The EllisChurch Of England Primary School

Our School Vision Statement is ‘Be The Best You Can Be’

Thank you for visiting our school website. 

At The Ellis C of E Primary School we all share the same vision for our children; helping them to feel valued members of our school community and to encourage everyone to be the best you can be.

We have a clear set of school aims. 

Our School Aims:

*  To create a secure and happy environment

*  To meet the needs of all individuals

*  To ensure high standards of both teaching and learning

*  To encourage the fulfilment of potential and recognise achievement

*  To meet the requirements of the National Curriculum

*  To provide a broad and balanced education to develop the whole child

*  To encourage the children to be self disciplined, caring and responsible towards others

*  To promote positive self-esteem, confidence and independence

*  To constantly reflect the Christian ethos of our school in our relationships with the children, their families and the wider community

 
Our Mission Statement:

 
As a Church of England Primary School, as well as the school for the village of Hemingfield, our mission is to create a successful learning environment which will clearly reflect the Christian values of our foundation.  We can do this by:

*  Creating an environment where the confidence and self esteem of each individual is nurtured

*  Monitoring and improving the quality of the service we provide

*  Meeting the requirements of the National Curriculum through careful planning and resourcing

*  Recognising that the education of the children involves partnership

*  Recognising that each member of our community has a unique potential to fulfil

The Ellis Hemingfield Theological Rationale

We encourage our children to have high expectations and to believe they can, through developing a growth mindset, focusing on our learning behaviours- Concentrate, Imagine, Push yourself, Understand and help Others, Try new things, Improve and Work Hard alongside our creative enquire curriculum where we learn both inside and outside.  The acquisition of language and reading is the back bone to our curriculum.  We want all our children to be readers who enjoy reading.

We also instill a strong sense of community spirit, which is based on mutual respect for one another.  Nurture and the well-being of all is at the heart of our school, we use the Thrive approach throughout school to help support childrens social and emotional needs.  The Thrive approach supports children who may have struggled with different life events help them re-engage with life and learning, using recent developments in neuroscience and attachment theory alongside child development.

Our children are encouraged to love one another and accept difference and individuality through the Christian values of Friendship, Responsibility, Courage, Perseverance, Forgiveness and Peace.

Our daily worship brings us together as a school community and family and our GOING FOR GOLD assembly celebrates our great learning and achievements every week.

We also have the highest regard for safeguarding and safety in school.  All children have the right to feel safe and have the right to learn.

We hope you enjoy browsing our website.  We are committed to ensuring our website reflects the vibrancy of school life. 

Our class Twitter accounts celebrate the wonderful learning happening daily in our classrooms and showcase some of our wider learning opportunities.

For instant updates and up to the minute information please log on to our website home page.   If you have a Facebook account we have a school facebook page The Ellis C E School.

This year 2021 to 2022, our school priorities are:

Priority 1

The Quality of Education

• Reading and language acquisition is fundamental to The Ellis curriculum – improve access and quality of non –fiction texts
• Handwriting and presentation policy used to improve writing standards in school
• Maths mastery is consistently taught to enable standards to continue to improve and all children to catch up.  F2 and KS1 are taking part in ‘Mastering number’ project
• EYFS new curriculum – Nuffield Early Language Intervention

Priority 2

Behaviour and attitudes

• Thrive ambassador school – safe environment
• Review behaviour policy

Priority 3

       Personal development

• Designated mental health lead – develop a whole school approach to promote mental health and well-being
• RSE curriculum taught using 1 Decision
• Forest school accessed by all children and impacts on learning behaviours
• SIAMS ready- The Ellis Curriculum as a Church school

Priority 4

      Leadership and management  

• All leaders are working to improve outcomes across school for all groups of children – combined score increases
• All leaders are ensuring that the Ellis Curriculum intent and implementation are embedded securely and consistently across our school 
• New to role SENDCO

I would like to thank you for taking the time to find out about our school.  We are very proud of our school community, if you would like further information please do not hesitate to contact us.

Mrs R Hurding
Headteacher