Welcome
We are delighted to welcome you and your child to Orchards Junior School!
The best chance to visit our school and see what we can offer is during our open evening, but if you are unable to attend we would be delighted to show you the school at a more convenient time. This will provide a chance to meet the staff, explore the opportunities for your child and discover what makes our pupils SPARKLE.
Please speak to Front Office on 01903 520202 or email us at:
enquiries@orchardsjunior.school
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There are several distinctive features about the school but the overwhelming feature, which is commented upon frequently, is the warmth of welcome and friendliness. We are a large school but pride ourselves upon the commitment we make to ensure that every child is given the opportunity to fulfill their potential by staff who understand them as individuals.
The school has exceptional strengths in sport (Active mark Gold / PESS / Healthy Schools), music /drama productions (Arts mark Gold) and commitment to the school ethos. Every activity or strategic objective is linked to our main aim ‘To create a positive learning environment where everyone is valued, supported and encouraged to achieve their full potential’. The whole staff is imbued with an energy and determination to succeed in achieving our school aim. Our principles are based upon exploiting the aids to raising performance and overcoming the barriers through: Setting high expectations and giving every learner the confidence that they can succeed.
The Key Characteristics of the school that make us distinctive are:
- Provision of opportunity embedded with an inclusive thread.
- Ownership of the curriculum – appropriate timings, specialisms utilised, content relevant to the children and the local community
- Creative leadership that is learning centred Pupil tracking that allows for individual target setting Powerful Partnership with parents
- An extended school with a structured extra curricular activity and educational visits programme
- A happy, safe and supportive atmosphere with a strong commitment to helping everybody to succeed.
