Downshall Primary School

At Downshall School we work together to create a learning community that aims to maximise the potential of every pupil. We know that if we support each other and enrich the life of the pupils, parents and staff our chances of being successful in our aims are greatly enhanced.

We celebrate the many traditions, backgrounds and cultures of our school, cherish our differences but unite together to remove any barriers to our learning opportunities.Our pupils’ success is achieved through a strong partnership of parents, school and their own motivation. All three of the partners have a clear and different role to play but working together is the best way to achieve our common aims.

The success of the school will be seen in the academic, emotional and communal life of the school through:

• High standards of achievement in English and Mathematics that enable our pupils to access lifelong learning.
• To ensure our pupils are prepared for the next phase of their education.
• To provide learning opportunities to enable all children to reach their full potential across the curriculum.
• To provide first hand opportunities and experiences unfamiliar to our pupils which develop a love of learning.
• To provide pupils a safe and secure environment where they can develop emotional strength and resilience.
• To develop positive character strengths to become confident and independent individuals.
• To work in partnership with parents, carers and stakeholders to ensure pupils are respectful and treat everyone equally in the wider community.
• To enable children to take responsibility of the wider school environment and the world they live in and To promote British values including: tolerance, democracy, equality and mutual respect.

We aim to ensure that every pupil at Downshall Primary School is an enthusiastic, positive and expressive learner. A number of strategies are taught to enhance the learning of your child.

We hope you find this website a useful introduction to our school.

At Downshall we are committed to offering all our pupils the best start in life. The pupils are at the centre of all we do and everyone is encouraged and challenged to reach their full potential.

We work together to maximise the potential of all pupils and we respect and celebrate each other's differences.

Our ethos of self-evaluation ensures the school is constantly striving for the highest possible standards. This is reflected in the excellent outcomes our pupils achieve by the time they reach Year 6, securing them continued success in the next stage of their education.

We provide an engaging curriculum that prepares our pupils for life, learning and living. This, together with a wide range of extra-curricular activities, makes our pupils' education at Downshall a memorable and enriching experiencing.