All about us

Here at Mayflower Primary School we aim to support learners to meet life’s challenges and offer opportunities to develop potential:

• We provide a caring and secure environment.

• We encourage independence in thought and action so that pupils develop self-confidence and self-esteem.

• We promote tolerance, empathy, trust and respect.

• We challenge our learners to learn, persevere, take risks and achieve and celebrate success.

• We support families and communities in many ways.

The ethos of our school is based on mutual respect and consideration for others. Honesty, kindness and tolerance are valued and the children learn through example and discussion. Pupils at Mayflower Primary School also develop a sense of British values through their elected School Council and through the No Outsiders approach, with learning and discussion about a wide range of religions and beliefs, including the tolerance of others’ points of view. 

Mayflower Primary School works collaboratively to ensure all children are safe at all times. We follow a strict safeguarding policy.

What makes us special?

What makes us proud about Mayflower Primary School? 

• We recognise the importance of pupil voice and imagination and as a result our commitment to imaginative play has resulted in a Double Platinum OPAL award.

• We go above and beyond in our curriculum:

• We’ve utilised our outdoor woodland to add to our topics and learning;Our PLACEs team helps to run Forest School sessions where we learn and understand new skills that we wouldn’t learn in a classroom!

• We love reading; we have a massive focus on learning to ‘love reading’ across all our lessons. With our Reading Karate scheme, book vending machine and celebrations within our WOW assembly - reading is promoted throughout the school. 

• If we can’t learn something in classrooms, we either get out of them or get something new in! We embrace outside the classroom and have invested in equipment to enable learning to go beyond the classroom. 

We’re a community of like-minded individuals:

• Not only do the children come to school to learn but the school staff learn more about teaching as well. We are committed to upskilling ourselves and many of our staff actively take part in continuing professional development through apprenticeships, courses or webinars. 

We have six key virtues:

• being community driven – working together to build a caring and inclusive environment for us all to thrive in;

• being honest – being truthful and trustworthy in all that we do;

• being ambitious – always aiming high and working hard to do our best;

• being independent – taking responsibility and showing initiative; 

• being respectful - always acting with consideration and kindness; and

• being resilient – showing perseverance and positivity, even in the face of challenge.

At Mayflower Primary School we take pride in supporting and building a holistic view of the world and life; not just promoting good academic goals.