Bond Primary School

Bond Primary School is a vibrant, friendly and happy school. We have our own extensive grounds which enable us to offer a wide variety of learning opportunities for children through an exciting and creative curriculum.

Choosing the right school for your child is very important and to assist you with this decision we would be happy to show you around our school.We are proud of our developing success, positive reputation and excellent quality of care. We believe in developing a mutually supportive relationship with parents and carers to ensure success for every child. High achievement and expectations are our priorities and our children are expected to work to the best of their abilities.

Bond's administrative staff will be able to answer any questions parents may have about admissions. Bond is a Community Primary School which means that all decisions about admissions are made by the Local Authority, following the agreed admissions policy for all Merton community schools.

One of the most effective ways to encourage children to learn, behave well, respect and appreciate others and to aim for the highest academic standards for themselves is through praise, positive feedback and celebration of their successes. With this in mind, we hold weekly Celebration Assemblies every Friday afternoon. Each teacher nominates one (or more!) child / children who have made an outstanding achievement, in either academic or social terms and they receive a prize. Children are also rewarded for having the best ‘Learning Log of the Week’ in their class – in the older classes the children are nominated by their peers for this award. We are also a ‘You Can Do It school. Children are given certificates for displaying ‘Confidence’, ‘Persistence’, ‘Organisation’ and ‘Getting Along’ – these are all qualities which help to prepare them for their futures.

Our children experience at first hand the democratic process when they elect members of their class to represent them on the School Council. The Council meets on a weekly basis and the children discuss issues which are important to them and make recommendations about the running of the school. The Chair and Vice Chair of the School Council discuss the recommendations directly with the Headteacher. Each Class also elects its own eco- champion.

Every child is taught about our school rules and regularly reminded about them. Each class draws up its own list of rules at the start of each academic year in order to ensure that every child has the opportunity and support to learn to the best of their ability and to take full advantage of the rich curriculum that is on offer at Bond.

At Bond Primary School these values are taught explicitly through Personal, Social, and Health Education (PSHE) and through Religious Education. We also teach British Values implicitly through the whole of our broad and balanced curriculum, regular assemblies, and by means of our whole school systems and structures. The school ethos at Bond is one of mutual tolerance and respect – visitors to our school have commented on the “happy and harmonious” atmosphere and the “strong spiritual, moral, social and cultural development” of our children.

At Bond Primary School, we place great importance and value on working together with parents to help improve children's learning. We are dedicated to creating an inclusive culture of learning where all children will be challenged in their thinking, to achieve to the best of their abilities and strive to become lifelong learners.We will empower our children to become respected citizens to enable them to make valuable contributions locally, globally and to contribute to our world’s sustainable future.

BASH Club is a safe environment you can leave your children in, the children are provided with a snack at after school club and breakfast for the morning. We have plenty of games to keep the children engaged and entertained.

In Early Years, we lay the foundations for learning.We provide a rich and exciting curriculum both indoors and outdoors. We believe that all children deserve the best possible start with their time at school so that they will grow to become “confident, lifelong learners”.At Bond, we recognise that every child is unique and that children develop and learn in different ways and at different rates. We follow the statutory framework for Early Years and so all our pupils will cover the 3 prime areas of learning and the 4 specific areas of learning.

Schools are free to spend the Pupil Premium as they see fit. However, they are accountable for how they use the funding to support pupils from low income families and other target groups. At Bond Primary School we acknowledge that not all pupils in receipt of free school meals are socially disadvantaged or have gaps in attainment or progress between them and their peers. We also recognise that not all pupils who are socially disadvantaged or have gaps in attainment or progress between them and their peers are registered or qualify for free school meals. We reserve the right to allocate pupil premium funding to support any pupil or groups of pupils the school has legitimately identified as needing additional support to achieve improved outcomes in learning and /or well-being.