Harmondsworth Primary School

We pride ourselves in providing a caring friendly environment where it is possible to know all our children and their families. We believe that every child is different, yet equally important and valued. This ethos can be felt as soon as you walk into our building and the classrooms. We aim to nurture happy confident children with enquiring minds who learn to succeed and to contribute to their class, their school environment and the wider community.

Our School Log Books show there has been a school in the village for over 100 years. The villages of Harmondsworth and Longford are served by the school, as are areas along the Bath Road and parts of West Drayton. We are a "village" school, unique in the London Borough of Hillingdon, maintaining strong local contacts and ties with the village. We welcome visits to the school, please call the school office to make an appointment beforehand.

Harmondsworth Primary School is situated on the edge of the village of Harmondsworth close to Heathrow Airport and the Bath Road. The present school was completed in 1975 in the grounds of the previous school building which was erected in 1907 and is now used as a village Community Centre.

Our school aims to serve its community and, in partnership with the community, aims to produce confident, responsible, well educated pupils, in an environment which values effort as well as recognising achievement. Our school is a partnership of Children, Staff, Parents and Governors with the children as its focus.

Our aim within the school is to assist children to achieve their maximum potential in a happy, lively and carefully planned environment, which will respond to the needs of every child in a sensitive, caring and flexible manner. We offer children opportunities to learn about and explore the surrounding world, their peers and themselves. We aim to provide a variety of teaching resources and methods. Children are helped to monitor success and failure and develop positive self-images.

Through a diverse and exciting curriculum, Harmondsworth Primary School pupils develop skills in all areas of the National Curriculum as well as a love of learning. We have developed a curriculum which is broad, balanced, exciting and enjoyable to ensure that the children enjoy a practical, fun, challenging learning experience that will prepare them for life in 21st Century Britain.

The School has Policies and Schemes of work for all areas of the curriculum, according to the requirements of the National Curriculum. These are periodically reviewed and revised accordingly.

Careful planning and monitoring of pupils' work ensures continuity and progression throughout the school. Each pupil has access to all areas of the National Curriculum and is encouraged to work to his/her maximum potential. On-going teacher assessment with the identification of future learning targets, together with the statutory national Standard Assessment Tests at the end of years two and six, and optional tests in Years 3, 4 and 5, to promote achievements and standards within the school.