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On behalf of the Governors and my fellow staff, we offer a warm welcome to Whitchurch Primary School & Nursery. We take pride in our diverse and inclusive community and are committed to ensuring that every child is valued as an individual, and where parents and families as equal partners in all aspects of school life. At Whitchurch we have the highest expectations of all our children, both academically – our pupils consistently achieve well above national expectations – and socially. We place great emphasis on their personal, social, and emotional development by fostering caring attitudes, thoughtfulness, mutual respect, self-discipline, and self-confidence. They are encouraged to be creative, independent thinkers, to undertake areas of responsibility, and to grow as leaders. Our approach to learning is highly personalized, driven by our passionate team of staff who place great emphasis on ensuring the needs of every child are met, their abilities understood and their aspirations encouraged. We provide a calm, focused, and mutually respectful environment, one that is conducive to purposeful learning and creates a safe and supportive atmosphere for all. Our enriched curriculum seeks to prepare our pupils for life as responsible citizens by promoting British values whilst cultivating a global perspective of the challenges facing us in the 21st Century. Pupils often develop and use their entrepreneurial skills to support their school and local community as well as contribute to worthwhile national and international causes. We deliver the highest possible standards across all areas of school life. Our pupils enjoy learning because we make learning fun and exciting by providing a wide range of opportunities to satisfy their hunger to learn to help them achieve and ultimately exceed their potential. At Whitchurch, the child is the center of all we do. Our aims are: To create an exciting and challenging atmosphere, where children with enquiring, imaginative, and creative minds become independent learners. To maximize the use of technology to support learning in all areas of school life. To create a community that enables children to develop self-knowledge and self-esteem, so that they grow as confident, articulate, and responsible citizens and individuals. To provide a welcoming environment for all in the school community, where the motivation to learn will be enhanced by the partnership between home and school. To provide opportunities for children to gain maximum personal achievement. To develop in each child respect and care for one another and a tolerance and understanding of other races, religions, and ways of life. To help children acquire a broad understanding and appreciation of the natural and made environment. At Whitchurch, we center children’s education around not only their academic progress but their progress as individual people and citizens. We offer a wide range of experiences and activities that, combined with our general school policies and aim, promote each child’s personal development of the core values needed to be a successful and valuable member of our society. We believe in educating the children in our care to be good citizens and to develop the skills they need to have a successful and productive life. We celebrate the immense cultural diversity in our school and community through visits, assemblies, and more whilst holding in the center what it is to be a British citizen. We provide a broad and balanced PSHE, Citizenship, RE, and SMSC curriculum which explicitly teaches the children the importance of democracy, rule of law, individual liberty, mutual respect, and tolerance of those of different faiths. We are committed to keeping Whitchurch's children safe and happy for them to grow and flourish to their full potential in all aspects of their lives. If you would like to know more about our Safeguarding work here at Whitchurch please visit our safeguarding page. View full school

Whitchurch Primary is a successful, modern, and forward-thinking three-form-entry school with around 710 pupils on the roll, aged from 3 to 11 years old. We are located in the suburb of Whitchurch to the north of Cardiff, Wales's capital city and are one of the largest primary schools in Wales. Since opening in September 2012, our school has been at the heart of the community and the happiness and wellbeing of each child is central to the ethos of our school. Children are encouraged to co-operate with one another, respect diversity, and treat each other as equals. We are delighted that our school has been categorized as a 'Green A1' school by the Welsh Government for the third year (2015, 2016, and 2017). We are a highly motivated, aspirational, and caring team. We are committed to providing opportunities for our young learners to develop into respectful, compassionate citizens, who contribute positively to the well-being of others and society. We aim to deliver a stimulating, exciting, and challenging curriculum. Through outstanding and enthusiastic teaching, we will empower children to lead their learning, so that they become motivated and independent thinkers. We are passionate about equipping our pupils with the skills they need to grow up in an ever-changing world and developing learning attitudes that will stay with them for life. Whitchurch Primary is proud to have been selected by the Welsh Government as one of only 68 Curriculum Pioneer Schools from across Wales charged with creating a new curriculum for Wales. We are also a Lead Creative School. We aim to deliver a stimulating, exciting, and challenging curriculum. Through outstanding and enthusiastic teaching, we will empower children to lead their learning, so that they become motivated and independent thinkers. We are passionate about equipping our pupils with the skills they need to grow up in an ever-changing world and developing learning attitudes that will stay with them for life. View full school

Whitchurch High (Foundation) School is a popular co-educational maintained comprehensive school with almost 2,300 pupils on the roll. Our intake is drawn from our seven partner primary schools based in northern Cardiff. These are Birchgrove, Coryton, Gabalfa, Hawthorn, Llanishen Fach, Rhiwbina, and Whitchurch Primary. The school is based on two sites in the suburb of Whitchurch. Years 7, 8, and 9 are based on the lower school site off Manor Way, with Years 10, 11, 12, and 13 students on the upper school site in the Village. As a Foundation status school, granted in September 2011, the governors assume and discharge three enhanced responsibilities with the land and buildings secured in trust, being the direct employers of all staff and are the designated admissions authority for all students. The school receives the same level of formula funding as locally maintained secondary community schools. As the Admissions Authority the governors directly manage all mainstream admissions, so parents and carers must directly apply to Whitchurch High School to secure a child's place. All applications for mainstream admissions must be completed using the Whitchurch High School (Foundation) School Form. For year seven entry in September 2018 the school is taking part in the Citywide coordinated admissions pilot which allows online applications to be made. The closing date is Monday 4th December 2017. Please see the Admissions section on the school website for more details or contact the school directly. We would be delighted to receive your application and look forward to hearing from you. We are an inclusive school and have the largest SEN Specialist Resource Base (SRB) in the City located on both sites which admit up to seventy pupils from throughout the city. Cardiff Council separately administers all admissions for the SRB in partnership with the school. We are a forward-looking innovative school in which well-proven, traditional values are allied to the best of modern teaching methods, including the extensive use of ICT. We aim to provide the very best learning environment and opportunities, inside and outside of the classroom, and are grateful to all those businesses who link with us to allow each student to thrive and succeed. Our sixth form is one of the largest school sixth forms in the UK with nearly 420 students studying a range of courses and with a tradition of very high value-added benchmarked throughout England and Wales. Our students regularly go on to secure places at first-class universities, including Oxbridge and Russell Group. We can offer a wide range of courses for students of all levels of abilities, including the More Able and Talented and those with Special Educational Needs. Excellent examination results ensure that a very high proportion of our students move on to University. All students from year 10 onwards follow the Welsh Baccalaureate (Skills Challenge) as part of the school's commitment to the Welsh Government's flagship qualification. This reinforces the school’s mission statement of “Learning for Life in a successful, inclusive and caring community.” Staff is dedicated to helping each child achieve his or her potential and to this end we work closely in partnership with parents. The needs of each student are reviewed at regular intervals throughout their time with us. One of our fundamental aims is to develop responsible students who possess the qualities and skills which equip them for further study or employment. We celebrate personal successes at every opportunity. We value our Welsh heritage and that our school is located in the Capital City of Wales. We wish our students to become global citizens and active participants in the worldwide community and provide many formal and informal opportunities to be so. We need to ever strengthen our global links to learn from and celebrate with each other, wherever we live. We enjoy strong International relationships such as with our friends from Norway where every year we welcome exchange students who spend the year with us. In recent years we have widened our circle beyond our European connections and linked with Macassar High School in Cape Town, South Africa, and their wider community. The school was honored to have been recognized as a flagship link school for the 2012 London Olympics and is one of the few schools invited to participate in the 2014 NATO Summit. Individuals are encouraged to think about their role in society and to consider the needs of others. Charity work and community involvement, therefore, feature strongly, motivating our students to become responsible citizens of the twenty-first century. We have a strong effective student council, which is fully involved in the running of the school. View full school