A Primary and Secondary All-Through School
Buxton opens doors for our community. We are an honest, kind family of learners, inspiring ambition for our pupils’ future. like coming to school: they consider it a safe and welcoming learningenvironment.”OFSTEDNOVEMBER2017
Our Values
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Ambitious We are determined that every child will succeed and thrive in our care.
Honest We have integrity in all of our decisions and teach pupils to respect honesty.
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Academic We will use our curriculum and our resources to fulfil every child’s potential. Promotion of kindness allows us to create an atmosphere where everyone wants to come to school. Family We support and nurture while guiding each other to make the right choices.
At Buxton School we believe that every child can be inspired to be the very best that they can be. We have integrity, aiming for all children and young people to become high achievers and kind, active citizens in our ever changing world. We are passionate about our childrens’ futures, setting the highest of expectations so that in our supportive community, children will develop the skills, confidence and independence necessary to become successful learners. Our aim is that every child will be empowered and inspired to learn and to make outstanding progress through excellent teaching. We are ambitious for our children and the role that they will play in the future of their local and global communities. One of the great strengths of our school is its vibrant diversity, a reflection of the great city in which we live. We are principled in our decision making to ensure that all children can learn and work together, developing the skills to become future leaders.
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Mrs J Bowers-Broadbent - Headteacher
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Buxton School is a family at the heart of our community. Together with parents we will enable every child to fulfil their potential. This is within a secure and caring environment where we strive to ensure that every child will develop a sense of pride, enjoyment and ownership of their school. We expect everyone who studies or works at Buxton, including parents and carers, to support our values and work collaboratively to ensure the future success of our children. We look forward to working with you.
“Leaders, managers and governors are fully committed to making sure that the school provides a good quality of education.”
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Buxton School is a learning community catering for the needs of children aged 3-16. We are very proud of our school and we are ambitious for all our learners. We want to see every child succeed and exceed their potential. The Buxton family meets the needs of a wide range of children and we endeavour to inspire them to become active, conscientious citizens of the future. We create life-long learners who, through quality first teaching, acquire skills that they can build upon once they have left our care. We are an inclusive school. We are a kind community that passionately believes that all children deserve access to an all inspiring curriculum which has high expectations. We are a leading educational organisation in delivering a 3-16 curriculum. We know that we have much to offer those families who choose Buxton School.
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We believe that a broad and balanced curriculum and the acquisition of a wide range of skills best equip our children for exciting educational and career opportunities in an increasingly globalized world.
Learning is brought to life through the use of a learning philosophy which encourages engagement and independence as well as through a wide range of visits and extra curricular activities. External exams play an important part in the success of our children, but we do not compromise the broader curriculum and the development of all aspects of the young people.
All of our children enjoy access to our ‘state of the art’ facilities and children have the opportunity to complete their education with us from Nursery through to GCSE at 16.
Our all-through learning philosophy puts us at the heart of our vibrant diverse community. Our teaching and learning both celebrates and reflects this diversity which provides our children with a unique learning opportunity based on inspiring ambition and a desire to learn.
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Buxton School 05 “Leaders have developed an effective programme of enrichment activities, trips and visits that supports pupils’ personal development alongside their academic progress.” OFSTED NOVEMBER 2017
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We believe that the all-through curriculum offered to children should be taught by specialists in dedicated teaching suites.
“Pupils across the school make good progress from their starting points.”
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Our ‘state of the art’ classrooms provide the most up to date facilities for learning. Our commitment to learning extends to staff as well as children; we want everyone in our school to enjoy and value learning. Strong relationships in the classroom allow children to take risks and overcome failure as part of developing the resilience needed to be a successful learner. Teaching is focused on progression and enabling all children to make progress beyond what would be expected. Lessons are calm and purposeful with support and challenge directly related to individual children’s successes and needs.
Extended Curriculum journey of self-discovery
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The extended curriculum offered within Buxton School supports, and is inextricably linked to, the fundamental aims of formal education. It offers children support for learning, adventures of self-discovery, journeys into knowledge and achievement of hidden talents. It is about success that follows instinctively when children have the self-confidence and resilience to cope with setbacks. It is about increasing opportunities, where the ingredients of success are both short and long term. Children are encouraged to take part in a wide range of initiatives outside the formal classroom environment, during weekends, holidays and into the evening. They are actively engaged in the Duke of Edinburgh Award: Buxton Voices (School Council); Junior Leadership Team; Prefects; and Youth Health Champions. school’s work to promote pupils’ personal development and welfare is good and the range of popular curriculum enrichment activities that the school offers very well supports pupils’ personal development.”
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Beginning with our Nursery we will organize one-to-one meetings to get to know your child.
The many school-run initiatives helps children prepare for life beyond school and contributes towards their post-16 portfolio of accreditation, experience and qualifications. Our Careers Leader ensures that a robust and extensive careers programme supports our children in their progression beyond school into college, university or apprenticeship.
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At all transition points we ensure that children are supported to do their best.
Moving on to Reception with our stay and play sessions, information and data Progressingtransfer.year to year with dedicated sharing of information between staff. Year 6 to year 7 involves going to visit the majority of feeder primary schools to ensure that we know about the successes and any areas of support required for children who will be joining us; meeting every parent and pupil individually before they start at Buxton.
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Progression to the next stage of Education
“Pupil’s preparation for the next stages in their education, training or employment is a strength of the school.”
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PRIMARY/SECONDARY PARENT
“The move from primary to secondary school can be a very anxious time for a child however the advantage of Buxton being an all-through school made the transition for our child a very smooth and less stressful process. It was very reassuring as a parent to know that our child could approach this next part of their educational journey with and positivity.”confidence
Buxton All-Through School naturally extends itself to cater for the needs of the child’s educational journey from 3-16.
At Buxton School we are a family. We value greatly the relationship that we have with parents and carers. We understand the importance of a strong home school link and we strive to do all that we can to work with families to ensure that we meet their needs. We insist upon respect for all and commit ourselves to our families and our community. We are a partnership school. Our PTFA (Parent, Teacher, Friends Association) works alongside the leadership team and staff of the school to further enhance the partnership between the school and families. We are proud of what we do and we believe that together we can improve the life chances of our children.
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