Alderman Payne is an inclusive rural school which has a strong community atmosphere. We develop children's pride in themselves, their school and their local area, as well as developing an appreciation of the wider world. We work in partnership with families to support their children to achieve their personal best.

Vision Statement

Our vision is to develop an inclusive school, which promotes and achieves excellence. We support and encourage children to develop as individuals, find their passions and interests and to be prepared for the modern world, both within school and beyond.

Our Ethos:

At Alderman Payne, we are committed to creating an inspiring, nurturing and inclusive environment where every member of our community is valued. Every pupil is supported and empowered to achieve their full potential. Through a culture of respect, perseverance, resilience and responsibility, we encourage children to be inquisitive and creative to build a lifelong love of learning. Our ethos is built on moral values, strong relationships, mutual trust and high expectations to ensure that everyone has the support they need to thrive academically, personally, socially and emotionally.

School Values

At Alderman Payne, our school values are integral to the development of our culture and our behaviour curriculum. Our school values are part of our everyday life and are explicitly taught and revisited every year. We consider the values in relation to ourselves and to a range of inspirational people from past to present so that children can relate to them and consider how the values underpin decision making and attitudes.

We have six central values with secondary focuses.

More information about how our school teaches and lives the values can be found in our Behaviour Curriculum.

Learning Curriculum Aims

At Alderman Payne Primary School we base our curriculum on the Five Fabulous Foundations. These are;

• Reading
• Respect
• Perseverance and resilience
• The Wider World
• Inquisitiveness

Reading

Our primary focus is teaching children to read as this opens up the whole curriculum for them. Children who love to read are enthusiastic and interested in all aspects of the curriculum.

Respect

Our children develop pride and respect in themselves, their family, their school and their community. We teach them to value themselves and others, to be open minded, and to have the confidence to participate fully in the society.

Our children learn about the importance of good health and physical activity; how to respect themselves and others, and to make healthy lifestyle choices.

Perseverance and resilience

Through our linked curriculum, we develop learners who are resilient, and inquisitive, independent, enthusiastic and determined to improve. We teach our children that a mistake is the opportunity to learn something new. We expect all children to achieve their personal best irrespective of their starting point and celebrate this individual success. We seek to develop interpersonal skills, the ability to manage change, and a good work ethos to ensure our children achieve social & economic well being as adults, and continue with their life long learning.

The Wider World

We believe that living in a small village in the rural Fens should not be a barrier to knowing about the wider world. As a result we actively seek opportunities to enable the children to experience the wider world.

In addition, we teach our children to solve problems and recognise and assess risks, to learn to make good choices and understanding the consequences of their actions as the children progress throughout the school. We seek to develop their understanding of potential risks in the wider world and strategies to stay safe.

Inquisitiveness

We want our children to ask questions and to think about why they carry out activities in school, as this helps them to have ambition for the future. Developing a love of learning and confidence underpins all that we do, in order that our children ultimately become responsible, thinking citizens in adult life.