Head Teacher's Welcome Message

Welcome to Laburnum Primary School​

I am proud to be the Head Teacher of a school that prioritises personal development and wellbeing alongside academic achievements as part of a high quality education.

At Laburnum Primary, our mission is to maximise the life chances of the young people in our care and our purpose is to educate our pupils, ensuring they are well prepared for their future.  We conduct ourselves with integrity and candour, taking great pride in our school community and holding firm to the belief that everyone can achieve.

We place great emphasis on modelling and recognising positive values and building strong relationships of mutual trust and respect between staff, pupils, and parents.  We support our staff with high quality professional development focused on the academic and social needs of our children. 

At Laburnum we challenge all learners to work hard and achieve as individuals across a broad and engaging curriculum, where learning is at the heart of all we do. Our children are nurtured to show respect for themselves, others and the wider community by developing positive relationships built on our school values.

Mr Ben Bardell: Head Teacher

INTEGRITY  AMBITION  EXCELLENCE

We are a unique family of schools, sharing our practice and beliefs to enable young people to achieve the very highest standards. At Advantage Schools, we provide exceptional opportunities for all to be knowledgeable with experiences that broaden horizons. We ensure our children, students and adults cultivate a strong self-belief so that they can flourish and develop into successful, well- rounded, self-respecting people.  Our commitment to this vision can be demonstrated by our values.

INTEGRITY

We:  provide a caring, nurturing environment where children and young adults feel happy, healthy and supported. Our academies will be places of safety, enabling pupils to develop courage, strong ambition and be the best that they can be act honestly and transparently, advocating for pupils even when this causes difficulties work together to share innovative practice and to provide a wealth of opportunities for all pupils and staff focus on the development of all our colleagues through quality recruitment and retention, with excellent opportunities for clear and dynamic career progression.

AMBITION

We:  provide exceptional lessons enabling our pupils to be highly successful. We share the most impactful approaches to teaching, curriculum and assessment, ensuring an interesting, inclusive and challenging education is on offer in each of our schools.  Our aim is to guarantee excellent 2-19 provision, with clear progression routes for all. You can expect excellent behaviour and conduct at all times, allowing all to make progress and achieve.

EXCELLENCE

We:  enable all of our pupils to develop and flourish, through close working and regular communication with our families and local community.  Our Cross-Trust focus is to ensure children are supported to meet ambitious targets and to provide exciting opportunities both inside and outside of the classroom.