For information about our approach to and the content of our curriculum we follow in each academic year for every subject, please view our Curriculum page.
Please be aware that parents and carers have the right to withdraw their child from all or part of RE, please contact us to discuss this.
Phonics
Phonics is taught from Reception using Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised which is a systematic and synthetic phonics programme, validated by the DfE. The progression of Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised ensures children build on their growing knowledge of the alphabetic code, in order to master phonics to read and spell. Application of phonics is encouraged in a range of contexts and across the curriculum.
We teach our children to show respect for themselves, for others and for the world around them. We listen to one another, value different viewpoints and take responsibility for our choices and actions.
Everyone belongs at Lansdowne. We celebrate difference and ensure that every child feels welcomed, valued and able to participate fully in school life. We adapt our provision so that all children have the opportunity to learn, develop and thrive.
We have high expectations for every child and encourage them to be ambitious, resilient and proud of their achievements. We recognise that success looks different for every learner and celebrate progress in all its forms – academic, personal and social.
We encourage our children to understand the feelings, experiences and perspectives of others. Through kindness, compassion and thoughtful choices, our children learn how they can make a positive difference to their school and wider community.
Together, we RISE
Our values are not simply words on a wall. They are woven through our curriculum, assemblies, relationships, behaviour expectations, personal development opportunities and everyday school life.
The Stour Academy Trust recognises that our education system needs to quickly and more radically shift to close equity gaps and to better prepare our young people for the 21st century. We are transforming our schools from passive forms of learning focused on direct instruction and memorisation, by moving towards interactive methods that promote the critical and individual thinking needed in today’s innovation-driven economy.
Our pedagogical model combined with the intentional deployment of technology will help us deliver personalised learning in an enabling environment. Technology will accelerate our progress but will not be the driver of our vision.
We aim to nurture a community of learners that challenge thinking, where our staff are empowered to take risks and develop their practice to meet the needs of an evolving school system, which is not held back by traditional restrictions and ideologies.
By limiting routine or unnecessary tasks we allow professionals to focus on learning behaviours and interactions which will promote emotional intelligence and the development of children as life-long, curious learners.
There will be no barriers to achievement within our learning community and our teachers will build strong relationships that facilitate the learning of others. Collaboration will open doors, minds and possibilities and enable individuals to meet their personal goals.
Financial Information
Deed of Variation of Funding Agreement
Parent Forum
The Stour Academy Trust recognises the value of parent forums as a means of having a sustained dialogue with a committed and informed group of parents on a range of issues that impact on their day to day life with the school which affect them and their children.
To view our Governance structure and membership information, please visit our governance page at:
thestouracademytrust.org.uk/governance-and-financial-information
Every parent/carer with a child enrolled at the school has the opportunity to become a member of the parent forum.
As a member of the parent forum, parents have an important role in working closely with the school by being asked their opinion by the Leadership on issues relating to day to day matters.
Parent Forum Meetings are held once a term.
Find out more about our Parent Forum below:
Received £19,580 in PE and Sport Premium funding for the academic year 2025-2026. No unspent funding remained at the end of the academic year.
Grant Spending
The school spent its PE and Sport Premium funding as follows:
- Extracurricular opportunities: £11,814
- Equipment and resources: £8,736
- Membership and subscription fees: £0
- Activities organised by the School Games Organiser (SGO) network: £0
- Entering external school sports competitions: £0
- External coaching staff: £0
The school targeted spending to provide or improve opportunities in PE, sport and physical activity for:
- Pupils with SEND
- Pupils with long-term medical conditions
- Girls’ access to PE lessons and extra-curricular sport and physical activities
- Disadvantaged pupils
Swimming and Water Safety
For the academic year 2025-2026:
- 51% of Year 6 pupils could swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres.
- 51% of Year 6 pupils could use a range of strokes effectively, including front crawl, backstroke and breaststroke.
- 51% of Year 6 pupils could perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations.
The school did not spend any PE and Sport Premium funding on additional swimming lessons or broadening aquatic opportunities during the year.
The reported impact of this spending on swimming and water safety attainment was recorded as “No impact”.
Our school is committed to equality. Out aim is to ensure that everyone is treated fairly and has equality of opportunity. We also work to develop good relations between people from different groups.
We recognise that in wider society, people are not always treated fairly, for example because of their: age; disability; gender; ethnicity, colour or national origin; religion or belief. Out aim is to make sure that our school is a safe and secure place for everyone. We do not tolerate unfair treatment or bullying of any kind.
We recognise that people have different needs and we understand that treating people equally does not always involve treating them all the same. When people face particular difficulties they need extra support to help them achieve success and we try to do this for people in our school community.
We also try to make sure that people from different groups are consulted and involved in our decisions, for example through talking to pupils and parents/carers, and through our School Council.
Britain as a country is very committed to making society a fair place and the Government asks all schools to help with this. We are asked to set equality objectives and to make sure we review our progress every year and let people know how we are getting on.
View our Equal Opportunities Policy below:
View our Accessibility Policy below:
Lansdowne Primary School is open from 7.30am – 6.00pm Monday to Friday.
Compulsory times for children are 8.45am – 3.15pm which equates to 6 hours 30 minutes a day, or 32.5 hours per week.
Breakfast club runs from 7.30am – 8.30am
After School Club is split into two sessions. The Twilight session is from 3.15pm until 4.30pm and the Late session is from 4.15pm until 6.00pm.
For more information about free and paid for After School clubs including Breakfast and After School Club please visit our useful information page.
Please see below our most recent Key Stage 2 performance measures for the 2024/25 academic year, as published by the Secretary of State:
Measure | Value |
KS2 Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 73% |
KS2 Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 2% |
KS2 Average Scaled Score in Reading | 105 |
KS2 Average Scaled Score in Maths | 105 |
Please also find a link to the compare school and college performance service and our data from the DfE.
Policies
We are required by the DfE to publish the below policies on our website.
If you would like to view our other statutory and non-statutory policies (e.g. Attendance, First-Aid, Assessment, etc.), please visit www.thestouracademytrust.org.uk/policies or contact the school office who will be able to provide you with a copy.
If you would like to view our curriculum related policies, you will find them in the appropriate subject section of our curriculum page.
Attendance Policy | Easy-Read Attendance Policy
Allergy Policy | Use of Spare Adrenaline Auto-Injectors Policy
Behaviour and Anti-Bullying Policy
Charging and Remissions Policy
Child Protection Policy | Child Friendly Child Protection Policy
Complaints Policy | Complaints Process Summary
Equal Opportunities Policy | Equality Statement | Equality (One Page Policy)
Intimate Care and Toileting Policy
PSHE Policy (including Health, Relationships and Sex Education)
Online Safety and Social Networking Policy
Privacy Notice – Parents|Pupils
Remote education provision information for parents