Cringle Brook Primary School

Cringle Brook is part of Kingsway Community Trust, which also consists of Green End Primary in Burnage and Ladybarn Primary in Withington, both of which are also Ofsted Graded Outstanding. As part of the Trust, Cringle Brook will benefit from strong links with these two schools.

As the Admissions Authority for the community and voluntary controlled schools in Manchester, the LA is required to draft, consult on and determine their admission arrangements. Where there are more applicants than places available the LA will apply the admission arrangements in order to decide which applicants will be offered places.

Admission arrangements for voluntary aided schools, foundation schools, free schools and academies are set by their Governing Body, who are the Admission Authority for their establishment. They are responsible for drafting, consulting on and determining their admission arrangements. Copies of admissions arrangements for these types of schools/academies in Manchester can be found on the school/academy website and the LA’s website. They are also available on request from the relevant school/academy and the LA.

All parent/carers are required to apply to their home LA regards of where the school/academy they are applying is situated. Manchester residents will apply to Manchester LA. The LA will liaise with other Admissions Authorities in Manchester and other LAs where required. Manchester LA will inform parent/carers in writing of the outcome of their application.

The curriculum we provide at Cringle Brook Primary is tailor made to give all children a thirst for learning, a motivated engagement in school and the best chance to attain high academic success. There is strong emphasis on developing confidence and skills to be excellent communicators in all situations.

The school has a very strong sense of community, with nurture and strong relationships at its core.
The Cringle Brook curriculum is based on the effective approaches developed at both Ladybarn and Green End schools that have seen marked improvement in both pupil achievement and progress against national and local benchmarks.

It is created on the basis of capturing children’s interest and imagination through all subjects. It draws on relevant learning experiences and involves a significant level of first hand experiences for all children. The learning will challenge all children across the breadth of academic areas.

There is a strong emphasis on the basic skills of reading, writing and mathematics. Both the basic skills curriculum and the wider learning opportunities and experiences are individually designed by our staff for our school and our children. This ensures that the children are highly motivated and inspired by a tailor-made curriculum which fully meets their learning needs. A focus on first hand experiences ensures that children are able to move from the concrete to the abstract in their learning, applying skills and learning to different challenges. The children will develop excellent communication skills which will enhance their learning in Literacy and also lead to them becoming confident and articulate 11 year olds, able to speak confidently in a range of formal situations.

All children will be motivated to maximise their sporting skills and the school employs specialists to achieve this. There are weekly competitive opportunities across the Trust and within the locality. In addition, our pastoral support programmes is innovative and personalised. All children are fully nurtured and supported to ensure that they are equipped with the skills to succeed highly in secondary education and beyond.

Weekly philosophy time takes place in year 1 and 2 where the children express thoughts and feelings in a non-judgmental way. There is a strong emphasis on oral communication throughout the curriculum and around the school. We value pupil voice and take termly surveys. We have consulted the children with regards to the Outdoor grounds developments. We take children on local and further afield trips and promote appropriate positive behaviour for trips.

Our behaviour policy is understood by all the children and used consistently by all adults in school. It is a visual tool using a traffic light system. It is based on a system of rewards and consequences but also putting things right when the wrong choices are made. For individual pupils we use a positive report to encourage pupils to make the right choices. During the topic on People Who Help Us, the children were visited by the Police and Fire Service. We use specific nurture interventions to support children who need extra help with regards to appropriate responses to a range of situations.

In PSE lessons, a range of stories are used which explore dilemmas, conflict and resolution and the children are actively involved in making decisions and giving their opinion about the story line. The school ethos is very strong and shared and understood by adults and children. The children in all classes take responsibilities very seriously for the monitor jobs around the class. The nurture programmes, which target individuals and small groups, develop self-esteem and confidence.