School Prospectus

Where children grow personally and academically in a safe environment.

Growth Curiosity Collaboration Belonging

WITTON MIDDLE SCHOOL

5 6 7

Our school is centred around four key ‘pillars’ or core values, which are at the heart of all we do.

Growth – that children and adults alike will learn, develop, progress and achieve both academically, personally and socially.

Curiosity – that learning is an active, interesting and lifelong pursuit; we value an ‘enquire and discover’ mindset within a climate of asking questions and making connections.

Collaboration – that we are a team – we learn and play together; we support and challenge one another.

Belonging – that every individual is safe, happy and valued. Our children are proud to be part of Witton and will always have a place here.

We love hearing about the adventures that our former pupils are undertaking!

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In short, Witton is a wonderful place to learn and grow. I hope you enjoy learning more about our school in this prospectus.

If you would prefer to come and experience our superb learning environment yourself, please come along to a scheduled Open Event (check for details on our website) or contact us to arrange a tour.

Suzie Bourne Head Teacher

Collaboration

As a middle school catering for children in years 5, 6 and 7, Witton provides a unique and effective bridge between our partner first and high schools.

We expect children to achieve their very best within our caring, encouraging and supportive community.

We firmly believe that during their time with us, our children develop and flourish into wonderful young people who are ready to progress with their onward education.

As part of The Spire CofE Learning Trust, we benefit from links with other ambitious and high achieving schools within Worcestershire. Staff access high quality training and professional development, and pupils enjoy collaborative projects across schools.

Belonging

It is my great pleasure to welcome you to Witton Middle School. We are a warm, vibrant, inclusive community school set within unrivalled and extensive natural grounds.

Visitors to the school are always impressed by the balance of high standards and exceptional relationships within our unique and inspiring learning environment.

In addition, under the guidance of our SENDCO team, our skilled teaching assistants provide additional in-class support and bespoke intervention when needed. As a result, children make progress and achieve their best. This can be in leaps and bounds, or equally important incremental steps.

At Witton, our children change and make progress in many ways!

We understand that children have different starting points and ensure that our curriculum, teaching approaches and opportunities enable everyone to develop, make progress and achieve well.

We provide appropriate support, stretch and challenge through our curriculum structure which allows each child to be grouped by their ability and potential in English and maths.

Our teachers continually develop and share their subject specialism so that every lesson is characterised by the highest quality teaching and learning activity.

We recognise that children also grow personally and socially here at Witton. Our larger year groups mean that children broaden their friendship circles and have opportunities to meet and engage with a wide variety of others. By valuing and celebrating diversity, equality and inclusion we support each child to be an active and supportive member of our school community.

Our culture of recognition and reward for high quality contributions and positive attitudes to learning shows children that we are keen to spot and share their successes.

“ 96% of parents / carers say their

Our children are encouraged to get involved in leadership opportunities throughout their time at Witton.

The range of roles includes representing the school, sitting on the School Council, supporting others through mentoring roles, enhancing the work of specific subject areas such as Music Council and Sports Council and even managing and running the school rewards shop.

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Our parents, carers and wider community are encouraged to share in these celebrations through our weekly newsletter and special assemblies in school.

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child is happy and safe at Witton. ”

We benefit from specialist teaching in Science, Modern Languages, Music and Physical Education. At Witton, we know that children can shine in many different ways so we strive to provide a breadth of opportunities for all through both lessons and enrichment activities.

Our stimulating curriculum delivers a wide range of subjects, coupled with expert teaching.

Sequences of learning have been carefully designed to create confident, curious and collaborative individuals who will make a difference in the world.

Our skilled and inspiring teachers ensure learning is fun, engaging and meaningful. Lessons foster a climate of exploration and enquiry. Teachers at Witton are very loyal to our school and are incredibly committed to the students, going the extra mile to ensure they have every opportunity to succeed.

Learning is further extended through an exciting range of visitors, offsite visits and trips.

“ 98% of parents / carers say that

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there is an excellent range of subjects on offer. ”

Children enjoy a range of sports but can also develop their artistic, musical or environmental knowledge and talents.

Belonging

Our wide range of extra-curricular activities at lunchtime and after school offers daily opportunities to experience new activities and learn new skills.

We work closely with first schools to ensure that we build effectively upon the excellent foundations that they have laid. Our transition process means that we discuss each child with colleagues in their current school and begin to understand their strengths and needs. Similarly, our Year 7 children are well equipped academically, socially and emotionally as they approach the move to high school, having followed a true Key Stage 3 curriculum which has been created to dovetail into their next steps in Year 8.

Collaboration is central to our approach at Witton.

We know that by working with others we achieve more.

Our children are encouraged to collaborate, share their thinking and enjoy projects that span across the schools within the Trust.

Witton is one community. Our strong relationships with parents and carers ensure a shared understanding and belief in the school's values and aims, working in partnership to maximise the potential of each child.

“ 96% of parents / carers say their

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child does well at this school. ”

Belonging

Collaboration

We are proud to have held numerous whole school and charitable events, many of which are organised and led by our wonderful School Council.

We celebrate diversity and actively seek to educate and eradicate prejudice, discrimination or intolerance of any kind.

Our Anti-Bullying Ambassadors are active campaigners and have been instrumental in giving children a voice.

Every child has a right to feel happy, safe and valued.

At Witton we foster excellent relationships with children and families. As part of our nurturing approach, your child’s class teacher will see them daily and is the main point of contact for any queries or worries that we may need to be aware of.

Each year group is lead by a dedicated Head of Year, who have overarching responsibility for the wellbeing and achievement of all children in the year group.

“ Our parents / carers would

Growth We are proud of our exceptional pastoral and SEND teams who enhance the support that we are able to extend to children and families. Witton’s superb team includes fully qualified THRIVE practitioners, skilled safeguarding leads and SEND assessors.

Our pastoral facility, the PRIDE room, provides a safe haven for any child experiencing social or emotional difficulty.

recommend Witton to others. ” As well as supporting children during break and lunch times, our Early Help offer includes bespoke 1 to 1 or group programmes to support children when appropriate.

Winnie works to reassure vulnerable learners, and is currently in training to be become a ‘reading dog’ ….. hearing children read, not reading herself!

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The most recent addition to our team is Winnie the school dog.

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