Devonshire Primary School

Welcome to our website

My name is Martin Kearsey and I am very proud to be the Headteacher of Devonshire Primary School.

The atmosphere at any school is created by the contributions of everybody within the school community.  Our school has a friendly learning environment, created by a hard-working staff team, a supportive governing body, enthusiastic parents and inquisitive children. Expectations for behaviour and learning are high from the Nursery up to Year 6.  We are looking to nurture the spirit of lifelong learning within our school whilst promoting tolerance, creativity, fairness and perseverance – personal qualities which will help our children make a positive contribution to society, now and in the future. 

I will never tire of reminding each and every member of the Devonshire team that we all aspire to one outcome – the best possible future for each one of our children.  In practice, this means encouraging even our youngest children to set high expectations for their own performance in every aspect of school life.  We want our children to be the best they can be.  We want our children to be hungry to succeed in the classroom and in the competitive arena.  We want our children to be excellent ambassadors for Devonshire Primary when they continue their education at whichever high school is fortunate enough to inherit them.
 

More good news - Devonshire has been awarded Healthy School Status.  We are very committed to trying to help children understand the importance of leading a healthy lifestyle both in and out of school.  We develop the children's understanding of this not only through the curriculum but also through the additional activities that we provide and offer, all of which support the children's learning.  Being awarded Healthy School Status validates all of the activities that the children are involved in and the contributions that these make to their learning.

The logo for Healthy School Status is on the school notepaper and this website (bottom of each page). 

See www.sutton.gov.uk.

'Sutton Primary School gets Glittering Report from Ofsted'

See news item on 22 November.

Pupils flourish both socially and academically in this good school.

They are cared for well and teaching and learning are good.

Pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities are identified quickly and given good support both in and out of lessons.

They become good young citizens and make a good contribution to the community, participating enthusiastically in local events and willingly take on responsibility outside lessons

The school has successfully improved the attendance of most pupils and is now, rightly, focusing on discouraging term-time holidays for a very small group of pupils who still do not attend school regularly enough.

Adults and pupils get on well together and this means that pupils are willing to have a go at new things without fear of failure.

Leaders at all levels are committed to doing the best for their pupils. The leaders drive for improvement and ambitions for the school are firmly embedded and are shared by all staff.

The governing body is supportive and provides good levels of challenge.

There is no evidence of discrimination because pupils learn to respect different beliefs, reflecting the school's good contribution to community cohesion.

Adults give safety a high priority and are vigilant in ensuring that pupils are kept safe.

See the full Ofsted Inspection Report October 2011.