Headteacher’s Welcome

Welcome to Hartside Primary Academy

Thank you for taking the time to find out about our school; we hope that you find this website a useful way to discover more about our expectations, values and ways of learning. If you have any further questions or queries, we encourage you to get in touch, or arrange a visit.

Our school mission is to ‘help every child progress and succeed’. We aim to prepare children for the next phase of their education, as well as make sure that they are ready for life in a diverse and ever-changing society. 

Developing the whole child is central to our ethos and we believe that the quality of educational experience that every child receives must be of equal quality to that you would expect for your own child.

‘Your Child is Our Child’

All aspects of school life are underpinned by six character traits, chosen by the community: respect, kindness, grit, empathy, integrity and self-control. These traits form the basis of our values and by demonstrating them the children can strive to be the best version of themselves that they can be.

We champion mental health and wellbeing and encourage the children and staff to be open about their feelings. We want children to build resilience and to develop a toolkit of strategies to help them to overcome any challenges that they may face. We have developed an environment where mistakes are ok and children feel safe to ‘give things a go’.

In recent years, we have developed Hartside’s teaching and learning principles, so that we have a shared understanding of what quality teaching looks like. These 8 principles, based on research, shape the delivery of our curriculum and they are underpinned by our social, emotional and physical environments.

We make no apologies about having high expectations of the children both in and out of the classroom. We expect the children to complete homework on time; read a little every day and have pride in their uniform and we politely ask parents to support us with this every step of the way.

We are happy to listen and take on feedback and will always try to do what we can to support the community.

Dawn Simpson
Headteacher