Kensington Primary School

Kensington Primary School is based in Manor Park within the London Borough of Newham. We provide education for children from the ages of 3 to 11. From 1st September our school become part of The Tapscott Learning Trust. This is a trust based on partnership ensuring the best possible quality education for our children and meeting the needs of our local community.

The school delivers the statutory content of the National Curriculum through a thematic approach to learning. To ensure the continuing relevance of the curriculum for our children, we review the content each half-term. We then adapt it as appropriate to guarantee a broad, balanced, high quality curriculum for all our children. A skills-based approach is followed to ensure that the children progress in their learning as they move through the school.

Our aim at Kensington Primary School is to ensure each child progresses to the best of their ability and that they enjoy their learning in a safe and positive environment. We believe children should learn to be confident, resilient, self-motivated individuals, who have a thirst for learning. Mutual respect and tolerance, good manners, the rule of law, liberty and positive relationships are prioritised. We teach children, through the curriculum and our collective worship, of the importance of democracy and equality of opportunity for all.

At Kensington, pupils are actively encouraged to make choices, knowing that they are in a safe and supportive environment. As a school we educate and provide boundaries for young pupils to make informed choices, through a safe environment and an empowering education. Pupils are encouraged to know, understand and exercise their rights and personal freedoms and advised how to exercise these safely, for example through our eSafety and PSHE lessons. We hold yearly elections to appoint a house captain where all children have the right to vote. We also provide a restart/reflection room for pupils at lunchtime to reflect on their behaviour based on the school’s Golden Rules and are supported by the pastoral officer. We also have a safeguarding policy, where children’s views are taken into account and appropriate action is taken following this.

This is an integral aspect of life at Kensington Primary. We expect our learners to be respectful, confident and positive individuals. We encourage every child to care about, and have respect for, their learning, each other and our environment. By being socially and emotionally intelligent, understanding about themselves and each other, our children will make the right choices and experience positive relationships now and in the future.

Mutual respect is at the heart of our values. Children learn that their behaviours have an effect on their own rights and those of others. All members of the school community treat each other with respect. The first of our Golden Rules reads: I will be respectful and polite. As a school we come together for collective worship four times a week and once a week have class assembly. Our whole school assembly follows themes, which are displayed in classrooms. We have a weekly newsletter, which features articles on care, citizenship, charity, pupil voice, celebration, festivals, safety (including e-safety) and personal development.

Kensington is a diverse school. We actively promote diversity through our celebrations of different faiths and cultures. Religious Education lessons and PSHE reinforce messages of tolerance and respect for others. RE lessons follow the Newham Agreed Syllabus for Religious Education that educates pupils about all the main belief systems in the UK.

Our multicultural pages on our website illustrate our commitment to exploring our diverse school community. Members of different faiths and religions are encouraged to share their knowledge to enhance learning within classes and the school. The children visit places of worship that are important to different faiths to learn about different religions, beliefs and culture. There is also daily collective worship. We teach children the values of their own opinions as well as those of others and demonstrate this through termly performance assemblies where classes present different faith celebrations to their peers, school staff, parents and governors.

At Kensington we are committed to supporting ethnic, cultural, religious, linguistic, social diversity, gender and disability equality and will actively promote good community relationships and foster respect for all. This is supported through our curriculum activities, and behaviour policies. If you would like to see our equality policy and our equality scheme please speak to our inclusion manager or they are available on line. At Kensington we are proud that there is respect for each other and that we have high expectations for all. Any incidents are dealt with swiftly following procedures of the policy.