Search the Community

We are a fully inclusive, two-form entry school with a Children’s Centre and an Autistic Resource Unit. We offer places for children from 6 months to 5 years in our child care facility and education for 3 to 11-year-olds in the school. We have a diverse community and we take pride in our differences. We value every child as an individual and respect our multi-cultural and multilingual community. A caring attitude is fostered in our children. We are a happy school where the atmosphere is conducive to learning and high attainment. So that all children enjoy their education and have fun while learning we strive to build a creative curriculum. The children enjoy activities that enhance their imagination. High expectations for behavior and attendance ensure that the school is a safe place to be. We encourage strong links with our parents and the local community and believe in forging partnerships to enable the school to thrive in all areas. We believe that parents are the first teachers of the children and that, by working together, we can provide children with a great education. We look forward to preparing your child well for their future life and will work closely with you to achieve the best. Three and four-year-old children can go to nursery classes attached to primary or nursery schools in Hackney. The age your child can go to depends on the number of places available. All three and four-year-olds are eligible for free early years education, usually 15 hours a week. From September 2017, some working parents will be eligible for a full-time place (30 hours per week) or a part-time place (15 hours per week). Parents who wish to be considered for a full-time place will need to check their eligibility for the school term before their child is due to start nursery. Eligible parents will receive a 10 digit code which must be given to the school before the closing date for applications. Tyssen Community School and Children’s Centre values the contribution that every child can make and welcomes the diversity of culture, religion, and intellectual style. We are committed to offering an inclusive curriculum to ensure the best possible progress for all of our children whatever their needs and abilities. The school seeks to raise achievement, remove barriers to learning and increase physical and curricular access to all. We have an unusually high percentage of pupils with EHCP/ statements. All children with SEND are valued, respected members of the school. At Tyssen we believe in creating experiential learning opportunities by offering environments and resources that inspire the imagination and natural curiosity of the developing mind. We provide safe environments, yet allow them to explore how they use the equipment available to them. Many stages of a child’s development introduce them to the ‘unknown’ as it embraces first experiences. When successfully mastered, it lays down the building blocks of future development: those first faltering steps, the ascent of stairs, letting go at the top of a slide, learning how to pedal a tricycle, clambering up the climbing frame, and so on, are all exhilarating in their own right but also embed the skills necessary for future development. Learning at an early stage, and what it means to take a risk, perhaps with the occasional bump or scrape, gives the older child the essential courage, judgment skills, and coping mechanisms to equip them to progress onto two wheels, to learn how to ride a horse, to master skiing, and eventually explore the big wide world. Our policies, procedures, and training are designed to promote a ‘can do’ approach providing the risk is assessed and controlled. If an accident were to happen, our staff are trained in first aid and accident investigations enable us to learn and improve. We constantly strive to strike a balance between providing a rich learning environment and ensuring the health, safety, and welfare of your child. We welcome parents’ comments and observations so that we can work together to provide the right balance. At Tyssen we devote our energies to creating a fun and loving environment whilst delivering the best in childcare and education. Our goal is to create a positive and motivating experience that will, in turn, play a major role in your child’s future learning and development. We have thought about our fantastic play equipment so that it is designed in a way to invite exploration and stimulation through active learning. Our friendly, highly-trained staff are focused on providing fun and education. They work to ensure your child develops as an individual whilst helping to nurture and encourage learning through discovery and enjoyment. Children learn individually and with others through play. We offer our children a play-based curriculum, which meets all the requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage and supports all aspects of their learning and development. It supports their inbuilt curiosity and desire to make sense of the world around them and helps them to discover that learning is interesting and fun. This is vitally important if children are going to remain keen learners for the rest of their lives. Play in a secure environment with effective adult support allows the children to explore, investigate and enjoy the learning experience. We help them to practice and develop ideas, concepts, and skills in a unique and non-threatening way, without fear of failure. Good staff is crucial in providing a memorable nursery experience and this is why we are dedicated to supporting staff with the correct level of training every step of the way. We aim to offer the best training opportunities to our staff to support our childcare and education philosophy. Our friendly, highly-trained staff are focused on providing fun and education, and they will work to ensure your child develops as an individual, whilst helping to nurture and encourage learning through discovery and enjoyment. We expect all our staff to engage in skillful and sensitive interactions to support a child’s learning, by ensuring that play opportunities, resources, and interactions indoors and outdoors are appropriate to the level of competence and maturity of the child. View full school