Welcome to Hurdsfield Primary School
Hello, my name is Richard Jervis and I have the honour and privilege of being the Headteacher of Hurdsfield Primary School.
Hurdsfield Primary School is a small school with a big heart. It is a place that ensures that every child is known, every child is safe, and every child thrives.
We pride ourselves on our happy, caring and friendly atmosphere.
As a 'No Outsiders' school, we celebrate difference and diversity - we want everyone in our school community to feel welcome. Our school is truly INCLUSIVE and every opportunity is taken to teach pupils how to value and respect each other.
RELATIONSHIPS are important to us at Hurdsfield. We work hard to make our relationships with each other, with pupils, with parents/carers and with outside agencies, positive and constructive - this is why we are like one big family.
We understand the power of ORACY in our school, the ability to 'speak up' confidently, command vocabulary and express oneself ably. We know that raising the quality and rigour of classroom talk helps pupils improve their academic, personal and social outcomes. Increasing their vocabulary helps our pupils retain knowledge, transfer their skills across subject areas, enhance their self-esteem and reduce their anxiety. Talking enables our children to explore and express their feelings and to address their behaviour, making them more successful in their interactions with others. Oracy is taught across our school curriculum to ensure that every pupil builds their speaking and listening skills.
We love seeing our children thrive in the different learning environments on offer at our school: whether that be in the classroom, in our own outdoor learning woodland area, or out on one of our curriculum-enhancing trips.
Hurdsfield's Environment
At Hurdsfield Primary School we prioritise our learners' mental and physical health alongside academic excellence to provide them with the knowledge and skills that they need, and the mindset required for future success and happiness. We ensure that every child's basic needs are met through our outstanding safeguarding and nuturing provision.
Walking around the school, Hurdsfield Primary School pupils are happy and active in their learning showing curiosity, focus, and resilience in the challenges that they encounter.
No ceilings on expectation
All staff at Hurdsfield Primary School are united behind the core belief that all children can, do, and will achieve and learn. All staff know that it is everyone's job to ensure that this happens. We are a truly inclusive school in which we have the very highest expectations for all learners. We employ a pro-active approach to teaching and learning: intervening at the right time to ensure that all children can keep up with their peers as well as, when appropriate, accelerating their progress.
Aiming for excellence with enjoyment
Our school aims to provide each and every learner with exciting, stimulating and truly memorable learning experiences as part of a challenging and progressive curriculum across a range of subjects. We actively encourage our children to aspire to be more and to recognise the importance of practice, patience, effort, encouragement and challenge: we want our children to see failure as their first attempt in learning and seek feedback as to how to improve.
Ready, Safe, and Respect
Our school has 3 school rules: Ready, Safe, and Respect. These 3 simple rules encompass how we all behave at Hurdsfield Primary School.
Our School Values
Our conversations with pupils focus on our school values: Respect, Resilience, Reflection, Challenge, Encouragement & Global Citizen. We love recognising and rewarding pupils for demonstrating our school values and following our school rules.
Come and see us
We are extremely proud of our school, its staff and pupils. We are proud of every child's individual progress and their individual talents and interests that shine across our wide curriculum.
I invite you to come and visit Hurdsfield so that you can see for yourself what makes our school a happy, caring environment for our pupils to achieve and succeed. Contact our school office to arrange a visit!
Best wishes,
Richard Jervis
Headteacher
Hurdsfield Primary School: Where Only Our Best Will Do!