Alfred Salter Primary S chool

1. Alfred Salter Primary School Building partnerships with UKPN and Network Rail

2. Our Ethos

3. Inclusion • Eco awareness • Equality & Diversity • International links • Arts-focused curriculum Our Strengths

4. Recognised centre of excellence for Inclusion. • Large proportion of pupils with Special Needs. • Pupils with a range of needs make good progress and are fully integrated into the life of the school. • We are a National Autistic Society locality base and a popular choice for parents of children with autism. • We support other schools to help them develop Inclusive practice. • We train teachers and governors on Inclusion. Inclusion

5. Eco-Schools prestigious Green Flag award 2012. • Organic produce grown in the school vegetable garden. • 60 solar panels reduce our carbon footprint. • We are a forest school and make good use of our outside spaces. Eco awareness

6. We were identified as a Stonewall Education Champion in recognition of our work on homophobic bullying. • We provide regular training in equality issues for education professionals and governors nationally. • Southwark Council awarded us a Good Practice Award in 2013 for our work in this area. • We are working towards recognition by UNICEF as a Rights Respecting School Equality & Diversity

7. In 2012 we were awarded The International Schools Award by The British Council. • We have links with schools globally including Malawi, Philippines, Sweden, France & India • The headteacher provides regular strategic support to International schools across South East Asia. • Pupils at Alfred Salter raise money to feed nearly 200 malnourished pupils every day at our partner school in The Philippines. International Links

8. The Arts and Music are at the centre of the curriculum at Alfred Salter. • The Arts Council have awarded us four consecutive Artsmark GOLD awards since 2001. • Pupils have the opportunity to learn a wide range of instrumentsincluding strings, brass, keyboards, guitar, percussion and steel pans. Children are provided with their own instrument and all tuition is free. • We are a satellite school for The Central school of Ballet. Arts-Focused Curriculum

9. “Alfred Salter school provides a good standard of education and care for its pupils. A significant strength of the school is its commitment to equalities. This is demonstrated through ensuring that pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities have specialist resources and provision to achieve as well as their peers and through its work on anti-bullying particularly in relation to tackling homophobia.” OFSTED November 2011

10. We are constantly looking at ways of improving the learning environment for our pupils • We hope that a partnership with UKPN, Network Rail will help us to: - improve access to our pond and garden, - improve our astroturf and sports area to provide new seating and a covered area for wheelchair users. Improving the learning environment

11. We want to increase accessibility to the pond for wheelchair users so that they can participate in pond dipping and access more of the garden areas which can become waterlogged. • We want to make better use of this space as an environmental resource where pupils learn about conservation . The pond and garden area

12. We want to replace the rotten seating around this wonderful space and make it more useful for pupils at Alfred Salter and the local community. • We want to erect a canopy to provide shade for wheelchair users and those pupils with special medical needs that require them to stay out of the sun. The Sports / Arts area

13. We hope to build partnerships with organisations that share our ethos and our values. We hope these partnerships will be strong and of benefit to all parties. • A partnership with UKPN and Network Rail will be of benefit to pupils and the local community. Partnership THANK YOU