Pickhurst Infant Academy

Pickhurst Infants is a centre of excellence in early years education, a truly inclusive school where within a nurturing environment each child’s ability is recognised, valued and developed.

Our core values of Friendship, Respect, Excellence and Determination motivate and inspire our children to embrace challenge, show respect, be resilient learners and achieve excellence. Through an inspiring and exciting curriculum that includes specialist teaching in sports, music and outdoor learning in Forest School, our children learn how to problem solve, think creatively, work collaboratively and communicate effectively.

Our children are able to develop their interests and talents to become happy, confident lifelong learners so that by the age of 7, they are ready to move with confidence to the next phase in their education.

NEST was first created in 2015 when Farnborough and Worsley Bridge schools came together to create a multi academy trust. On 1 November 2017 the trust expanded when it was joined by six more local schools - all judged to be good or outstanding by Ofsted, creating an exceptional and distinctive learning community of primary schools.

At the heart of our belief system is our focus upon learning – a commitment to the classroom and the core purpose of education. At NEST our commitment to the learning process challenges all of our schools and academies to fully endorse the concept of collaborative learning. Just as our commitment to inclusion is a non-negotiable so too is each school’s contribution to inter-school learning and the development of a NEST wide professional learning community.

“We have a moral purpose to provide excellence and opportunity for all, to enable lives to be transformed"

• We believe all choices and decisions should be child centred. Pupils’ academic, emotional and social well-being is paramount to enable each child to aspire and be inspired with the opportunities within our schools
• We believe that enhancing pupil progress and achievement is best realised through challenge, collaboration and partnership, based on strong accountability between member schools.
• Co-operation and interaction with stakeholders will create pride in NEST and a desire to be involved in its work. In addition, key partnerships with other organisations offer further opportunities to enhance learning and teaching across our schools.

Our values are our set of guiding principles which taken together, define what we do and how we do it. They allow us to make the decisions and take action which drive us towards our vision and keep to our core mission. Our values are based on the cooperate values of our partner schools. The words may be different but the moral purpose remains the same.

Our schools VALUE is Achievement, Success, Inclusivity, Inspiration, Responsibility, Respect, Honesty, Trust, Enjoyment,Leadership, Collaboration, Opportunity, Confidence, Determination, Resilience, Creativity.Our NEST Core Values are supported through our principle of achievement inspired through the NEST ‘CHOICE’ circle.

Nexus Education Schools Trust believe that all decisions and choices should be child centred. We aim to nurture every individual, provide excellent education outcomes enabling our pupils to succeed and ultimately transform the life opportunities and aspirations of our pupils, allowing them to be fulfilled individuals within an ever changing world.

Through our strong family ethos, the staff, parents, governors and friends of the Pickhurst Infant Academy are committed to working together to provide the highest quality of education that will meet the needs of every child and enable them to achieve their personal best.

Our aims are founded on the Olympic values of Friendship, Respect, Excellence, Determination, Inspiration, Courage and Equality. At Pickhurst Infant Academy we are committed to:

• Empowering and challenging all children to have high expectations of themselves and to achieve their personal best.
• Nurturing children’s emotional and physical well-being and keeping them safe and secure.
• Celebrating the uniqueness of every child and valuing the contribution they make to the lives and learning of others.
• Inspiring children to think creatively, to question, to solve problems and to discover for themselves.
• Engendering in every child respect and responsibility for others and the world in which they live.
• Working in partnership with parents to enable every child to succeed and develop a life-long love of learning.
• Promoting healthy minds and bodies and a strong team spirit.

As an organisation we recognise that each school’s communities are different. We value each school’s uniqueness and its contribution; in ensuring pupils have the best education and experiences. Each school is distinct to the success of the organisation. We believe passionately that together we can make a greater difference; providing higher education outcomes and wider opportunities for our pupils and greater prospects for our staff and communities.

Each organisation commits to our CHOICE values. It is a reminder that we have made a choice to be a part of the wider organisation of Nexus Education Schools Trust and that we are all obligated to the community as a whole.

• To develop a strong network of diverse and inclusive schools with similar values, aspirations and a commitment to enable all learners to succeed
• To drive improvement within the collaborative and deliver excellent outcomes for all learners and leaders
• To minimise the barriers to progress and achievement in the schools and communities in which we work
• To advocate the interests of member schools and their children in local, national and global planning and policy
• To achieve efficiencies in the provision and procurement of goods and services
• To secure funding for educational projects within and beyond the Trust
• To further develop successful educational partnerships beyond the Trust.