Our Vision: Mission, Aims and Values

Everyone in our Greenleas family is special, valued and contributes to our outstanding school. We nurture happy, healthy and confident children to achieve EXCELLENCE. Our ENRICHED, engaging activities enable all our children to ENJOY their learning and do their best in a safe and stimulating environment.

We aim to …

	provide a welcoming and secure environment where children feel safe and able to learn
	develop happy, confident children who are considerate towards others and demonstrate high standards of behaviour
	treat our children as individuals and help them to reach their own potential
	provide strong leadership and management
	have an excellent team of well informed staff with a shared vision and sense of purpose
	maintain high standards of achievement in all areas of learning
	provide a wide ranging, rich curriculum in a well maintained interesting and stimulating environment
	have effective assessment for learning to track individual children’s progress
	have continued high standards of key skills in preparation for lifelong learning
	provide high quality music, arts, and sport and recognise and celebrate children’s achievements in all these and other activities
	continue to embrace new technology in order to enhance teaching and learning
	work in partnership with Willows Pre-school, other local schools and our Learning Community
	be a centre of the local community through extended services, providing a range of facilities for families, celebrating and embracing all cultures.

Our Values

We asked the children what makes Greenleas a special place and this is what they told us

“good playground, great field and outdoor classroom, good equipment”
“kind and talented teachers who help us”
“the PTA – they bring us lots of fun”
“you make good friends”

We also asked our Staff, Parents and Governors …..

	a welcoming atmosphere, good support for special needs, an excellent environment, a family ‘feel’, good academic standards and strong leadership.
	a secure and community feel School. Friendly, extremely happy children, the School is excellent academically.
	all the teachers really care about the children and each other. A warm and welcoming School where the children are ‘well grounded’ and build lasting friendships
	the ‘family feel’, being part of a good working team
	high standards, excellent rapport between staff, parents and children, firm sense of community and family
	an excellent, committed Governing Body. Supportive staff.
	an open, working atmosphere with collaborative friendly, caring supporting staff, involved parents, committed governors, varied curriculum and breadth of opportunity for the children.
	Good community setting. Very well resourced. Active PTA. A good balance of experienced and developing staff.