Launcelot Primary School

Our school is a warm and friendly place where everyone is valued, but the only way to know for sure is to come and visit us. We are all very ambitious for our children and want them to achieve all they possibly can while enjoying their time with us. We have an exciting curriculum which is relevant to the children and which challenges them within a supportive environment. We also try to get out and about as much as we can!

We have high expectations of all members of our school community, ourselves included, and work closely with families to ensure that all children get the most out of their time in school. If you are a prospective parent or casual visitor, I hope this website gives you a feel for our school. For our existing families and community, key information is regularly updated, so do keep checking in.

At Launcelot we believe that all children have the potential to achieve. It is more than our job, but rather our duty to enable all children to discover their strengths and to overcome any barriers to their learning through hard work, determination and self-belief. We want to enable them to develop a resilience, which will help them to become lifelong learners.

Like the Knights of the Round Table we expect them to work together to achieve the common goal to be the very best that they can be at whatever they choose to do, through cooperation and teamwork, collaboration and partnership. We see learning as a passport, which enables children to embark on exciting and profitable journeys throughout their lives, regardless of their backgrounds.

Our mission statement is quite simply: Inspiration, Aspiration, Success. We see it as our duty to inspire our children, to enthuse them with a love of learning so that they can aim high and achieve their dreams. We endeavour in all of our work to ensure that our children enjoy coming to school, they have a quality curriculum that exposes them to new ideas and possibilities and they develop the skills they need in order to be successful.

Values are central to school life at Launcelot. We say that values are the big ideas that help us to live our lives. As a school community we have selected 12 core values which you will see displayed around the school as well as on the exterior railing to the school. We focus on one value every month but use all the values consistently in our teaching and in our day-to-day interactions with the children.

Our Aims are that

• There is outstanding achievement for all.
• Our children have a passion for learning and high aspirations for their future.
• Our families are included in all aspects of the school regardless of gender, race, disability or sexual orientation.
• Our families are effectively and actively engaged in the learning on offer at Launcelot school.

At Launcelot Primary School we follow the National Curriculum, which sets out the key requirements to be taught to children during their primary years. From these core requirements we have developed topics of interest through which we can ensure these key requirements are taught.

Through our curriculum, we aim to provide for the full academic, personal and social development of each pupil, and to encourage children to work and think independently and to make decisions within a moral code. We aim to foster a love of learning and develop the key skills that will enable children to be independent thinkers and effective citizens of the future. To this end we make sure our curriculum is lively and stimulating, covering a broad range of topics to capture children’s interests. We enrich the curriculum where we can through visits, visitors and opportunities for outdoor learning. Our children learn in a variety of ways but we work hard to ensure that it is fun.

At Launcelot Nursery we offer a stimulating and secure environment for nurturing young children’s imagination, learning and development. We have a team of experienced and dedicated staff who know how to support and guide children and enable them to reach their full potential. We encourage both independence and co-operation with other children and adults by providing a wide range of activities and resources for children to explore and take part in individually, in focus groups and as a class.