Chestnuts Primary School

We are delighted to welcome you to our school's website, where you can discover more about our ethos, values, and the exceptional educational opportunities we offer to our pupils. Chestnuts Primary School is located in the heart of Tottenham, London, and we are proud to serve our diverse and vibrant community.

Our school was formed in September 2004, following the amalgamation of separate infant and junior schools. Today, we are a thriving community of 420 boys and girls, aged 4-11, supported by a dedicated team of teaching and support staff. Our spacious building boasts 14 classrooms, an art room, music room, a garden and cooking room, a swimming pool, a well-resourced library, and a variety of ICT equipment.

At Chestnuts Primary School, we are committed to creating a nurturing and stimulating learning environment that inspires a love of learning and enables every child to achieve their full potential. We achieve this through our engaging curriculum, which is designed to be broad, balanced, and relevant to the needs of our pupils. Our curriculum is underpinned by our school's charter, which sets out our commitment to providing a high-quality education that is rooted in our core values of respect, responsibility, and resilience.

We believe that every child is unique and has the right to a personalised learning experience that reflects their individual strengths, interests, and needs. To this end, we offer a range of services to support our pupils' learning and development, including specialist provision for children with special educational needs (SEN), English as an additional language (EAL) support, and access to a range of extracurricular activities.

Our SEN provision is designed to meet the needs of pupils with a range of learning difficulties, including moderate learning difficulties, specific learning difficulties, and physical disabilities. We work closely with parents, pupils, and external agencies to develop individualised learning plans that enable pupils to make progress and achieve their full potential.

Our EAL support is designed to help pupils who are learning English as an additional language to develop their language skills and access the curriculum. We offer a range of support, including small group and one-to-one tuition, as well as access to bilingual dictionaries and other resources.

In addition to our academic provision, we offer a range of extracurricular activities, including sports clubs, art and craft clubs, music clubs, and drama clubs. These activities are designed to provide pupils with opportunities to develop their skills, talents, and interests outside of the classroom.

At Chestnuts Primary School, we are committed to ensuring that our pupils are safe, happy, and healthy. We have robust policies and procedures in place to safeguard our pupils, and we work closely with parents and external agencies to promote their wellbeing. We also promote healthy lifestyles through our school meals programme, which provides nutritious and delicious meals that are cooked on-site.

We are proud of our school's heritage and our commitment to our local community. We work closely with parents, governors, and local organisations to provide opportunities for our pupils to engage with the world around them and to develop a sense of social responsibility.

We hope that you will take the time to explore our website and discover more about our school. If you have any questions or would like to arrange a visit, please do not hesitate to contact us. We would be delighted to hear from you.

Our School

Chestnuts Primary School was formed in September 2004 following the amalgamation of separate infant and junior schools. We offer places to 420 boys and girls. We have 14 classrooms, an art room, music room, a garden and cooking room, swimming pool, fabulously resourced Library and a wide range of ICT equipment for use throughout the school.

Our staff are a dedicated team of professionals who are committed to providing the best possible education for our pupils. We have a strong leadership team, including a headteacher, deputy headteacher, and a team of assistant headteachers, who provide strategic direction and support to our teachers.

Our teaching staff are highly qualified and experienced, and they are committed to providing engaging and challenging learning opportunities for our pupils. We also have a team of learning support assistants who provide additional support in the classroom and work with small groups of pupils to reinforce learning and provide extra help where needed.

We are very lucky to have a swimming pool onsite and we employ a full-time swimming teacher, who teaches swimming once a week to every class in Reception to Year 3.

Start of the Day

School starts at 8.45am. Children make their own way to their classroom for the soft start to the day. The register is taken at 8:55am. Children arriving after this time are considered late.

End of the Day

School finishes at 3.15pm for Infants and 3.20pm for Juniors; in both Infant and Junior buildings, the teacher and learning support assistant escort the children out into the playgrounds where they are collected by their parents. (Reception pupils are dismissed directly from their classrooms into their outside play area as before)

Time in school

Time in school: 37 hours 40 minutes a week

Attendance

Over the last few years we have been working really hard with parents to improve the attendance and punctuality of children at Chestnuts. We expect children to be in school on time every day. We totally understand that children become ill and if this is the case, please call the school office as early as possible to let us know.

School Uniform

Please see our uniform policy, which has been recently reviewed, on the policy page. Our uniform consists of a white polo shirt, bottle green jumper and grey/black/brown trousers or skirts. We ask