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Children's
Service Authority: |
Hampshire |
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Age
Range: |
4
- 11 |
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Number
of pupils:
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338 |
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Head
teacher:
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Mr
P Pretlove |
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Chair
of governors:
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Dr
S Tomkins |
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What
have been our successes this year? |
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Judged
'outstanding' by OFSTED in all areas and SIAS (Church
School inspection) |
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Very
successful implementation of the International Primary
Curriculum |
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Children's
love of writing developed through weekly Big Write
(motivational Extended Writing) |
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Highly
successful Read Write Inc (Synthetic Phonics programme)
across the school |
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Strengthened
our partnership with St. Mary's Church |
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Achieved
Golden Status for Social and Emotional Learning
(SEAL) by Jenny Mosley (nationally recognised Educational
Well-Being Consultant) |
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Extended
personalised learning through regular one-to-one
enhancement and ICT-based Home Link Education City
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Half-termly
Open Afternoons for parents to share the positive
outcomes of children's work in the International
Primary Curriculum |
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Highly
successful Sports partnership with local schools
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Gained
distinction for our choir and honours for the recorder
ensemble in the New Milton Music Festival |
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Extended
opportunities for GATE (Gifted and Talented Learners)
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Successful
pupil tracking systems enabling learning to be personalised |
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| What
are we trying to improve? |
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Our
current foci are: |
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Embedding
the International Primary Curriculum (IPC) across
KS1 and KS2 to enrich learning in the non-core subjects
with an increased focus on skills and global dimensions
to learning |
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Enrichment
of learning using ICT, for example video conferencing
and multi media projects |
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Continuing
to broaden children's love of, and opportunities
for, writing through Read Write Inc and the weekly
Big Write |
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Encouraging
all children to know their times tables whilst extending
their maths skills using new approaches to learning
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Developing
music, drama and dance |
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Increasing
the range of opportunities for children in extra-curricular
sport |
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Developing
the number and range of after school clubs and activities
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Improving
play provision |
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Further
enriching our work for children with learning differences |
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Extending
opportunities for Gifted and Talented learners in
all areas |
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| How
much progress do pupils make between age 7 and 11? |
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Our
school |
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Confidence
interval |
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The
chart shows our school's contextual value added
(CVA) score relative to that of other primary schools.
CVA is a statistical means of assessing how effective
a school is, by measuring pupils' progress using
their test and examination results. The confidence
interval shows the range within which we can be
confident the score (calculated on the results of
only one year group) |
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represents the overall effectiveness of a school.
The percentile rank shows the percentage of schools
with a score equal to or higher than ours. |
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We
are very proud of the progress which all of our children
make and, with our focus on personalised learning, we
seek to meet the needs of individual learners at all times.
We strive, continually, for the very best for all of our
pupils. We are always happy to discuss individual pupils'
progress with parents. |
In
2008 100% of our Year 6 learners entered for English and
Maths obtained Level 4+ and 98% in Science. Pleasingly
61% gained Level 5 in English; 46% in Maths and 70% in
Science. |
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Our
attainment statistics are pleasing however we are never
complacent and always strive to ensure that every pupil
achieves their potential.
In
2008 100% of our Year 6 learners entered for English and
Maths obtained Level 4+ and 98% in Science. Pleasingly
61% gained Level 5 in English; 46% in Maths and 70% in
Science |
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| How
have our results changed over time? |
Continuous
Assessment which enhances Learning drives our school
and our overarching objective that every child is given
the opportunity to achieve their optimum standards of
attainment and rates of progress.
Our
assessment processes are rigorous. Robust pupil progress
tracking, targeted support, ongoing monitoring, evaluation
and review are key elements of assessment at our school.
Personalised Learning and forging individual pupil learning
journeys are at the heart of our practice.
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KS2
Year 6
Over
the last three years standards at the end of Key Stage
2 have risen and, in 2008, 100% of our Year 6 learners
entered for English and Maths obtained Level 4+ and
98% in Science. Pleasingly 61% gained Level 5 in English;
46% in Maths and 70% in Science.
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KS1
Year 2
Results have remained consistently good and Read Write
Inc has been proven to help raise standards in Reading
and Writing. Standards in maths remain high.
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How
are we making sure that every child gets teaching to meet
their individual needs? |
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recognise the needs of every child and therefore: |
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Rigorous
pupil progress tracking and identification of individual
needs leads to regular one-to-one enhancement in
English and Maths |
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Read
Write Inc programme allows children to develop their
English skills relevant to their stage not age |
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Every
child is assessed regularly in the core subjects
with Learning Groups and support being adapted to
meet identified needs |
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Each
child's learning style is identified and teaching
is tailored very specifically to learners' needs
in dedicated, flexible Learning Groups |
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We
track individual pupil progress and set targets
accordingly. This information is shared with the
children, motivating them to go for their goals |
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HomeLink
is differentiated in line with personalised learning |
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Successful
implementation of a transition class (Elephant class)
between Foundation and KS1 to provide preparation
for full access to KS1 for younger and vulnerable
learners |
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Very
careful attention is paid to the deployment of all
teaching staff, including Teacher Assistants, so
that children's learning opportunities are maximised |
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Tailored
provision for children on the SEN register with
IEPs and Statements where applicable |
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Opportunities
for weekly liaison with Parents |
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| How
are we working with parents and the community? |
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pride ourselves in being at the heart of our village and
have: |
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Established
a strong partnership with St Mary's Church and the
vicar, Peter Rickman, who regularly leads themed
assemblies |
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An
excellent and active parents association (BSA) who
fund-raise to provide additional support and provisions
which enrich the learning facilities and environment
of the whole school |
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In
line with our commitment to Extended Schools we
run a Breakfast Club and St Mary's Church hosts
an after school club |
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A
pastoral care assistant who visits families in their
own homes and who works with individual cjhildren
during dedicated time in school |
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Home
visits offered to all children prior to joining
Foundation |
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Weekly
Drop-ins for parents and carers to discuss pupil
progress with Parent Consultations increased to
3 times per year in response to a recent parental
questionnaire |
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| What
have pupils told us about the school, and what have we done
as a result? |
| Integral
to our practice is asking pupils for their feedback about
the school issues: |
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Golden
Assembly is a weekly forum for whole school council
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Children
are fully involved in our recruitment process |
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Children's
views are regularly sought relating to improvements
to the playground and suggestions are often implemented
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Children
adore the Big Write |
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Children
love their learning in the International Primary Curriculum |
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Children
value the opportunity to be creative during the weekly
Friday afternoon Golden Time |
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During Leadership Team and Governor monitoring of
provision, children's views are canvassed and their
ideas can shape future policy |
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How
do we make sure our pupils are healthy, safe and well-supported?
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As
a recognised Healthy School with Enhanced status, we ensure
our children are healthy, safe and well supported by: |
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Dedicated
pastoral care assistants lead initiatives to support
personal and social development including quality
circle time, extra circles of support, peer mentoring,
bubble time and continuing to work very closely
with Jenny Mosley Consultancies |
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Ensuring
the children feel safe as demonstrated in our whole
school initiatives eg, Feelings Trees in every classroom.
Buddies, Learning Guides |
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We
were awarded top status in our DDA (Disability Discrimination
Act) audit |
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The
school has a whole school Food Policy to provide
guidelines on healthy eating practices |
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Developing
additional sports expertise through our link with
The Sports Partnership and other individual providers |
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We
always seek to provide a safe environment and equality
for disabilities |
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Visits
from police, fire brigade and school nurse |
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We
would like to thank our parental community for their conscientious
attitude to obtaining authorisation for any absences when
applicable. We know that, as partners in learning, we
all recognise the importance of children attending school. |
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What
activities are available to pupils? |
In
addition to our curriculum which incorporates excellence
and enjoyment there are opportunities for: |
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Godzone
youth club run by the vicar, Peter Rickman |
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After
school Football run by Teamtheme |
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After
school Netball and Multi ball skills |
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French
club |
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Peripatetic
music lessons |
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School
orchestra |
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Group
recorder lessons |
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STAR
Dance and Singing clubs |
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Christmas
Pantomime for Year 4 |
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End
of year production by Year 6 |
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School
Music concerts |
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Residential
Outdoor and Activities trip to Avon Tyrrell for
Year 5 |
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Educational
visits to various locations |
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Exciting
Entry Points to International Primary Curriculum
units |
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A rich
variety of weekly Golden Time activities. |
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What
do our pupils do after leaving this school?
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We
are a feeder school for the following Secondary Schools: |
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Highcliffe
School |
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Ringwood
School |
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The
Arnewood School, New Milton |
Some
of our children also go onto |
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Bournemouth
Grammar Schools |
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Twynham
School, Christchurch |
Due
to our ever closer links with our local Secondary
Schools, we are delighted to be able to share in
the future successes of our former pupils. |
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What
have we done in response to Ofsted? |
We
are delighted with our last OFSTED Report (December 2007)
which judged the school to be 'outstanding'. Never complacent
we constantly strive to develop and embrace initiatives
which will help raise the standards achieved by all pupils
whilst enriching their learning journey through our school.
As
recommended The International Primary Curriculum has become
even more embedded in order to enhance the learning opportunities
for the pupils.
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More
Information
If you would like more information about school
policies, including our policies on special educational
needs and disability, admissions, finance, school
food and our complaints procedure, please contact
us: By
telephone: 01425 672272
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