Hill West Primary School

We are a happy school at the heart of our community. Our children love to learn. They make excellent progress and attainment is well above national average and has been for a number of years. Teaching is creative and lively and a robust programme of continued professional development ensures that staff are always developing professionally. Leadership at all levels is ambitious and focused on continual improvement. Children have a real thirst for knowledge and want to learn. We understand that children’s well-being and excellent physical and mental health is essential if they are going to succeed academically.

At Hill West we understand that safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children is everyone’s responsibility. Everyone who comes into contact with children and their families and carers has a role to play in safeguarding children. In order to fulfil this responsibility effectively, all professionals in school make sure their approach is child-centred. This means that they consider, at all times, what is in the best interests of the child. Staff working with children are advised to maintain an attitude of ‘it could happen here’. The designated safeguarding lead at Hill West is the Head Teacher, Dr Clarke. There are a number of deputy safeguarding leads and these include all Deputy Head Teachers and Assistant Head Teachers. We have two classes in each of our year groups and our classes are named after British birds or wildlife.

We are innovative and creative and embraced the opportunity to form a learning partnership through academy status with other schools. Our multi-academy trust (also known as the Arthur Terry Learning Partnership) is a respected cross phase (primary and secondary) partnership between schools in a number of local authorities all based in the West Midlands. We work together to ensure excellence. We all share a similar philosophy of education which puts the child at the heart of everything we do thereby ensuring that our children are better placed to meet the changing demands of the 21st Century. The Arthur Terry Learning Partnership’s academies are home to thousands of children and over a thousand staff. The partnership has a strong moral purpose to improve education standards and achievements for all children in the community. By working in partnership, the ATLP can share resources, expertise and deliver quality education to make an even greater difference where it matters most.