Welcome from the Headteacher

 

On behalf of all the children, the staff and governors I would like to welcome you to The Wilfred Owen School’s website. I hope you find the pages informative and that it gives you a feel for the school, the children and the adults who treat each day as a new learning opportunity.

 

We are a friendly, caring school.  Staff, children, parents and governors work together to enable everyone to achieve their full potential.  We believe that every one can achieve great things and we work hard to develop this self-belief and ambition.  We see the importance of the whole family and wider community in the success of our school. Working with these groups is one of our priorities.

 

At The Wilfred Owen School, we value academic achievement.  We also see the equal importance of social and emotional development by providing our children with rich and varied opportunities.

 

We believe that happy, safe and secure children learn best when they are able to take risks and challenge themselves and others.  We offer a wide range of support and opportunities so this can happen.

 

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you would like to ask any questions. I am always delighted to show visitors around the school during the school day so that you can see our children and adults working hard while enjoying their learning in a calm, purposeful and stimulating environment.

 

I look forward to personally welcoming you to The Wilfred Owen School.

 

Mrs Karen Matthews

Headteacher

 

Our School Aims:

 

At The Wilfred Owen School we aim to:

 

* Develop and sustain children’s natural creativity and enthusiasm for learning, their ability to enjoy and accept challenges, set challenges for themselves and develop the resilience to take risks and get things wrong.

* Have high expectations of ourselves and others and recognise, value and celebrate the achievements of all members of the school community by providing opportunities for them to reach their full potential.

* Encourage all children to achieve a high degree of responsibility, self-discipline, self-esteem and self-reliance.

* Foster values and qualities to fully prepare children for the next stages of learning, whilst nurturing spiritual, moral, physical and cultural development.

* Promote a shared understanding of the world and the people around them and the values of the Britain in which we live.

Our school Values

As a school, we have adopted the Trust values as our own school values.

We address these Values in assembly, in classroom conversations and through our teaching.

Children are often asked how they have demonstrated the Values in their behaviour in school.

 

Our Trust  and School Values are as follows;

Empowerment
‘We actively promote opportunities for every child, adult and school to influence their own practice and future.’

Ambition
‘We encourage and support every child, adult and school to aim high and achieve their aspirations.’

Collaboration
‘We work together to support everyone to achieve their aims.’

Positivity
‘We adopt a ‘can do’ attitude and an optimistic approach.’

Respect
‘We are thoughtful and considerate to ourselves, others and the environment.’

Integrity
‘We are honest, transparent and fair in everything that we do.’