Welcome to Parklands Educate Together Primary Academy. The school opened in September 2018 on a temporary site. This September we are delighted to be working in our new permanent building on Russell Road.

My name is Steve Davis and I am proud to be the school’s first headteacher. I look forward to putting Parklands ET Primary at the heart of the community and providing a great learning environment for all its pupils and the wider community.

Educate Together schools follow a unique ethical curriculum. The key principles which underpin this will enable us to create a learning environment that nurtures children and help them to develop the skills, understanding and attitudes which they will need to thrive in our increasingly diverse and globalised world.

Parklands will be an equality based school where no child is an outsider and we learn together to live together. Every child and member of our school community will be valued and respected equally: we seek to develop the whole child, to foster their unique individuality and to enable children to take ownership of their own learning.

Our core principles are:

• Equality based – all children having equal rights of access to the school and children of al social, cultural and religious backgrounds being equally respected
• Co-Educational – all children are encouraged to explore their full range of abilities and opportunities
• Child – centred – we will put the children at the heart of every decision and activity. If it is not in the interest of the children’s learning or welfare then why do it?
• Democratically run – we will encourage active participation of parents, children and the community in the daily life of the school whilst positively affirming the professional role of the teachers
We actively question whether what we do is for the children’s learning and welfare. We believe that a commitment to high academic standards is possible alongside a creative and ethical curriculum. The ‘Learn Together Curriculum’ is taught daily and integrated with the National Curriculum and the Early Years Curriculum in reception.

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