Tower Bridge Primary School

We are extremely proud of our continuously improving school. Our school values are underpinned by the aspiration and drive to ensure that every pupil achieves their full potential. We have a strongly inclusive ethos and provide challenge and support for children with a range of abilities and skills. We believe that the inclusion of children with additional needs is of benefit to the whole community. Together with our parents and carers, our dedicated staff work hard to remove barriers to learning and to provide a safe and stimulating learning environment that inspires every child. Every class is supported by its own full time teaching assistant.

Our children are talented and hardworking and we encourage them to be active role models for one another by taking on leadership responsibilities. Everyone is treated with respect and we celebrate our diverse community in which a wide range of faiths, languages and cultures are represented. We take full advantage of our fantastic location next to the iconic Tower Bridge and our partnerships with local businesses such as the Unicorn Theatre and law firm Norton Rose Fulbright both support learning and enhance the curriculum. We are continually looking for ways to move forward and have achieved a variety of awards such as Healthy Schools Status and the Primary Science Quality Silver Award.

At Tower Bridge we learn and succeed together: Teamwork, Overcoming challenges, Welcoming everyone, Excellence, enjoyment and effort, Respect for all, Be the best we can be, Resilience and responsibility encouraged, Independent learners shine, Diversity is celebrated, Goals are aspirational, Engaging everyone everyday.

At Tower Bridge we follow a Creative Curriculum based on children’s interests and developing skills. Following the introduction of the new National Curriculum in September 2014, we have reviewed and adapted our curriculum framework. Subjects are taught through broad and exciting topics. Texts in Literacy lessons link to our topics.

Children can start in our Nursery at the age of 3 years old. The Nursery and Reception Classes work together to provide a stimulating and exciting curriculum that encourages our children to develop across all areas of learning.

We believe that language and literacy underpin lifelong learning. It is our duty to ensure every child can achieve their full potential by giving them these vital life skills.

Literacy develops children’s ability to listen, speak, read and write for a range of purposes, so using language to communicate ideas, views and feelings is fundamental.

Children are encouraged to express themselves creatively and imaginatively as they become enthusiastic and critical readers. We encourage pupils to use their knowledge, skills and understanding in speaking, reading and writing across a range of experiences and genres. Our Literacy Curriculum is planned to encourage and facilitate independent learning for all our children. We value the range of languages which are spoken in our community and use children’s ideas and experiences in planning lessons to ensure lessons are fun, engaging and challenging.

At Tower Bridge we feel that all of the children are entitled to experience the range of arts both as part of and in addition to, the creative curriculum we provide. Each year we enjoy a creative arts themed week which includes ‘International Evening’ that enables us to celebrate the rich, cultural and artistic pools we have at both schools. Through the arts (art, design, music, drama and dance), we believe that our pupils will be given the opportunity to hone their skills of creativity and imagination.

We feel that it offers an alternative context for learning through active involvement, visual, tactile and sensory experiences which give a unique way of understanding and responding to the world. It will also allow the children to make valuable judgements and aesthetic decisions, as well as develop their interpersonal skills and support them to engage with their surrounding environment. The arts provide opportunities to challenge, inspire and create a sense of identity through self-expression.