We are an 'Outstanding', learning for all, school which supports children, families and communities in Norwich. 

We recognise that every child and every family is different. That is why we invest time in building relationships with each and every child. We want to understand how they learn, discover their strengths and skills and get to know their unique personality. This enables us to deliver an exciting, engaging and motivating curriculum which fits our individual children.

Our Vision: A Learning for All School

• We take account of each child and their family’s unique starting points, experiences and aspirations to create our curriculum. 
• We use the Language of Parts to explicitly teach children to recognise their emotions, values, strengths and limitations and confidently support the development of their self-regulation skills so they are ready to learn.
• We want our children to fulfil our values and be self-believing, empathetic, aspirational, respectful, curious and healthy and this is delivered through our ambitious and child-led curriculum.
• We know children need a positive and secure sense of home and identity and this develops secure connections with people and places and the present.
• However, we teach our children there are exciting things beyond our doorstep that they will want to explore: Hellesdon in our hearts, whole world at our feet.

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Our Values

We aim for every child to fulfil our school values and become:

• Self-Believing: Understand themselves as people and be proud of their achievements. By knowing how to feel safe, and happy they develop a sense of their own identity, liking and respecting the person they are becoming, feeling liked and accepted by others. Therefore, becoming more confident, motivated, resilient and compassionate.
• Empathetic: Be confident communicators and excited to connect with others. Have the knowledge and strategies to understand and manage their own feelings and have the ability to empathise and support others. Know how important it is to understand their own and others' feelings, views and values, showing care and respect for themselves, their family and friends.
• Aspirational: Be happy and have resilience to overcome times of challenge in their lives and in our ever-changing world. Learn how to think and talk about their own learning and where it is taking them. Have the life skills and language to enable them to represent themselves and be understood in the world.
• Respectful: Value the importance of building secure and positive relationships, having experienced the strong partnership we build when working with our parents and carers. Find ways to make a positive contribution to the community they live in by taking care of themselves, others and the world around them. Children learn to treat others as they would like to be treated.
• Curious: Enjoy learning and be excited to develop new knowledge and skills. Understand themselves as learners; know how they learn best and want to continue to learn and achieve, having experienced the success of achieving well from their starting point with us.
• Healthy: Know that they need to take care of their minds and bodies so they are ready to grow and learn and be able to face challenges and solve problems and regulate. Learn how to form trusting and safe relationships with others and are able to make healthy and positive choices with increasing independence.

 

 

 

 

 

We also share, promote and embrace British Values. See the bottom of our page for how we embed British Values at Arden Grove and our guide to promoting spiritual, social, cultural and moral development.

A relationship driven approach

Our relationship driven approach also builds a secure base between the children and adults in our school. This enhances our ability to effectively support social and emotional development, ensuring that every child feels safe, enjoys relationships and is ready to learn. We understand that behaviour is a form of communication and when we ‘listen’ carefully it helps us to calm and guide, even in a child’s most difficult moments. Our determination to better understand children with attachment and trauma difficulties has enabled us to be open, ready and willing to develop the way we support every child who comes through our school doors.

As the needs of children have changed, so have we. This has helped us to maintain the long-standing, positive reputation we have within our local and wider community. We pride ourselves on ensuring every child feels valued, safe and secure and we enjoy building relationships with parents and carers so that they all feel part of our school community. We believe this is what makes Arden Grove a special place where children, families and staff can work, laugh and learn together. 

If you would like to arrange a visit to take a look around our school, then please get in touch. We look forward to welcoming you.