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Miles Coverdale Primary School

Our Successes

  • The school has a strong identity and ethos. School staff share a commitment to serving the community - expressed and implemented through the Every Child Matters agenda and our Mission Statement.
  • We are an inclusive school. We strive through our policies, practices and procedures to remove barriers to learning, to raise achievement.
  • Our unit is an integral part of the school and an asset in terms of provision for pupils with language impairment.
  • School uniform was successfully introduced.
  • The Creative Curriculum and whole school events are vibrant and with many cross-curricular links and visits: Royal Opera House, Royal Academy of Arts, Lyric Theatre,Recycling Event, Black History, Xmas Concert and Fete, projects with the police, Book Week, Chance to Dance & Fashion projects, Health Week, International Day etc. Pupils have had a wide range of workshops for music, dance, drumming, drama, art, sports, history, story telling, maths magician etc. We work closely with the immediate and wider community on these projects. There has been a much greater involvement of the parents working with the children e.g. healthy cookery classes with their child.
Waitrose supermarket have sponsored a music teacher and we work closely with the Music House for Children on a variety of music events, concerts and projects. Pupils have worked with the Urban Studies Centre on environmental issues and the Travel Plan. BBC have worked with the younger children on a quiz programme, Kerwhizz. Our local police have worked with all the children on ‘police lessons.’ The younger children have had a Road Safety Show.

Focus Weeks include:
  • Black History
  • Maths Week
  • Book Week & World Book Day
  • Anti- Bullying Week
  • Recycling Project
  • Health Week
  • Active Play Project
Future Projects will include:
  • International Day.
  • Writing and Publishing a School Book with Scholastic Publishers.
All pupils have access to a very wide range of physical activities where all children do far more than 2 hours of physical activities weekly. We have achieved the ACTIVEMARK award for exceptional delivery within the PE and Sport Strategy. We work closely with Queens Park Rangers for athletics, football tournaments and other sporting activities.
We have our own swimming pool for the infant children.
  • The School has been featured in local newspapers.
  • We have the Active Mark, FMSiS awards and we are working towards the Healthy Schools’ Accreditation.
  • The children have access to a wide range of extended services: Breakfast Club, After School Play Centre and many exciting extra curricular clubs.
  • Building projects and specialist rooms include a new Food Technology Room, a large ICT suite, a well resourced and stimulating library, a new language unit class, a large Art/DT room and new KS1 and KS2 playgrounds with great playground equipment.