Heathrow Primary School

At Heathrow Primary our aim is to continually strive to provide the best possible education for all children, equipping them with life-long learning skills ready to face the ever-changing world around them. Our engaging, challenging and creative curriculum and exciting learning environments drive this aim, resulting in our children’s love of learning being well established and developed.

We have high expectations of the children, parents and ourselves and this has helped create a learning community where all involved can develop their skills and strive to achieve well. We are passionate about our broad curriculum and there is a strong emphasis on physical education and school sport, music and the arts.

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Heathrow Primary School is in the South of Hillingdon Borough. We are an inclusive community school that recognises and celebrates the diversity and the backgrounds of all of our pupils and their families.

At Heathrow Primary our aim is to continually strive to provide the best possible education for all children, equipping them with life-long learning skills ready to face the ever-changing world around them. Our engaging, challenging and creative curriculum and exciting learning environments drive this aim, resulting in our children’s love of learning being well established and developed.

At Heathrow Primary School, our mission is to provide a safe, happy, caring and inclusive environment in which all pupils are able to realise their full potential and aspire to the high academic and social expectations that we have for them.

We will provide an atmosphere where all are valued, respected and are encouraged to make a positive difference to the lives of those around us and to the world in which we live.

We will provide opportunities for our pupils to develop their knowledge, skills and practical abilities by meeting individual needs. We are a school proud of our traditional values, encouraged through a commitment to equal opportunities for all, a strong community spirit and a true sense of belonging.

Our school ethos is built on the cornerstones of our Triple A vision

• Attitude – a positive approach to learning and behaviour is embedded in the culture of the school.
• Achievement – high quality teaching and learning enables all individuals to reach their potential through a broad and balanced curriculum.
• Aspirations – challenge for all is demonstrated through high expectations throughout our time at Heathrow School and in future individual goals.

We value the contribution that Governors, parents and the local community play in supporting our vision and, in partnership together, we will enable our pupils to become the best citizens that they can be in this ever changing and challenging world.

At Heathrow Primary School, we have designed our curriculum with pupils’ learning at the centre. We recognise that a curriculum has to be broad, balanced and offer pupils opportunities to grow as individuals as well as learners.

Through a combination of learning techniques, we aim to ensure pupils enjoy learning and feel prepared for life after school. We recognise that pupils should be challenged in their schooling; learning from failures and celebrating successes. The curriculum is designed to: recognise children’s prior learning, provide first-hand learning experiences, allow the children to develop interpersonal skills, build resilience and become creative, critical thinkers.

It is our belief that children learn best when they have a clear purpose for learning and when lessons are engaging. As a result, we have a blocked curriculum approach to learning. This approach has been implemented at the school to ensure coverage and progression in a number of curriculum areas. It enables project based learning, fostering each child’s curiosity and interest throughout each topic and also enabling the achievement of depth in knowledge and skills.

Our broad and balanced curriculum is designed to

• Develop strong characters in order to be resilient and cope with adversity
• Develop creative individuals who collaborate and co-operate and can solve problems seeing failure as an opportunity to learn through their positive attitudes
• Develop pupils who can think critically and care about their learning so they always do their best and achieve well
• Develop pupils who care about their role as part of a family, community and the wider world; encouraging them to feel part of, and to contribute positively to fundamental British values
• Ensure all pupils have high aspirations
• Develop a thirst for learning for all pupils

Leaders across the school ensure that all subjects are explored in depth throughout the academic year and through the key stages. Subject leaders work with teachers to ensure that they facilitate the quality provision of their subject and suggest ways to develop the learning journey through the application of skills.

Progression of skills are carefully written by teachers and subject leaders to ensure that progression in skills are mapped across the whole school. This is then monitored, alongside planning, scrap books and children’s books to ensure that teachers are providing the appropriate level of challenge and progression across the curriculum.

We prepare pupils positively for life in modern Britain and promote the importance and significance of British Values. The social, moral and cultural development of our pupils are woven through the curriculum to give pupils the knowledge and skills to become citizens making a positive contribution to society today.