Gallions Primary School

We are a large primary school in the heart of East London. We take pride in celebrating the rich diversity of our families and value learning from each other. Gallions is a happy school, with passionate staff who see children as individuals and work enthusiastically to ensure all children thrive.

Our learning places the whole child at its centre. We are ambitious and inclusive and believe in every child’s right to be successful. This belief underpins every aspect of school life and, working in partnership with our stakeholders, drives all that we do.

We know children achieve when they are safe, challenged and purposefully engaged. To this end, we strive for academic excellence through an enriched and creative curriculum, helping children to develop positive attitudes toward themselves and others and setting them on the path of life-long learning with the tools needed to succeed.

It is this core belief that underpins every aspect of school life and drives all that we do. We take pride in celebrating the rich diversity of our school community and embrace opportunities to learn from each other. We are a happy school, with passionate staff, who see children as individuals and work enthusiastically to ensure ALL children thrive.

Our learning places the child at its centre. We know children achieve when they are engaged, challenged and see purpose in their learning. Working together, we strive for excellence through an enriched and creative curriculum, setting children on the path of life-long learning with the tools needed to succeed.

We believe in a skills based, fully cross-curricular curriculum, which is enriched by the creative arts. Our aim is to create a rich and varied curriculum, meeting national requirements but uniquely developed by us. Teachers are encouraged to think creatively when planning a term’s work in all subjects – to make connections between subjects, to take risks, and to be innovative.

We place importance on engaging pupils, listening to their interests and opinions. Every class, every year-group has it’s own uniqueness and diversity and we therefore have a curriculum which constantly evolves and may look different from classroom to classroom, as we encourage teachers to celebrate and embrace their own strengths as well as respond to the individual aspects of their class. We make meaningful links between subjects under a termly (or half-termly) theme such as: ‘Invaders’, ‘Explorers’ or ‘The Seaside’.