Safeguarding and Pastoral Support

At Charles Darwin Primary, we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our young people.

To achieve this we ensure the continuous development and improvement of robust safeguarding processes and procedures that promote a culture of safeguarding within our staff and volunteers.

We are committed to keeping staff, pupils and visitors safe and happy. Our Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) ensures that effective support is provided to pupils that need it and our strong pastoral system ensures that all pupils are well-known and their needs are understood.

Electives

Here at Charles Darwin Primary, we are extremely lucky to be able to offer an excellent pastoral approach that provides all pupils with an environment where they will be listened to, challenged, and engaged throughout their school day.

Our elective vision is to broaden children’s horizons by providing opportunities outside of the classroom, building the cultural capital of all our pupils.

Our elective programme runs every halfterm, 3 days a week, for one hour per day. This is in addition to our after school club, which runs every day until 6pm.

We offer a diverse range of electives and extra-curricular activities. Some examples include: choir, sports, art, computer science coding, community outreach projects, karate, comic book designing, and targeted tutoring.

As a community-oriented school, our elective offer provides opportunities for local community organisations to partner with our school and deliver enriching opportunities. In addition, our staff utilise their expert knowledge to maximise each child’s extended learning opportunity.

Working alongside the Norwich Schools’ Sports Partnership and other Inspiration Trust schools, we are able to offer over 30 events across our school each year.

A long term partnership with Norwich City Football Club’s Community Sports Foundation enables our pupils to receive high quality sports coaching throughout the day, as well as from specific electives.