Our vision is to develop well-rounded and positive individuals with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to make meaningful contributions as global citizens. We aim to provide our children with high-quality learning experiences to ensure academic and personal success as critical thinkers, with the resilience and empathy to meet the challenges of a complex and ever-changing future. We want our children to be the very best they can be, realising their worth and achieving their true potential.

Our Cultural Capital Promise

The National Curriculum defines cultural capital in three parts:

·      the essential knowledge to be an ‘educated citizen’

·      an awareness of the best that has been thought and said’

·      an appreciation of human creativity

At Parkinson Lane, we proudly draw upon the best of our dual heritage whilst valuing the best that all humanity has to offer.

Cultural capital is what nourishes the human spirit, inspires awe, cultivates character, and refines the emotions.

Our School’s Values:

At Parkinson Lane CPS, we are committed to actively promoting the fundamental British Values which are also incorporated into our school’s ‘UNIVERSAL’ values. We believe that by upholding these values we underpin the ethos, environment, and curriculum at Parkinson Lane CPS and in doing so we ‘Learn to Succeed’. These values are shared during assemblies and across our whole-school curriculum.

Understanding

Nurturing mutual respect

Individual liberty

Valuing all faiths and belief systems

Equality

Resilience

Sharing and caring

Aspirations

Learn to succeed

School Aims

·    Attain outstanding status with Ofsted.

·    Maintain and refine our teaching and learning focus to enable teachers/staff to maximise the learning potential of all children of all abilities incorporating Individual Educational Plans for children with Special Educational Needs             and specifically tailored programmes for most able children.

·    Maintain a broad and balanced curriculum that is relevant to the children and community that embraces the philosophies of excellence and enjoyment by providing children with “out of their ordinary” life experiences.

·    To continue to empower children to have a voice amongst decisions that directly affect them. This will be channelled through the school and its associated community at every opportunity.

·    Maintain and refine an enriching and secure learning environment which allows all children to thrive and feel safe.

·    To encourage all our children to find a positive place in today’s society to:

-    recognise there are many aspects and variations of culture

-    encourage our children to become citizens of the world

-    recognise and respect different views and opinions of others

·     Ensure the holistic wellbeing of our children on a physical, mental, and spiritual level so they are prepared for the next stage in their learning.

·     Form a strong committed governing body that can lead, challenge, and support the school.

Parkinson Lane CPS aims to provide a high-quality education for all our pupils by ensuring that:

The Curriculum

•     Is bespoke, engaging, and challenging, which meets and, in some cases, exceeds the ambition of the national curriculum.

•     Is inclusive and challenging for all learners.

•     Is relevant and bespoke to the community we serve.

•     Provides a progressive, connected, and spiraling learning journey.

•     Provides a range of experiential learning through regular fieldwork and residentials.

•     Is knowledge, skills, and vocabulary rich.

•     Provides enrichment through free after-school clubs.

•     Builds upon each child's cultural capital.

•     Offers opportunities to develop as confident and self-assured individuals.

•     Develops aspirational, future-focused learners.

The staff

• Share a team spirit and work together towards the achievement of shared goals.
• Are valued, supported, motivated, and have positive attitudes to all stakeholders.
• Have clear roles and know what is expected of them.
• Share expertise and have access to training and development.
• Provide a happy and safe environment in line with safeguarding policy and procedures.

The children

• Respect and value themselves and others in accordance with our universal values.
• Strive to reach their potential to develop into well-rounded individuals who can make a positive contribution.
• Engage in high quality learning experiences to ensure personal and academic success.
• Draw upon the best of their dual heritage whilst valuing the best that all humanity has to offer.

The parents and the community

• Work in partnership as co-educators to support the development of their children at home and at school.
• Are valued in the daily life of school and in special events and activities.
• Are encouraged to learn together, do things together, visit interesting places, talk, and encourage their children to ask questions.

Governors

• Form a strong committed body.
• Are visible in school life.
• Support, challenge and ensure leaders and staff are accountable.
• Are pro active in setting and monitoring targets.
• Understand relevant issues.
• Are informed and informing to school, parents, and the community

Management

• Are dynamic in leadership, motivating and encouraging to staff and pupils.
• Are approachable to children, parents, governors, and other staff.
• Have a clear vision of where the school is heading.

Building

• Is maintained in a safe, warm, and hygienic condition.
• Is aesthetically pleasing and welcoming to all.
• Is equipped with teaching spaces to enable a modern-day curriculum to be delivered.