range of A-Level courses, as well as a selection of vocational BTEC courses. Interest from boys and girls who are currently in Year 11 here and at other schools is welcomed prospective students will find our 6th Form to be professional, stimulating, challenging, and rigorous in equal measure and we look forward to working with ambitious students as we build an outstanding 6th form provision to our outstanding school. St Thomas, The Apostle College has been serving the community of Peckham since 1965. Since that time it has been an integral part of the local community. In the 1960s the Catholic community in Southwark was growing, so a new school was badly needed to provide a quality Catholic education to young Catholic men. Our school now reflects the multi-faith community in which we live. We have members of our community from a wide variety of faith positions, and we ensure that each is valued equally, by our Catholic Christian faith. As Catholics, we believe that the first of all Human Rights is the right for the individual to freely choose and practice their religion because it is this choice that relates closest to God. View full school

We are a school that is open, welcoming, and inclusive. We, at St. Thomas’, seek to prepare pupils to find happiness and to lead lives of goodness, built upon Christian values, personal integrity, and moral courage. We have a very committed, and highly supportive, staff that strives to ensure that all of our children are happy, successful, and prepared with the skills and attributes to participate fully in our future society. We believe that each matter. Through positive attitudes and partnership, we endeavor to develop the whole child, meeting individual needs in a safe, secure stimulating learning environment. Everyone is encouraged to take responsibility, to have high expectations of themselves and others, to become successful learners, confident individuals, responsible citizens, and effective contributors.’ Values of respect, honesty, kindness, equality, and fairness are actively promoted with our school community. We celebrate social and cultural diversity so that everyone feels valued and respected. We believe that positive partnership with pupils, staff, parents, and the wider community will enhance the life and work of the school. In St Thomas’ our vision is to provide a nurturing and positive ethos for the whole school community underpinned by the values of our Catholic faith. In St Thomas’ Primary, we value each individual and strive to treat each other with compassion, equality, and fairness to promote honesty, respect, and positivity in our school. We believe everyone has the right to be treated fairly in an inclusive environment where there is compassion, tolerance, and respect. St. Thomas’ Primary School we follow the values and principles for the curriculum as set out in ‘A Curriculum for Excellence. It affirms that ACfE is for all young people in all educational settings and that it should support them in a range of ways that help them to maximize their potential. At the heart lies the aspiration that all children and young people should be successful learners, confident individuals, responsible citizens, and effective contributors (that is they should develop in the four capacities). View full school

At St Thomas of Canterbury School, we strive to give all children the best possible education, helping them to be the best they can be. We work in partnership with parents to enable all children to develop their talents within a Christian environment of love, faith, justice, and forgiveness. As a community of learners the staff, Governors, and children continually reflect on our standards and achievements and then strive to reach even greater heights. If you are a child you can expect to be supported and challenged to be the best you can be. If you are a parent you can expect to be asked to instill a good attitude to learning by your example to your child. As a member of staff, you can expect to be supported and developed in your role so that you can focus all your energies on improving your practice to achieve the highest possible standards for all children. As a Governor you will be expected to ensure that the school is doing all it can to achieve the best outcomes for all children. Our motto is ‘To Love and To Serve’ and as a school, we will do all we can to love and serve each other and God through our work and our play. The school’s educational program is intentionally directed at the growth of the whole person: to develop pupils who can accept responsibility, whose lives reflect Christian values, and who recognize knowledge is important but its chief value is in giving service to others. We aim to create a Christian Community in our school whose values are communicated through love and sincere relationships between all its members, a community in which each person can develop his or her human potential as fully as possible with a view to a personal commitment to Christ. The school recognizes that it can achieve its aims only in partnership with parents who are the first and foremost educators of the child. St Thomas of Canterbury is a Voluntary Aided Catholic Primary School in the diocese of Southwark. The school exists primarily to serve the Catholic community however, the Governing Body welcomes applications, subject to availability, of places from non-catholic families who support the religious ethos of the school. The responsibility for the admission of pupils rests with the Governors who are the admitting authority. After consulting with the Local Authority the Governors tend to admit 90 pupils to the Reception class at the beginning of the school year which starts in September. In Nursery, children may be admitted the term after their third birthday. We have three intakes September, January, and April. Children will be allocated a part-time place which will be either a morning or afternoon session. Applications need to be made directly to the school. Children will be admitted for full-time schooling at the beginning of the academic year in which they become of statutory school age (five years old). Where an application place for Reception is successful, parents/carers are invited to meet the Headteacher and staff in the Summer term and a carefully planned transition program is implemented. Applications should be made to Merton Local Authority and directly to the school. For in-year admissions, where places are available, parents and carers should initially contact the school to arrange a visit. Applications should be made directly to Merton Local Authority and the school. St Thomas of Canterbury Primary school encourages the participation and inclusion of all children regardless of their needs and abilities. Teachers provide a rich, balanced and differentiated curriculum to ensure that all our pupils fulfill their full potential. The school draws upon the support of the Inclusion Manager, Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Integrated Service from Merton and other outside agencies to ensure pupils receive the best provision possible. The school values the key role parents play in the education of their children and ensure that parents are involved in any decisions made regarding the needs of their children. The Designated Safeguarding Leads will strive to ensure that children are safe, happy, and making progress. They also provide support to staff members to carry out their safeguarding duties. Everyone who comes into contact with children and their families has a role to play in safeguarding children. School staff is particularly important as they are in a position to identify concerns early and provide help for children, to prevent concerns from escalating. Schools and their staff form part of the wider safeguarding system for children. This system is described in statutory guidance “Working Together to Safeguard Children 2015”. Schools work with social care, the police, health services, and other services to promote the welfare of children and protect them from harm. Parents are encouraged to share their concerns and celebrate their children’s success with all members of staff. We recognize that there may be times when parents would like to discuss matters outside of the scheduled parent–teacher consultations. The school has a procedure in place for when parents have concerns. In the first instance, parents are asked to approach their child’s class teacher to arrange an appointment to discuss their concerns. If, after some time, parents feel that their concerns have not been fully addressed, they may call the school to arrange an appointment with the phase leader directly. View full school

St Thomas of Aquin’s is a school community that aims to meet the needs of all of our young people, no matter who they are, where they are from, whether they have a lively faith, are seeking answers to the questions they are asking, or profess no faith at all. We endeavor to work with parents, carers, and other partners to provide the best possible support for our young people as they journey through school towards, what we hope and pray, will be positive and sustained destinations that will bring them joy and fulfillment in their years beyond St Thomas’. Our patron saint, St Thomas Aquinas (1225 – 1274), has left the world a wonderful legacy in his many philosophical and theological writings, the greatest of these being the Summa Theologica and the Summa Contra Gentiles. In these works, St Thomas brings together faith and reason in a wonderful synthesis which, even today, is still studied by scholars in universities across the world. It is for this reason that St Thomas is the patron saint of schools and universities. St Thomas of Aquin’s RC High School is a denominational secondary school that serves the area of southeast Edinburgh. It draws most of its pupils from Holy Cross, St Mark’s, St Mary’s, and St Peter’s RC primary schools. The wide catchment area stretches from the Pentlands to Granton. This varied social mix gives St Thomas’ a strongly comprehensive character. As a Catholic school, our vision is to give our young people a solid foundation for their lives which is informed by the same synthesis of faith and reason. Our school is centered on the formation of the whole person, body-mind, and spirit. We provide a wide variety of opportunities for our young people to understand the value and dignity of the human body, through physical education, education in health and wellbeing, and opportunities for wider achievement that involve a wide variety of activities such as sport and the Duke of Edinburgh Award. We are committed to the intellectual formation of our young people by providing them with high-quality teaching and learning which develops their capacity to think logically and search for the truth and meaning which is at the heart of all education. We provide our young people with opportunities to develop spiritually, to reach out to our brothers and sisters who are less fortunate than we are, and to discover the reasonableness of faith through the RE programs they study from S1 – S6. Ultimately, our school is centered on Jesus Christ who is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. St Thomas’ is a school community that aims to meet the needs of all of our young people, no matter who they are, where they are from, whether they have a lively faith, are seeking answers to the questions they are asking, or profess no faith at all. The school is committed to the education of the whole child, body, mind, and spirit, to ensure that all our pupils fulfill their God-given talents. The Senior Leadership Team consists of the Head Teacher, 2 Depute Head Teachers, and a Business Manager. In session 2016-17 there will be 10 Curricular Leaders, 3 pupil Support Leaders, and 1 Support for Learning Leader. The Parent Council provides helpful and constructive support to all aspects of school life. View full school

St Thomas More Catholic School is a mixed, independent Academy within the Cardinal Hume Academies Trust. Last year’s GCSE results were once again the best in Haringey a testimony to the hard work and commitment of students. St Thomas More is an outstanding school, as reflected in our recent Ofsted inspection and Section 48 Westminster Diocesan inspection. We have been commended by the Department for Education on several occasions for our excellent GCSE performance, most recently in February 2015 for being one of the top 100 non-selective state-funded schools in England based on the Key Stage 2 – Key Stage 4 value-added measure. We are very proud of the success of our motivated students. St Thomas More School Mission: "To lead those in our care to grow in their faith and to benefit from an enriching education". St Thomas More Catholic School Vision: An Outstanding School An inclusive school where gospel values underpin a caring and supporting ethos, manifest in care for each individual. A well-organized and resourced school, providing first-class learning resources and facilities for an all-through 11-19 education. Consistently the highest achieving comprehensive school in Haringey at GCSE and A-Level. A school where students exhibit excellent standards of behavior, smartness, self-reliance, punctuality, and politeness. A 'healthy school' providing for the Every Child Matters outcomes with facilities and programs to optimize community welfare. An institution where people are proud to work providing good opportunities and facilities for Continuing Professional Development. An 'Investor in People' Gold and a good employer. A school at the heart of the local community: committed to the community, providing a wide range of courses and facilities but having the reputation of an 'academic' school. We believe that the true purpose of our work is to create, in all our communities, and ethos in which everyone is inspired by the example of Christ. The children in our care are encouraged to fully engage in their relationship with God, helping them grow as individuals who fully understand their vocation in life. One cannot reach one’s full human potential without exploring the issues of faith that lie at the heart of one’s being. The Governing Body recognizes that some of our pupils have learning difficulties and special educational needs. We do our best within the limit of our resources to identify those pupils and tailor our provision to provide for them. We do our best to ensure that the opportunities available to those with special needs are the same as for pupils who do not have special needs. The school would like to admit more pupils with disabilities and now has a lift. However, not all of the building is accessible given that much of the premises is on different levels and part is a listed building. "The curriculum provides a good blend of vocational and academic courses. Students' achievements in the main school are outstanding". We have continued to develop our whole school literacy strategies to develop pupils' vocabularies and embed a love for reading. We have strived to put a real emphasis on pupils' acknowledgment and understanding of the Word of the Day and encourage teachers to use the words frequently and effectively in their lessons. KS3 pupils participate in literacy-focused activities throughout the week during form time, which includes twenty minutes of silent reading and a Words of the Week spelling and definitions test. Year 7/8 pupils have also continued to enjoy the school's Drop Everything and Read sessions where they are asked to stop what they are doing in their ordinary lessons and read, for 20 minutes, once a week. The Sixth Form at St Thomas More is a vibrant and innovative environment for learning. Students are offered a wide variety of BTEC National, AS, and A2 level subjects. We are very proud that each year many students are successful in gaining admission to Universities and Colleges of Higher Education, as well as to professional and vocational establishments. View full school

Our school is a caring, happy, well-ordered Christian Community. The RE Inspection Report (November 2015) states that St Thomas More is an Outstanding Catholic School both for Catholic Life and Religious Education. The time at primary school is probably the most important in your child's life in terms of their personal development. We will provide a caring environment for your child, and give a wide range of balanced learning opportunities for all children to achieve high academic standards, to develop their God-given potential to the full, and grow into independent and responsible people. Our Catholic Faith is central to the day-to-day life of our school and all aspects of the curriculum, and pupils are encouraged to recognize the importance of their faith and they respond to all forms of liturgy and collective worship with respect and reverence. Our Parish Priest regularly celebrates Mass in school. Each class has its celebration of the Mass and the children are involved in the planning and participation of the celebration. In addition, we celebrate Whole School Masses at the beginning and end of term, our school feast day, holy days of obligation, and other significant occasions. We use the curriculum strategy for Religious Education in the Catholic Primary Schools of the Archdiocese of Birmingham Learning and Growing as the People of God. It makes learning about our faith lively, interactive, and relevant. There are numerous opportunities for cross-curricular activities that link with and often stem from RE lessons. At St Thomas More Catholic School we provide a creative curriculum based around the Cornerstones Curriculum. Since the new National Curriculum was introduced by the Government in 2014/15, we have been working hard to refresh our school approach and provision for the pupils. As part of this work, we have implemented the Cornerstones Curriculum, a nationally-recognized approach for delivering outstanding learning opportunities for children. We are developing our curriculum to ensure engaging and positive learning experiences for the children. View full school

As a Catholic school, our core aims are to nourish an ethos based on Gospel values of Love, Wisdom, Integrity, Justice, and Compassion, and to develop a community that is welcoming, caring, and inclusive. As a Catholic School, we describe our key mission as follows: “to develop as a community of faith and learning, providing the highest quality of education and supporting the formation of each young person through the promotion of Gospel values”. To achieve these aims for our school community we need the support of our parents. Only by working together can we ensure that all the young people in our school community achieve their maximum potential. St Thomas Aquinas RC Secondary is a Roman Catholic, co-educational, secondary school based in the West End of Glasgow. With the largest catchment area of any school in Glasgow, it is no surprise we serve a very diverse set of local communities from Drumchapel through Knightswood, Scotstoun, Partick, and into the city center. The continued success of St Thomas Aquinas RC Secondary School is supported by a very committed teaching staff led by an experienced senior leadership team. Language and literacy are of personal, social, and economic importance. Your ability to use language lies at the center of the development and expression of your emotions, thinking, learning, and sense of personal identity. This course allows you to develop skills in listening, talking, reading, and writing, which is essential for learning, life, and work. You will develop your ability to communicate your thoughts and feelings and respond to those of other people. The skills that you develop in English are useful in a wide range of careers these include teaching, editorial, journalism, administration, legal work, or in the arts. The school library contributes to educational attainment and skills for life by providing a welcoming and well-organized environment, in which staff can teach, pupils can learn, and reading for pleasure can be enjoyed by all. The librarian, Miss Sferrazzo, is on hand three days a week to ensure that staff and pupils get the most out of their visits. View full school

Our Mission here at SS John Fisher and Thomas More is to value the uniqueness of every person in our Catholic Christian Community. Realizing that each individual is created in God’s likeness. We acknowledge our parents/carers as the first educators and appreciate their support and involvement in school life. Daily, we seek to provide opportunities and rich learning experiences to further the development of the whole child. We celebrate the children’s achievements, strive to realize their hopes, encourage them to reach their goals and dream of whom they may become. Ss John Fisher & Thomas More Catholic Primary School is part of The Wythenshawe Catholic Academy Trust (WCAT). The executive board for the trust delegates most of its responsibilities to the Local Governing Body of the school. It is the responsibility of the Headteacher to implement the school anti-bullying strategy and to ensure that ALL staff are aware of the school policy and know how to deal with incidents of bullying. The Headteacher reports to the Governing Body about the effectiveness of the antibullying policy at every Governors Meeting. The Headteacher ensures that all children know that bullying is wrong and that it is unacceptable behavior in school. Sanctions will be administered to all bullies as outlined in SS John Fisher and Thomas More‟s Behaviour & Discipline Policy. As we state in „The Aims of the School‟ we aim to create a happy and caring environment where children can feel safe, secure and be monitored to work hard to achieve their full potential. Our children are encouraged to set high standards for themselves both in work and play and in their developing relationships with staff and each other. Mutual respect and support are vital in creating a growing and active community which truly reflects our Catholic ethos. It is through this Catholic atmosphere that we will encourage the overall development of each child and pray that they will all learn through examples set, to respect and trust every other person with love, kindness, and dignity. The DfE have recently reinforced the need “to create and enforce a clear and rigorous expectation on all schools to promote the fundamental British values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs.” As a Catholic School, we actively promote values, virtues, and ethics that shape our pupils' character and moral perspective, through the teachings of the Church. We are confident that our continued focus on the Gospel Values will give our pupils the necessary awareness of what it means to be a good citizen in Britain today, and embed in them the building blocks of a future successful and productive life. Democracy is a key to our organization within school. Pupils have the opportunity to have their voices heard through our School Council, pupil questionnaires, and circle time, and “the talk team”. The elections of the positions of head boy, head girl, deputy head boy, deputy head girl, and the school House Captains, as well as the pupil parliament, take place each year. Candidates are asked to write and then give a speech as to why they wish to be considered for specific positions. Children and staff then vote for their preferred candidate. These post-holders ensure that the voice of the pupils is heard and listened to throughout the year. Children who hold these positions are actively involved in leading assemblies each week. The importance of Laws, whether they be those that govern the class, the school, or the country, are consistently reinforced throughout regular school days, as well as when dealing with behavior and through school assemblies. Pupils are taught the value and reasons behind laws, that they govern and protect us, the responsibilities that this involves, and the consequences when laws are broken. E-safety is an integral part of children’s education in today’s digital world and is embedded in their learning at school. We also want to help our parents and children improve their understanding of e-safety issues so they can learn to use the internet and all digital media safely and securely. As a parent you’ll know how important the internet is to children – they use it to learn, play, socialize and express themselves. It’s a highly creative place of amazing opportunities. But the technology children use every day can seem a bit daunting and you might worry about the risks your child can face online – such as bullying, contact from strangers, or the possibility of them seeing illegal or inappropriate content. All governing bodies of maintained schools and maintained nursery schools and the proprietors of academy schools have a legal duty to publish information on their website about the implementation of the governing body‟s or the proprietor's policy for pupils with SEND. View full school

Thomas Samuel Primary is a two-form entry primary school based in Walthamstow and operates as part of the Lion Academy Trust. Our pupils range from three to 11 years of age. We have a nursery provision for the Early Years Foundation, as well as provision from Reception through to Year 6. Currently, we have 420 pupils on the school roll. The school benefits from its location in a culturally diverse community – our pupils come from some 27 ethnicities, and more than 30 languages are spoken within the school. At Thomas Samuel Primary School, we believe that all children and students have a right to an excellent education to give them the best life chances irrespective of race, color, creed, or circumstance. We have high aspirations for our children, staff, and communities. At our heart is a dedicated team of staff who are committed to being part of a school that is equipped to enable all staff and students to make outstanding progress. We believe that obstacles and barriers both real and perceived can be overcome by clear, strategic, and targeted support that creates culture change based on sharing good and outstanding practice, collegiality, and a relentless pursuit of excellence. This underpins our high expectations and actions and drives all the staff to provide opportunities for our children to reach the highest possible levels of attainment and achieve exceptionally well in all walks of life. We believe that outstanding teaching and learning must be central to every decision made and every development introduced. We are an inclusive, caring school where every child matters. We recognize that all children have talents and abilities to celebrate, and part of our role is to help children to discover these. We challenge and develop our children to become curious, autonomous learners who are inspired and stimulated by a rich and varied curriculum that is appropriate to their individual needs. We develop children’s learning skills and, by setting high expectations and exacting standards, we prepare our children to flourish, and have high self-esteem and self-belief. Although working within the organization of an Academy Trust, Thomas Samuel Primary will always be a ‘community school. We aim to work closely with our parents, other schools, and organizations, building partnerships that benefit, not only our children but others in the wider community, both on a local, national and global level. We believe that access to outstanding education is a right for all our children and young people. We aim to work in partnership with schools, enabling a locally-based education improvement solution to develop organically and to ensure that peer-to-peer support drives standards and improves outcomes for pupils and staff. We believe in freeing teachers and leaders from bureaucracy to focus on providing the very best teaching, learning, and support that every child deserves. Schools that are part of the Lion Academy Trust will retain their own identity and continue to be the hub of learning in their local community. We want our Trust to become your Trust, a vehicle for you to make a difference in children’s lives. A driving force in releasing the potential in every child. View full school

Our vision for the school is to produce responsible young people of whom we can all be proud, who have achieved more than they ever believed possible, and who are prepared to contribute to their local, national, and global communities. We firmly believe that learning never stops. The school motto “Make it Happen Together” states the vision for a safe, purposeful, and aspirational environment at Thomas Fairchild. We strongly believe that it is important for our whole school community to treat each other with respect and to inspire each other to succeed. We are working to secure good outcomes for all of our children and believe they should have the chance to learn, achieve, enjoy and understand their role within the local school community. Children can join our nursery a term after they become three years old. You can register your child to attend our nursery at any time, our waiting list is not based on a first come first served policy. We manage the list based on the guidance from The Hackney Learning Trust regarding Nursery admissions. Like all state-funded primary schools, we follow the national curriculum, ensuring that we are meeting or exceeding national standards wherever possible. This isn’t just about reading, writing, and maths – it includes a wide range of subjects, and knowing about what your child is studying at school can help you support their learning at home. These subjects form an integral role in our Creative Curriculum. Our curriculum is planned in consultation with all members of staff. A Curriculum Working Party, which consists of teaching staff and members of the senior leadership team, then collate information gathered. This is then given to staff, to be used to inform planning. Teachers plan to learn experiences that promote a cross-curricular approach. Literacy and communication skills lie at the heart of our curriculum. At the start of each new curriculum theme all children are given a novel to read for enjoyment during holidays and as a basis for their learning in the forthcoming term. We want every child at Thomas Fairchild to start the day with everything they need to learn effectively a fundamental element of this is a healthy, filling breakfast. The chance to socialize with peers & adults, to keep fit & play also play an important role in readying children for the day ahead. A great way to start the day. The breakfast club benefits from supplies from Greggs the bakery that is sponsored by UBS. Family pottery is a 5-week course for parents and children to learn and create something using pottery techniques with a professional tutor and potter called Tunde. A total of 10 families participated and it was mainly offered to Year 6 children and their parents/carers as it would be their last term working together in a primary school environment. Each term communal displays reflect an area of the taught curriculum. Links are made with the whole school theme. Each year group creates a display to reflect the term’s learning. There is also an informative curriculum display that reflects what the terms theme is and the thematic focus for each year group. The STAR Writer display is a celebration of children’s writing. This display is changed every two weeks and STAR writers are announced in the newsletter and in the Celebration Assembly, where the children receive a certificate in recognition of their writing. Additional curriculum displays include a dedicated maths display and an assessment for learning display. We aim for the children’s computing learning to fit within Thomas Fairchild’s wider thematic curriculum. We want the children to use a blend of logical thinking and creativity to solve problems that are real and relevant. We use resources from the Switched On Computing program of study that gives the children an experience of technology’s real-world applications, for example in Game Development, Architecture, and Cryptography. There is an emphasis on practical experience of writing computer programs. Our aim in teaching mathematics at Thomas Fairchild is to develop in children a love of number, pattern, and shape that also equips them for later life whether they use maths in their career or everyday life. Where possible, we teach maths in a cross-curricular way, for example through science, IT, and design technology. Mathematics is a fascinating subject in itself in addition to being an important skill for most careers. We hope the mathematical skills children learn in Thomas Fairchild provide a solid foundation for later life and inspire in them a love of this subject. View full school

At Thomas Arnold, we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all staff and visitors to share this commitment. We are committed to ensuring that consistent effective safeguarding procedures are in place to support families, children, and staff at school. We have robust policies in place for ensuring the well-being of our children. These policies underpin our practice and every single member of staff in our school shares the values contained within. Any concerns about children are passed through the members of staff who are trained as “Designated Child Protection Officers” in the school in compliance with the “sharing of information” guidance. Thomas Arnold is a happy, ambitious, inspirational, and inclusive place where children and adults enjoy learning together. We have a clear vision for the school that is based on a broad understanding of what success looks like for our children. To ensure this success we have developed an exacting curriculum that is skills-based and knowledge-rich we offer an enriched learning experience that excites the children’s appetite for learning and we have defined five core character virtues that we particularly value and we pursue through explicit character education. Furthermore, we take an inclusive approach that maintains a focus on the wellbeing and progress of every child we provide a safe place for learning through the application of our positive behavior system and we achieve better results by establishing a partnership between parents and teachers. All the adults who work at the school are committed to this clear vision and are driven by our shared understanding of what success for our children looks like and how we achieve that success together. At the start of Reception children are assessed using the accredited baseline assessment, Early Excellence. This forms part of the teachers’ everyday practice where they build their knowledge of each child through observations, interactions, and everyday activities. They use this professional knowledge to make a series of judgments about each child based on a clear set of assessment criteria. Children continue to be assessed throughout the reception year where staff adds information to an assessment profile for each individual. Insights from these profiles are shared at parent consultation meetings and the completed profile is bound and available to be taken home at the end of the year. In addition, each child has a learning journey scrapbook containing photos and pieces of work that are available during the year for parents to look at and are taken home at the end of the year. All children in Year 1 participate in a phonics check. This assessment is administered by their class teacher. Results are included within the Year 1 end-of-term report. Children in Year 2 and Year 6 are assessed during May. Individual pupil results from these assessments are reported annually to parents in their children’s reports. Each pupil receives an overall result indicating whether or not he or she has achieved the required standard on the test. Teachers record children’s attainment using electronic Mark books. These Mark books list small steps in the children’s learning known as learning objectives. When marking, teachers look for evidence that learning objectives have been met, recording each time a child achieves or partially achieves a measure of attainment. The Mark Books inform teachers’ planning of further learning. We aim to create a positive attitude toward home learning and help set good habits for secondary school. We are concerned that the activities set are of interest to the children and matched to their ability. We ask that parents support their child with any home learning given. Home learning routines begin in Reception with the expectation that children read each night and are, in turn, read to. In addition, there are simple tasks to complete at home from learning keywords to topic-related research. All at Thomas Arnold work consciously and conscientiously to make it a place where children acquire the character virtues that lead to success in school and university, in work and life beyond. Essential to this is our understanding of what constitutes Character Education. Character Education can be defined as the active development of character strengths or virtues in young people. The practice of character education is based on the view that these strengths are not merely given but can be developed through instruction and practice. We aim to provide regular feedback to children through marking so that they have specific advice about improvements to their work. Children are given time to read and review their work following marking. They are encouraged to respond to marking to show they have understood the advice given and to add a comment if possible. Every child’s progress is closely monitored at Thomas Arnold so that we can provide the best possible opportunities and highest levels of support. When children start nursery, staff informally monitor their development and keep detailed records. This information is shared with families during the year and is transferred to the reception class at the year-end. Our School’s Local Offer explains what we offer children and young people with special educational needs (SEN) throughout their time with us, including how we support them on to the next stage of their education. You may also want to read our SEN policy, a document that gives more detail about our statutory duties and day-to-day procedures – for example how we plan the most effective support for children with SEN and how we review their progress. This sets out a wide range of information about specialist services, schools, colleges, and organizations that can provide support and information for families of children and young people with SEND. It explains the procedures for requesting an assessment for an Education Healthcare Plan (EHP). View full school