Cleves Primary School

We are an Outstanding school with the highest expectations and aspirations for all our pupils. Cleves is a happy and exciting learning community that nurtures all students to achieve to be the best they can be.

Our Curriculum is rich in the delivery of basic skills as well as the mastery and application of knowledge.The learning environment celebrates and reflects the high emphasis we place on the creative arts, sciences and sports to enrich the learning experience.

We aim to reflect the diversity of the community we serve through strong and powerful community cohesion with high parental involvement. Across the school in a celebration of our community we hold international evenings at least twice a year.

We have established links with sister schools in France, India, and Uganda. We also promote an understanding of citizenship and British values through school visits to central London, rural and coastal areas.We work with local theatre groups of professional actors to perform both classical and modern drama including our annual Shakespeare festival and termly music recitals for the whole community.

All of our children are encouraged to learn a musical instrument. We currently have developed our school steel pan band which will be performing throughout the summer at events across the borough. Our annual music festival in June showcases some of our talented children.

We encourage parental involvement in our learning through parent workshops that reflect the needs of all pupils and parents from e-safety to phonics and Healthy eating.We offer a large selection of after school clubs including booster and one to one tuition to ensure that all children meet their full potential.

We want to promote an inclusive and effective learning community with high expectations. Our school to reflect the local area, to welcome and celebrate diversity and to provide an inspirational environment where pupils feel happy, valued and secure in their learning.We want to enhance children's life chances through a stimulating, supportive parental partnership that nurtures each child to achieve his/her full potential. Children to become responsible, confident members of a global society who can apply their experiences at Cleves to all future learning.

The aim of the curriculum at Cleves Primary School is to provide pupils with a rich, relevant, broad and balanced education, in line with the National Curriculum.

The teaching staff consider what they want the children to learn, why they are teaching it and carefully consider how to teach and assess it. The right context focusing on skills, enquiry, research and knowledge, making use of a variety of approaches including using drama, film, computing, real-life experiences and outdoor learning to name a few, all contribute to providing opportunities to achieve outstanding learning, achievement and significant growth in pupils’ knowledge. The school focuses on promoting excellent attitudes to learning.

The methods and strategies used to teach these skills are left to the discretion of the year group to ensure that learning and teaching remains fresh, focused and inspiring. The National Curriculum provides the statutory content so that the school can ensure progression and coverage across the key stage.

At Cleves we believe in building a better future for our whole community. We ensure that we are able to provide a range of different activities and experiences that promote wellbeing and community cohesion.We work in partnership with our community group Friends of Cleves who run many fundraising days both for the school and charities around the world.

Within school, children 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 children to make choices safely, through our provision of a safe environment and empowering teaching. Children are encouraged to know, understand and exercise their rights and personal freedoms.

Part of our school ethos and behaviour policy has revolved around Core Values such as ‘Respect’, and children are modelled this by caring, sharing and listening to others. The staff help children to understand how to respect by talking about how actions/words can affect others.

We aim to enhance children’s understanding of different faiths and beliefs by participating in a range of celebrations throughout the year. We encourage children and parents/carers to participate and support our multi-cultural events and celebrations.