Devonshire Primary School

We pride ourselves on being a caring community, enthusiastic for everyone’s success, where everyone has high expectations of themselves and others in order that children succeed, both academically and socially. Giving children the best possible education and opportunities is at the centre of everything that we do.

At Devonshire, we promote the 6Rs (respect, resilience, relationships, reflectiveness, risk taking and resourcefulness) in all elements of school life. We believe that these behaviours are essential for everyone to reach their potential and develop into active and inquisitive learners, both inside and outside of the classroom.

At Devonshire, pupils are actively encouraged to make choices, knowing that they are in a safe and supportive environment. As a school we educate and provide boundaries for young pupils to make informed choices, through a safe environment and an empowering education. Pupils are encouraged to know, understand and exercise their rights and personal freedoms and advised how to exercise these safely, for example through our eSafety and PSHE lessons.

Devonshire is a very diverse school. We actively promote and celebrate diversity through the curriculum and other activities that support the curriculum. Religious Education (RE) lessons and personal, social and health education (PSHE) lessons reinforce messages of tolerance and respect for others. Members of different faiths and religions are encouraged to share their knowledge to enhance learning within classes and the school. The children visit places of worship that are important to different faiths.

Devonshire is a caring community, enthusiastic for everyone's success; respect is at the centre of Devonshire's ethos. It is actively promoted through our golden rules, behaviour ladder, the curriculum and our social, moral, spiritual and cultural (SMSC) provision. Devonshire uses the Cornerstones Curriculum which is a fun and exciting approach to the new curriculum. It is a creative and thematic approach to the curriculum where creative links are made between subjects. It is a curriculum that is designed to inspire children to learn.

Develop is a stage of learning that provides children with an opportunity to develop and master key skills, subject knowledge, research techniques and independence. Children become industrious learners making sense of information and experiences, leading to sound understanding and progress. Children develop their knowledge, understanding, key and subject skills required to progress their learning and attainment through quality differentiation, focused learning tasks and high quality relevant learning experiences.