Gatley Primary School

About Gatley Primary School

Gatley Primary School is a large, three-form entry school located within a pleasant suburban area on the outskirts of Stockport.  The school currently has 577 pupils on roll aged between 3 and 11.  We see ourselves very much as a family school, where education is a partnership between staff, parents /carers and pupils, and where we work together for the good of all our children.

Gatley Primary provides a unique learning experience for children, which they design themselves. Our children co-construct the curriculum around their own interests and backgrounds. This starts with suggestions for themes, developing activities and then moves through to creating their own success criteria for a lesson. Staff feel that this level of involvement is crucial to everyone’s engagement and excitement for the curriculum.

Along with this, children are provided with an independent learning approach through which they are able to make choices and challenge themselves in the learning environment. Whilst a specific and challenging success criteria underpins everything within the environment, children explore and challenge themselves, accessing a range of key skills.

t Gatley Primary School, we create a warm, friendly atmosphere in which children can grow and develop both academically and personally. We take pride in our achievements and have high expectations for each child in every aspect of their learning. We place collaboration in the heart of all we do, empowering our staff and pupils to achieve at the very highest levels. This vision is encapsulated within our vision statement, "Enjoying Learning and Achieving Together."

Our vision is brought to life through pupil's celebration, sharing and practise of our school values. Our school values underpin our curriculum, support the personal development of our pupils and promote exceptional behaviour and attitudes.

G Norman

Headteacher

Vision and Values

Our vision is brought to life through pupil's celebration, sharing and practise of our school values. Our school values underpin our curriculum, support the personal development of our pupils and promote exceptional behaviour and attitudes.

Further to our school values, the delivery of our curriculum is driven by our '6Cs', out of which our curriculum intent is born. The '6Cs' are as follows:

• Curiosity
• Collaboration
• Comprehension
• Creativity
• Connectivity
• Compassion

These Cs are visible as the day to day lived experience of our curriculum, for our pupils. They are also demonstrated by our pupils, as the impact our curriculum has through their enjoyment, articulation and experiences.