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Bishopswood Junior School
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Our School

The school benefits from a well stocked library and an IT Suite with 17 PCs and 32 netbooks which can be used in the classrooms or the grounds.

The school hall is set in the heart of the school and at midday it is used as a dining room. Healthy meals are cooked on the premises or pupils may bring a packed lunch from home. The school roll is currently 213 pupils with an average class size of 26 pupils.

The Junior School works closely with the Infant School which shares the grounds. Greenacres Nursery as well as a Before and After School club also provide additional facilities for our families on site.

We endeavour to provide a learning environment that meets the needs of all our learners, both those who achieve high academic standards and those who need more support to learn and achieve well. We do this by offering a curriculum that is interesting and motivating and by ensuring that children feel happy, safe and valued in school. We have high expectations of both ourselves and the children.

School Vision
Bishopswood Junior School is a positive community which endeavours to prepare children for the challenges of the 21^st century by fostering a sense of self worth and an appreciation of others.

“Pupils are equipped with the good social and academic skills necessary for them to meet the challenges of later life in secondary school. The School Council contributes in many ways to the life of the school. Spiritual, moral, social and cultural development is promoted by school assemblies which raise pupils' self esteem and enables them to have the confidence to speak to their peers.” OFSTED November, 2010

Our School Motto

Success through Caring

School Mission
We aim to achieve our vision by:

Encouraging all members of the school community to be motivated, engaged and independent lifelong learners, through a variety of creative and stimulating learning experiences.
Providing excellent, enjoyable teaching and learning opportunities for children to achieve their highest standard and optimum future prospects.
Developing a broad range of ICT skills and promoting cross-curricular links where appropriate.
Encouraging, recognising and celebrating achievement.
Recognising and valuing everyone’s unique and positive contribution to the school community.
Providing an open and strong home/school partnership where challenges are faced and solved.
Promoting and valuing self-worth and self-discipline, good behaviour and co-operation.
Encouraging a safe and healthy lifestyle through promoting healthy choices.
Recognising that everyone has rights and responsibilities.

At BJS we firmly believe that working in partnership with parents helps your children to achieve the best that they can. Research has proven that parents are the most significant influence on their child’s education. We encourage parents to become as fully involved as possible in the life of the school. The expectations of the school, yourselves as parents/carers and children are set out in the home/school agreement.

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