Dowlais Primary School

Dowlais Primary School exists to provide a safe, happy and secure environment, where everyone feels valued,experiences success and is able to achieve their full potential. Our vision is to help all learners within the school and community acquire the skills, knowledge and aspirations to enable them to reach their true potential as life long learners and responsible members of society.

The school aims to:

• Ensure that pupils develop the essential literacy and numeracy skills;
• Provide pupils with a full and rounded entitlement to learning;
• Foster pupils' creativity and develop essential skills, including learning skills;
• Promote a healthy lifestyle;
• Inspire pupils to a commitment to learning which will last a lifetime;
• Promote high standards in all learning and teaching;

The school's curriculum follows statutory requirements and the requirements of the Foundation Phase and National Curriculum. It is balanced and broadly based, and promotes the spiritual, moral, cultural, mental and physical development of our pupils and of society and prepares our pupils for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of adult life.

Pupils are expected to acquire skills in speaking and listening, literacy and numeracy skills. PSE reflects the school's aims and ethos. This includes an emphasis upon community cohesion. Religious education is also provided for all pupils. Appropriate programmes of activity for pupils who are above or below the compulsory school age are planned for and implemented within the school. Entry to all programmes of study is based on academic suitability and appropriateness, regardless of sex, race, disability, religion or belief.

In accordance with the statutory requirements the school aims to make the curriculum accessible to all pupils as far as is reasonably practicable. The school has an Accessibility Plan which is available to parents on request. A variety of differing teaching and learning methods and materials are used in all courses to suit pupils' different needs.