Earlsmead Primary School

Welcome to our school. Earlsmead is a happy, high performing and inclusive school located in South Tottenham, a dynamic area of great diversity and with a strong sense of community. We have high aspirations for our clever, enthusiastic and energetic children who leave us with strong academic results and what we hope is a life long love of learning. We hope you find our website informative.

At the beginning of each year children affirm the school’s expectations and the rights and responsibilities associated with these. Every child and staff member abides by these. The children and staff actively engage with each other to create harmonious learning environments where everyone is responsible for the rules. Earlsmead has a School Council to which members are voted each year by their peers. Children write a statement to support their proposal to be their class representative and the children decide who will best represent them. Children understand that a place on the School Council comes with the responsibility of representing their peers’ needs and interest.

We encourage children to be leaders throughout the school and we have a number of activities and responsibilities that are undertaken by the children. For example, pupils from Key Stage 1 and 2 are Play Leaders at lunch and play times. They have specific responsibility for encouraging all children to take part at playtime i.e. by inviting them to join in with games. We also have Digital Leaders, made up of children who have a particular interest and aptitude in I.T. across KS2 who have responsibility for reinforcing our e safety agenda across the whole school.

Democracy is taught during assemblies and during class-based PSHE sessions. Children regularly have opportunities to express their views through Pupil Voice interviews and questionnaires. Pupils have surveyed the views of their peers and this has fed into lunchtime menus for the whole school and more recently into children sharing the views and opinions gathered on science and technology being shared with……

The ethos of our school nurtures an understanding of mutual respect and it underpins the engaging and exciting teaching and learning that happens here. School life at Earlsmead abides by our values that nurture kindness, resilience, honesty and respect. The children and staff connected to our school understand our values and work in a manner that encourages everyone to achieve to their highest ability.