Keir Hardie Primary School

At Keir Hardie we aim to inspire our children to achieve excellence. We expect children to be Motivated in their learning, display a positive Attitude at all times, show Gumption when faced with obstacles, demonstrate Independent thinking and always Communicate effectively. We call these our MAGIC habits.

We insist on outstanding teaching and learning in order to ensure that all children make excellent progress in all areas of the curriculum.We value parent partnership and work closely with families to support their children’s’ learning by ensuring that children are in school every day and are continuing the learning journey at home

At Keir Hardie, we believe it is essential that our pupils are equipped with the tools they need to support them in growing up in modern British society. As a result of this, we want all pupils that attend our school to have the opportunity to develop a strong set of values and principles, and question and understand what it means to grow up in British society.

At Keir Hardie we believe a creative curriculum empowers our children to become independent, open minded, resilient individuals.

Our curriculum is enriched through frequent educational visits, visitors and the expertise of a range of arts specialists including dance and drama teachers, a story teller and music tutors.

We enhance the children’s learning with a wide range of extra curricular clubs and activities. Our school is highly equipped with the latest state of the art technology.Our links with Newham Music Academy, Rokeby Specialist Maths and Languages School, the University of East London and Cumberland School Sports Partnership enable our children to access high quality teaching by specialist staff whilst also participating in interschool competitions such as debating, performance poetry and cheerleading.

Education influences and reflects the values of society, and the kind of society we want to be. It is important, therefore, to recognise a set of common values and purpose that underpins the curriculum at Keir Hardie Primary School and enables the school to achieve its aims. We value creativity and this is seen as the strength of the school, this is reflected in the high standards of pupils work celebrated around the school. Our curriculum is broad and balanced, providing a wide range of knowledge, skills and experiences, giving each subject sufficient time to contribute to the children’s learning.

Our Aims are to

• Promote an inclusive and effective learning community with high expectations of all staff and pupils.

• Provide an inspirational environment where pupils feel valued and secure in their learning.
• Continue to develop and enrich the curriculum, linking areas of learning to enable all children to enjoy learning and to use and apply knowledge and skills in a whole range of situations.
• Enhance children’s life chances through a stimulating, supportive parental partnership that nurtures each child to be the best that they can be.
• Encourage a community spirit that actively promotes mutual respect and celebrates diversity.
• Prepare children to become responsible, confident members of a global society who can apply their knowledge and skills to all future learning and active citizenship.

Providing a fully inclusive education is at the heart of policy and practice at Keir Hardie Primary School. The school is open to every child in the community.We value the individuality of each child and aim to respond to their experiences and needs so that they will have every opportunity to achieve highly.We believe that all children, adults and families should feel welcome and should have an equal chance to benefit from our school and everything it provides.If a child has special needs we make every effort to provide appropriate, additional support.We encourage parents to share with class teachers any concerns they may have regarding their child’s learning.

We aim to ensure that learning is accessible to all children regardless of background or ability, so all children are welcome at our school.Where necessary we can provide alternative resources and materials including additional adult support for children with particular needs including using Information Technology.We are committed to challenging attitudes about disability and accessibility and to developing a culture of awareness, tolerance and inclusion.

The school is a three storey building; stairs and elevators give access to all floors and classrooms. Disabled toilets are allocated on the ground/second floor. We also have well equipped hygiene rooms on the ground and first floor.If we cannot make the necessary adjustments or changes, the Local Authority will discuss with you alternative schools that could provide suitable provision.We have developed on Access Plan to help us organise the building and our policies and practices to address the needs of our pupils.