The Crown House Philosophy

Our philosophy is founded on the belief that every child is an individual and, with encouragement, hard work and praise, can develop their potential to the full and achieve high standards. It is the responsibility of the school to provide a secure and nurturing environment where pupils enjoy learning and grow into confident and happy individuals ready to face the diversity of future challenges and capable of making informed choices and decisions.

Crown House Mission Statement

Everything that happens at Crown House has the pupils and their individual needs at heart. We create an environment in which children are happy, motivated to achieve and enthusiastic about their learning. 

School Aims

• To enable every child to develop emotionally, spiritually, physically and academically in a caring environment.
• To provide a broad and balanced curriculum where every child’s needs are catered for and where children have high expectations of themselves.
• To value and reward positive relationships, appropriate behaviour and good manner at all times which promote high self-esteem, cooperation and consideration for all.
• To foster a spirit of cooperation and friendship between home, school and the wider community.
• To enable everyone to move on with confidence, positive memories and lasting benefits of their time with us.

Crown House Pedagogy

Our curriculum pedagogy is underpinned by research into metacognition in the primary classroom and principals of an enabling classroom outlined by Deborah Eyre’s High-Performance Learning. In line with this pedagogy, a Crown House Learner is:

• A resilient learner
o we keep on trying
o we always have a go
o we are not afraid of making mistakes
o we use the word YET
o we are courageous

• A reflective learner
o we think about how we learn and can talk about it

• A creative learner
o we do not shy away from challenges
o we use creative thinking to help us understand how to solve problems
o we always ask why

• A kind and tolerant learner
o we show empathy and respect
o we understand others
o we make a positive difference to others

At Crown House, we have identified the following learning skills which our pupils use to identify how they learn:

• Looking
• Listening
• Thinking
• Remembering
• Deciding
• Keep trying
• Making connections
• Improving
• Taking turns
• Predicting
• Justifying choices, suggestions and opinions
• Applying other learning

Crown House Curriculum Intent Statement

At Crown House, our curriculum is designed to enable all our pupils to become Crown House Learners and use our learning skills to help them to articulate how they learn. It is also designed to achieve our whole school mission statement, aims and philosophy and ensures that all our pupils, including those with SEND, have the skills and knowledge they need to encounter future opportunities and challenges positively. When they leave us, they are ready for their next step. Our school is a small, happy, caring, child-centered, culturally diverse community that embraces family values and positive relationships.

Every child is recognised as a unique individual and their academic achievement is only part of our vision for them. Through our broad and varied curriculum, we provide extra-curricular opportunities in music, drama and sports for all our pupils. We celebrate, share and learn about our culturally diverse backgrounds and organise hands-on learning experiences to enhance all our pupil’s accomplishments. Our continually developing, inclusive curriculum is underpinned by our pedagogy. These learning attitudes and behaviours are visible throughout the school and influence our pupil’s personal development and overall achievement.

The school’s curriculum follows the National Curriculum as most of our pupils go on to the local state schools. We aim to extend beyond the National Curriculum through specialist teaching and a range of broad, extra-curricular learning opportunities. The school will take all reasonably practicable measures to fulfill the requirements of any pupil’s SEND or support guidelines, including pupils with a statement or EHC plan.