Aims and Values

Barnes Primary School is a community of learners where everyone is supported to succeed. We provide an intellectually challenging and engaging education that enables all pupils to achieve their full potential.

We are committed to raising expectations and aspirations, fostering a deep interest in learning, and encouraging pupils to apply their knowledge to the world around them.

Our aim is for every child to develop as a confident, independent and self motivated learner, equipped with the essential skills needed for lifelong success. Alongside this, we place great importance on children enjoying their learning and making the most of their childhood.

We seek to make a meaningful difference to each child’s life by preparing them for the opportunities and challenges of the future. Our curriculum is broad, balanced and forward thinking, designed to equip pupils with the knowledge and skills required for life in the twenty first century.

We are committed to ensuring that all children leave our school with strong foundations in reading, writing and mathematics. In addition, we inspire them through a rich and varied curriculum that embraces the arts, music and sport.

At Barnes Primary School, we aim to create a community where every child is supported to succeed and encouraged to strive for their personal best.

We aim to:

• Ensure safety and wellbeing
  Treat all children fairly, care for them and safeguard their wellbeing
• Deliver high quality teaching
  Provide effective teaching so that all children achieve strong academic outcomes
• Develop personal responsibility
  Support children to become considerate, respectful and responsible members of the community
• Meet individual needs
  Provide an inclusive education that meets the needs of all learners
• Work in partnership with parents
  Keep parents well informed and actively involved in school life
• Promote health and wellbeing
  Encourage physical activity and develop understanding of healthy lifestyles
• Foster respect and understanding
  Develop respect for different religions, beliefs and values, preparing children for life in a diverse society
• Provide a broad and balanced curriculum
  Deliver a rich curriculum that includes the full National Curriculum, alongside strong provision in sport, the arts and music
• Reflect our core values
  Promote maximising learning, love and laughter through the development of key personal qualities:
  creativity, curiosity, empathy, integrity, positivity, self belief, resilience and responsibility

Our values are central to our school culture. We are committed to ensuring they are not simply words, but are embedded in each child’s character and lived experience throughout their time at Barnes Primary School.

We actively promote and celebrate our values through daily practice, assemblies and recognition. Pupils who consistently demonstrate these values are recognised with wristbands, which are highly valued and reflect sustained commitment.                  

Our pupils express our values in their own words:

• Creativity – I try new ways of doing things
• Curiosity – I enjoy exploring and learning new things
• Empathy – I understand that others have feelings and I care for them
• Integrity – I am honest and stand up for what is right
• Positivity – I look for the good in every situation
• Self belief – I believe I can succeed, even when things are challenging
• Responsibility – I take ownership of my actions and organise myself
• Resilience – I keep trying, even when learning is difficult

• Creativity – possessing personal vision; being original and resourceful
• Curiosity – wanting to know or learn
• Empathy – understanding others and being able to appreciate how they see things
• Integrity – being honest, to oneself and others
• Positivity – to have a positive attitude
• Self-belief – the personal conviction that one can achieve; success is always possible, and usually likely
• Responsibility – taking initiative oneself without having to be told
• Resilience – never giving up; continually believing that one can do it: success is always possible.