St Anthony's Catholic Primary School

At St Anthony’s our curriculum is inclusive and celebrates the social and cultural diversity of our school. Happy children and happy staff work hard to ensure that learning is fun and that all achievement is celebrated. High expectations and a drive for outstanding achievement, together with a positive Christian ethos, are at the heart of our school community."

St Anthony’s is a one form catholic primary school in the London Borough of Bromley. At St Anthony’s our curriculum is inclusive and celebrates the social and cultural diversity of our school. Happy children and happy staff work hard to ensure that learning is fun and that all achievement is celebrated. High expectations and a drive for outstanding achievement, together with a positive Christian ethos, are at the heart of our school community." Ofsted in March 2016 have rated the school as Good in all areas.

Our vision is to create a healthy, happy, inspiring and safe learning environment, which promotes high achievement and mutual respect, within a Christian ethos. The school community will be strengthened through celebrating the Sacraments and liturgies of the Church’s year. All will be encouraged and supported to develop a personal relationship with Jesus through prayer.

• High quality lessons that engage all pupils
• Provide a broad, balanced and relevant curriculum
• Excellent relationships with pupils, parents and the wider community
• Develop a sense of confidence, self-respect and build self-esteem
• Speaking positively about pupils and colleagues
• Creating a mentoring, coaching and listening culture
• Share good practice
• Inclusion
• Celebrate achievement
• Promote self discipline
• Resolve conflict restoratively
• Support and encourage
• Welcoming
• Joy expressed in day to day activities
• Serving a catholic community
• Developing faith
• Develop a sense of confidence, self-respect and build self-esteem
• Proud to belong to St. Anthony’s
• Aim to find talents and gifts of every child
• Working in partnership
• Inclusion

There are several transition points during the academic year. Before starting at St Anthony’s, visits are made by our Early Years Specialist and support staff to nurseries and Early Years settings to get to know the children. Careful planning and discussion is undertaken to ensure that your child’s needs are fully catered for. At the end of the summer term pupils are able to meet with their new teacher during our class swap day to prepare for transition to their new year group. In Year 6, several meetings are arranged to prepare pupils for transition to secondary school. From time to time, in year transfers are made; we have a buddy system to help pupils settle in quickly.