Gorsefield Primary School

Gorsefield Primary School is a large, urban community primary school, serving the area of Radcliffe (Bury, Manchester). The school was sponsored by Forward as One CE Academy Trust in April 2015. Gorsefield’s mission is to INSPIRE, CHALLENGE, EXCEL: to inspire and challenge all children and adults to excel in everything they do. The two-form entry school is situated in an area of very high deprivation, so children enter the school with very low socio-economic status and significant life challenges to be overcome. Mobility is extremely high. There are currently 23 different languages spoken at Gorsefield. The proportion of pupils who are disadvantaged is significantly higher than the national average, as is the proportion of pupils with an education, health and care plan (EHCP). The school is a UNICEF Rights Respecting (Silver) school. Gorsefield Primary School provides an environment in which all children and adults, including the community, are able to flourish socially, emotionally and academically. As a school, we make no assumptions when children enter our school. We just set the ambition.’ Thus setting all children up to succeed. At Gorsefield Primary School, we: Foster an ethos which is supportive of all members of the school community irrespective of ability, gender, ethnic or social background and which ensures that all feel valued, cared for and secure in order to inspire and challenge all children and adults to excel in everything they do. Promote collaboration with parents and the wider community to enable us to provide the best possible social, academic and cultural development for our learners. Whilst the curriculum has been built to meet the needs of the children, we also recognise that our community can be also be supported too. School staff work incredibly hard with the school community to ensure that there are positive outcomes for their children Develop and fully embrace school learning goals and the 3 strands of the curriculum, leading to high standards of interaction with and between adults and children. Including full respect for all religious, moral and cultural values including having regard to the wider community. ‘Gorsefield Primary School is a school at the heart of its community with the community at its heart.’