Princes Primary School

Princes Primary caters for children with severe learning difficulties from the ages of four to eleven.Our aim is to provide exciting opportunities for children to learn in a safe and happy school setting. We offer a personalised curriculum in a caring, stimulating and challenging environment, encouraging independence and the skills needed for daily life.

• At Princes Primary we aim to provide a broad, balanced, aspirational and motivating curriculum which gives our learners the cultural capital to succeed.
• We want learners to develop practical skills in a positive and stimulating environment.
• We are committed to ensuring that our learners fully immerse themselves in learning and work within a flexible framework, which is responsive to need and enables all learners to communicate, think and problem solve in a range of contexts.
• All learners have a right to be healthy, safe, happy, successful and valued.

The school is situated in Toxteth, Liverpool’s inner city area and children are admitted from across the city. There is a wide mix of socio economic backgrounds. We currently have 209 pupils across four sites

Princes Primary caters for children with severe learning difficulties from the ages of four to eleven. Our aim is to provide exciting opportunities for children to learn in a safe and happy school setting. We offer a personalised curriculum in a caring, stimulating and challenging environment, encouraging independence and the skills needed for daily life.

The school is situated in Toxteth, Liverpool’s inner city area and children are admitted from across the city. There is a wide mix of socio economic backgrounds. We currently have 132 pupils across three sites.

Princes School aims to promote positive relationships, trust and co-operation to secure an enjoyable learning environment where expectations are clear and behaviour management is approached in a positive way.

At Princes School we: Offer a differentiated approach which addresses individual needs through exciting and stimulating curriculum activities. Develop independent daily living skills. Develop communication skills. Work closely with our families to ensure a smooth transition from home to school and encourage effective partnership with parents and carers. Offer a “ team around the school approach “ working closely with other professionals and outside agencies. Develop a range of inclusive activities for all pupils, encouraging links both within school, with pupils from other schools and with the local community. Value the achievements of everyone. Encourage a positive attitude and develop self confidence. Provide an attractive and welcoming environment.

Over half of our children have a diagnosis of Autistic Spectrum Disorder in addition to their complex learning difficulties. Every three years we have a review by the National Autistic Society who quality assure our practice. Our last, very successful, review took place in November 2016, and our next will take place in November 2019.

Basic Skills Quality Mark. We achieved this award for the fourth time in April 2015. The award celebrates and supports the continuous improvement in literacy and numeracy throughout the school.

Eco Schools is an international award which recognises the contribution we are making toward a sustainable environment. We first achieved Green Flag status in 2014 and in September 2016 had another successful review visit.

We received the Liverpool Healthy Schools Award in 2011 and this is reviewed every three years. This award acknowledges the achievement that we have made in a number of areas including healthy eating, emotional well being, social, health, physical and personal education. The development of life skills is very important to Princes and this award recognises some of the work that we do to promote childrens’ learning and to support their families.

This award celebrates the work that we do with our partners to ensure that all of our children have access to a fully inclusive curriculum and lots of additional activities to develop both their relationships with people in and out of school and their knowledge and understanding of the world. We achieved this in February 2015.

We offer a personalised curriculum in a caring, stimulating and challenging environment, encouraging independence and the skills needed for daily life. Our facilities have been designed with the needs of our pupils in mind. In addition to the regular teaching areas, we have a hydrotherapy pool, a well-equipped sports hall and extensive outside play areas with appropriate play equipment in each key stage.

Within the main school building we have a sensory circuit, a multi-sensory room, music room, soft play area and a library. We also have school minibuses which are used daily to enable children to access and learn from their local community. Princes recognises the importance of play skills, eating skills, toileting skills and personal hygiene. Targets are set for these areas and are recognised as teaching and learning time.