Prospectus
We set the highest expectations for our children and we are proud of how they take pride in what they do In order to provide our children with a wealth of experiences outside the classroom we focus on ensuring everything we do can be linked to our '3 Pillars': Athlete Mentality, Exceptional Outcomes and Creative Arts 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. Each child is also part of a house system where they can contribute to something wider than just their own class. All children have the opportunity to be a leader within the school, from librarians and lunchtime monitors to school ambassadors and our special 'Rights Respecting' steering committee. We value early years education and understand it is fundamental in a child's life. I am proud to lead an exceptional school where our pupils can acquire the foundation blocks for a successful future.
I am delighted to welcome you to Charles Darwin Primary, an 'Outstanding' primary school where we challenge and support children to be the very best version of themselves. We believe in providing our children with an environment that is progress led to enable each child to feel successful and ensure they find and develop their own passions.
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I have the utmost privilege of being the Principal of Charles Darwin Primary. A place where children run into school with excitement and leave the school gates happy and smiling. It is my personal belief that all children regardless of their background are provided with the same opportunities to enable them to thrive and succeed; to be given the knowledge and skills they need to make informed decisions to better their lives and ultimately have their voice heard and shape the future. One way in which we ensure this is by providing our children with our cultural pledge: '7 Experiences Before Year 7'. Our outcomes across the school are above national average but we offer much more than just exceptional results. We firmly believe in order for a child to develop and feel successful they need to be exposed to a wealth of opportunities outside of a typical classroom. Our inspirational curriculum engages all children and develops them into confident, independent, happy and resilient learners with our core values sitting at the heart of our school:
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I look forward to meeting you and working together with you as a partnership to ensure your child's future is successful and exciting.
Contents Welcome to Charles Darwin Primary and Nursery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Our Core Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Statement of Teaching and Curriculum Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Reasons to Choose This School. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Our 3 Pillars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 7 Experiences Before Year 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 House System and Student Leadership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 School Day Structure and SEND Provisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Admission Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Closing Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 School Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Safeguarding Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Charles Darwin Primary and Nursery Prospectus | 3
Our inspirational curriculum engages all children and develops them into confident, independent, happy and resilient learners with our core values sitting at the heart of our school:
Our knowledge curriculum is ambitious and inclusive. It empowers our pupils to develop the knowledge and skills they require to be successful in the wider world. It is structured by traditional subjects and logically sequenced to ensure systematic and thorough teaching for all, providing links between and across subjects Through our curriculum, we ensure all our pupils have equal opportunities to shine within our 3 pillars: Athlete Mentality, Exceptional Outcomes and Creative Arts We place an intentional focus on ensuring reading is at the heart of our curriculum. It is through the explicit teaching of vocabulary, a focus on reading in class and an accompanying love of reading that Charles Darwin Primary aims to ensure that all pupils strive towards exceptional outcomes regardless of their background. We intend to provide our pupils with a wealth of experiences both inside and outside of the classroom. This is supported by experiences from our cultural pledge '7 experiences before year 7'. Each year has an identified experience which they may not otherwise come across in their everyday lives with the aim to build the cultural capital of all our pupils to ensure our children are well-rounded individuals. Through becoming a Rights Respecting school, we empower our pupils to be able to articulate their rights as well as being able to respect and understand the rights and values of others around the world.
Our Core Values
Statement of Teaching and Curriculum Information
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Exceptional outcomes
Graded Outstanding by Ofsted
Reasons to Choose This School
Our children succeed and thrive at our school achieving above national average outcomes. We have the highest expectations for our children and enable them to develop an intrinsic love for learning. Our staff expertise paired with our knowledge-based curriculum ensures all children receive the best possible education and outcomes.
In 2019 our school was graded ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted; recognising the excellent work to build a strong culture of learning. Children make excellent progress and are supported to become independent learners Electives We provide electives after school during the week to ensure our children experience a variety of different activities. Some of these activities include: flag football, laser tag, gravity trampoline park, storytelling, lego robotics and coding. We believe in providing a rich experience within and outside of the typical classroom.
Other leadership roles in school include: lunchtime helpers, eco-warriors, library monitors and playground buddies. Darwin Primary and Nursery Prospectus
Student leadership School ambassadors
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We have 2 house captains for each house. These children are responsible for promoting their house and acting as a role model and mentor to the other children in their house.
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As a Rights Respecting school, we have selected a group of children to represent our school and run our steering committee group. This group of children meet regularly to lead the schools' Rights Respecting work
Our student council is composed of children elected from across the school. They meet regularly to discuss ideas to improve the school and feedback in assemblies in front of the school. Rights Respecting steering group
House System and Student Leadership House system
We have 4 houses here at Charles Darwin.
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Other leadership opportunities
House points are awarded for actions that promote the school values. We run a huge number of sporting events across the year to promote our house system and offer house points as rewards. We celebrate the winning house on sports day and at the end of each academic year
We pride ourselves on providing leadership opportunities for our children We have 2 school ambassadors (and 2 vice ambassadors) in year 6 who represent our school, greet visitors and take part in our interview process
Once your child's place at Charles Darwin Primary is confirmed, we will discuss your child's barriers to learning with you and your child in detail. We will also talk to your child's current setting (if applicable) and any other professionals working with your child. Together we will draw up a plan with short-term targets focused on your child's special educational needs. The plan will include provisions that reduce your child's barriers to learning as well as strategies that your child's teacher(s) can use in lessons. Learning Plans, provisions and targets are reviewed on a termly basis with both you and your child and adjusted as needed to reflect their changing needs. If your child has an EHCP, the short-term targets will be linked to the EHCP outcomes.
For more detailed information about what our academy does to support learners with SEND, please read our
School day We offer learning from 8:30 and lessons start from 08:50. Our children will typically do phonics or English and Maths prior to lunch time. Lunch is from 12:00 until 13:30 with each year group allocated an hour slot depending on their age. For example, Reception lunch is 12:00 until 13:00 and Year 5 and 6 are 12:30 until 13:30. Our children complete wider curriculum subjects prior and after lunch with the school day finishing between 3:00 and 3:15 depending on the year group. We then offer electives after school on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday for our children until 16:00 with the option of parents and carers booking after school club until 18:00.
SEND At Charles Darwin Primary, we are committed to ensuring that learners with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) are fully included in the life of the school and are able to thrive academically and socially If your child has an identified special educational need or an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP), the first step is to talk to our SENCO, Alana Chipperfield. Mrs Chipperfield can give you an overview of the kinds of reasonable adjustments and provisions which are typically made for learners with SEND at Charles Darwin Primary, to ensure that they can access the curriculum and enrichment opportunities
School Day Structure and SEND Provisions
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Children may start school full-time at the beginning of the autumn term before their fifth birthday. (Part-time admission will be considered on an individual basis.)
Admission Process
When looking at progress after primary school, Charles Darwin Primary is a feeder school of Jane Austen College, in Norwich city centre. Therefore our pupils will have preference over other non-feeder primary schools when looking to progress onto Jane Austen College. Darwin
Our admission policy allows children to start school earlier than the law requires. However, the law also allows parents to ask for their child to be admitted but lets them delay the start date until later in the school year. Your child must start school by the beginning of the term following their fifth birthday and the place must be taken up by the start of the summer term. If you inform us that you wish to delay your child's entry the place will be held and will not be offered to another child.
For first admission to school, the common application form will be sent to parents using data supplied by Norfolk PCT's in accordance with the published timetable. For transfers to Secondary school, common application forms will be sent to parents via their child's current school. The closing date for applications will be as per the published timetable.
By law children must start statutory education full-time at the beginning of the term following their fifth birthday. Where admission is offered prior to compulsory school age, parents may defer their child's entry into school until later in that academic year. Parents should contact the Local Authority Admissions department. Their contact details are as follows: Admissions Team County Hall Martineau Lane Norwich NR1 2DL Telephone: 0344 800 8020 e.mail: admissions@norfolk gov.uk
If you have any queries about an application for a place at Charles Darwin Primary or about the admissions process please contact the school office.
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Closing Statement Our exceptional school is one our community is proud of. We pride ourselves on working in partnership with our families and the wider community. We ensure our children develop the confidence to have their voices heard. Children who graduate from Charles Darwin Primary will have the knowledge and skills they need to thrive and make a difference in our ever changing world.
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At Charles Darwin Primary and Nursery 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 understood. Charles Darwin Primary and Nursery Prospectus | 15 Safeguarding Statement
Charles Darwin Primary and Nursery 81 Rose Lane Norwich Norfolk NR1 1DJ Tel: 01603 733166 office@charlesdarwinprimary.org