Welcome Trust
The Summit Learning Trust family is currently made up of three secondary schools, five primary schools and a sixth form college educating almost 8000 learners.
All of our academies are located in the Birmingham and Solihull areas which allows us to work closely together for the benefit of all our children, young people and the communities we serve. After another highly successful year, all of our academies have now been judged by Ofsted as ‘Good’ providers with an increasing proportion of ‘Outstanding’ features.
We are relentless in our ambition for all our children and young people to make exceptional levels of academic progress and achieve strong portfolios of qualifications. Across Summit, our focus is on developing responsible, knowledgeable, highly skilled, global citizens who will have a positive impact on our communities now and in future years. We are developing our already established links with higher education establishments, local employers and charitable organisations to ensure that all our young people can benefit from these positive partnerships within our wider communities.
Our Trust is committed to providing vibrant learning communities in our schools and college, where our children and young people are happy, safe and supported to work hard. We are all acutely aware of our core purpose of educating all learners through exceptional teaching and learning, underpinned by high levels of care and support and we challenge our children and young people to do their best, every lesson, every day. We strive for all our learners to have as many life choices available to them as possible.
Being part of the Summit Learning Trust family means that all our academies benefit from a wide range of expertise, support and challenge. Leaders, teachers and support colleagues work with each other across our academies to develop and share excellent practice and provide support where needed. Our academies benefit from highly-trained, expert, hard-working and dedicated staff teams who are all committed to providing an outstanding education and the highest levels of care for all our learners. Whilst other schools and colleges struggle to recruit and retain high quality, specialist teachers and support colleagues, we are proud that we attract a high calibre of professionals due to our happy, warm, and hard-working environments and the growing reputation of Summit Learning Trust as a great place to learn and work in.
We pride ourselves on working in partnership with parents, carers and families and hope that this prospectus provides you with an insight into our school. We look forward to welcoming you and working with you.
Vince Green Chief Executive Officer
Welcome Principal
At Kineton Green Primary School we create a safe, enjoyable and exciting community in which every person is valued and encouraged to explore their potential in an infinitely changing world. Through our engaging curriculum, we ensure that learners foster a love of learning that will help to develop high aspirations and foster a lifetime of memories.
We believe in ensuring all learners receive a well-rounded education; where individual talents can be spotted and nurtured to ensure that all learners experience success and reach their full potential. Our aim is for our learners to be confident, caring, resilient, inquisitive young adults with a desire to learn and achieve the best they can, in all they do.
Kineton Green School provides a caring environment, which ensures that a range of opportunities will be provided for the academic and personal development of every child. Staff members at our school is absolutely committed to the education of the whole child, providing a stimulating and motivating environment whilst helping them to achieve success, confidence and enjoyment.
As a successful school we believe that education is a partnership between school and home, which is achieved by parents, carers and teachers cooperating and working together. Many opportunities for your involvement in school activities will be given, and your interest and contributions valued. At Kineton Green Primary we believe ‘Every Child Matters’ and are committed to providing the very best education for your child and all the children in our care.
We want both you and your child to enjoy belonging to Kineton Green Primary School and hope you will find this prospectus a useful introduction. Should you require any further information, or would like to visit us, please do not hesitate to contact the school directly.
We look forward to welcoming you and your child to Kineton Green Primary School.
Mrs T Mason Principal
Vision and Mission
At Kineton Green we create a safe, enjoyable and exciting community in which every person is valued and encouraged to explore their potential in an infinitely changing world. Underpinning this are our values of respect, safety, trust, confidence and engagement in learning.
Success through Endeavour:
We work hard and develop resilience to ensure that we are able to collectively and positively overcome any barriers that we face
Ambition through Challenge:
We are relentlessly ambitious for all our students and colleagues and challenge them to do their best, every lesson, every day
Strength through Diversity:
We are truly inclusive, embrace each other’s differences and backgrounds and respect each other’s views and beliefs
Values:
Respect:
• Recognise, respect and embrace the diversity of faith, culture and beliefs.
• Ensure all voices are recognised and valued. Include all and treat everyone equally.
• Take care of our environment.
Safety and Health:
• Make choices which help contribute to a healthy lifestyle.
• Be aware of factors which help keep ourselves and others safe.
Trust and Honesty:
• Be trustworthy and honest to oneself and others.
Confidence and Self Esteem:
• Foster self-confidence and self-esteem.
• Understand that we can learn through our mistakes.
• Accept we are all different (no two individuals are the same) and we all have our own special qualities
• Be resilient and resourceful.
Learning:
• Ensure the children are at the heart of Kineton Green School
• Have high standards for each child to enjoy learning and achieve to the best of their abilities. Ensure all children have equal and inclusive opportunities to access learning and achieve success.
• Equip children with skills for life.
A Stimulating Environment
At Kineton Green Primary School, we have an interesting and stimulating teaching and learning environment, which reflects our values and promotes a sense of community as well as an individual sense of self-worth. We provide a happy, caring environment in which both children and adults feel safe, secure and valued, where they will find satisfaction and pleasure in their work and where learning will flourish.
Outdoor learning environments are meaningful and purposeful to complement the development and learning stages of children at all key stages from reception to Key Stage 2.
Indoor learning environments engage and aspire our children to be curious learners and showcases our broad and balanced curriculum offer.
Our Rich Curriculum
The school follows the National Curriculum, ensuring that we have a broad and balanced curriculum to enable children to meet their potential.
The Early Years Foundation Stage: Every child deserves the best possible start in life and these crucial years set the standard for learning and development. At the heart of the EYFS is the principle that our youngest children need to play, explore and create to learn effectively.
At Kineton Green, we follow the statutory EYFS curriculum which encompasses seven areas of learning. These are all interconnected, with three being ‘prime’ areas which being identified as particularly important for ‘igniting children’s curiosity and enthusiasm for learning’ and for ‘building their capacity to learn, form relationships and thrive’. Successful development in these areas enables progress in the ‘specific’ areas of the curriculum.
Prime Areas
• Communication and Language Development
• Physical Development
• Personal, Social and Emotional Development
Specific Areas
• Literacy
• Mathematics
• Understanding the World
• Expressive Arts and Design
Key Stage 1 and 2
Our aim is to provide a broad and balanced curriculum, which promotes British values and spiritual, moral, cultural, intellectual and physical development for all of our children.
The National Curriculum begins in the autumn term of Year 1 and is organised into the following subjects:
• English
• Mathematics
• Science
• Computing
• Art
• Design & Technology
• History
• Geography
• Music
• Physical Education
• Personal, Social and Emotional Health
• Religious Education
Furthermore, we currently teach French to pupils in Key Stage Two (Years 3-6).
Enrichment
At Kineton Green we enrich our childrens’ learning with a variety of before and after school clubs with something to appeal to everyone. Each term we offer something new to pique the interest of our children.
Most of the clubs are run by our very own health and well-being mentor Coach Lucy Hale and have included football, art, basketball, boxing, hockey, tennis and gymnastics. See the school website for the days and times of our current offer.
The clubs take place either in the school hall, a suitable classroom or outside. Before school clubs start at 8am until the start of school and after school clubs run for an hour after the school day ends. There is a small weekly charge, payable termly, through ParentPay, to help cover costs.
These clubs are very popular and places fill up quickly. We advise our clubs list a few weeks before the start of the new term and places are allocated on a first come, first served basis.
During the school year all our children have opportunities to visit locations that will support and enhance their learning experience. Whilst these are of value in their own right, outings form an integral part of work being carried out at school.
Parents, Carers and Community
At Kineton Green Primary School we believe in working in partnership with parents and carers and with our local community. We believe that teaching and learning is enhanced when there is a strong positive relationship between home and school. We build strong communication channels with families, working in partnership to ensure that our school fulfils its vital role in the Kineton Green community.
We are always happy to welcome parents and carers to Kineton Green Primary School encourage you to become involved in school activities. We have an open-door policy and we actively promote the involvement of parents and carers in all aspects of school life in order to raise aspirations, promote ambition and applaud the success of children at all levels.
Nurturing the Whole Child
Our pastoral team is strong, compassionate and evolves with our cohorts of children and families. Nurturing the whole school is important to us, we have developed an ethos which promotes learning, academic achievement, and personal development.
This provision also allows our learners to develop social skills and prepares them for future lives.. We encourage learning experiences that meet the needs and raises the aspirations of our learners at Kineton Green Primary School. Our curriculum broadens the values and opportunities for every child as they grow and develop. It promotes the spiritual, moral, cultural, mental and physical development of our children and prepares them for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences now and in later life.
Safeguarding and Wellbeing
Kineton Green Primary School is committed to safeguarding; promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
It is our firm belief that the way in which we nurture and care for our young people is intrinsic to their success. Highly effective systems support achievement, self-belief, and inspiration.
Whilst the prime focus of Kineton Green Primary School is to secure the best educational outcomes for our children, we place the safety and welfare of our children at the heart of our school’s culture and ethos.
Kineton Green Primary School offers an environment where children feel warmly supported and valued. Personal strengths are developed by praise and encouragement, not pressure. We pride ourselves on positive parental engagement involving parents and carers in all aspects of their child’s education and welfare. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, staff members and visitors to the school.
Children are supported with any personal challenges they face by our pastoral staff and external professional partners where necessary. Professional partners are fully integrated into our school to support our pastoral systems and provide the highest level of care for our children. This integrated and coherent approach promotes an ethos of kindness, humility and acceptance where children are encouraged to support each other and contribute to a safe and happy environment. As a result, our children are assured and confident in the knowledge that well-managed problems will not stand in the way of their future success and, wherever possible, learning is never compromised.
Identifying and supporting young people and promoting emotional health and wellbeing is of utmost importance for our staff team at Kineton Green Primary School. We have a number of staff members who are trained Mental Health and Wellbeing Ambassadors, holding the necessary formal qualifications to ensure that our excellent pastoral systems are complimented by specialist mental health and wellbeing support for our students.
Attendance and Punctuality
At Kineton Green Primary School we recognise good attendance and punctuality is crucial to learning, raising standards and for the achievement of children.
We expect children to attend school every day. Promoting good attendance is partnership work between school and parents and carers. We encourage our families to support a positive attitude towards school, and an eagerness to learn and succeed.
We work with parents and carers to achieve high attendance and offer support with early intervention from external professional partners where necessary. Professional partners are fully integrated into our school to support our pastoral systems and provide the highest level of care for our children.
We strive to work with families to support the best possible attendance.
