Welcome to The Abbey Primary School – a vibrant and inclusive learning community at the heart of Northampton. We are proud to be a school where every child is known, nurtured, and encouraged to flourish both academically and personally.

At The Abbey, our code is simple: to provide a safe, caring, and stimulating environment where every child can thrive. We are passionate about delivering a high-quality education that supports the whole child, helping them to develop the skills, knowledge, and values they need to succeed in school and beyond.

 

Our Values

We are guided every day by our core school values, which are woven into all aspects of school life:

These values are more than words on a wall – they are the foundation of our school culture. Whether in the classroom, on the playground, or in the wider community, our pupils live these values every day.

We are proud of the strong partnerships we build with parents, carers, and the wider community to ensure our children feel confident, cared for, and empowered to reach their full potential.

 

Our Community Code

 

We warmly welcome you to come and see what makes The Abbey Primary School such a special place to learn and grow.

Be all you can be, be yourself, be your best!

 

We feel our school should be a place where:

• Everyone feels valued, safe, happy and secure.
• Everyone feels free from harassment and racial discrimination.
• Everyone has equality of opportunity.
• Positive relationships are promoted between everyone.
• Everyone is treated as an individual and their self-esteem is encouraged.
• All children are enabled to make progress to the best of their ability.
• Good and appropriate behaviour is promoted at all times.
• Everyone participates in a curriculum that takes full account of the richness and diversity of the worlds cultures so that they can develop understanding of and respect of people of different racial, ethnic and cultural backgrounds.

In order to achieve these aims the school has adopted a whole-school community code, known as The 5 Bs. The 5 Bs are based on the core values that we aspire to and these are promoted throughout the school.

Our core values are:

• Be Yourself
• Be Caring and Kind
• Be Thoughtful and Fair
• Be Honest and Helpful
• Be your Best

We feel it is very important to consider the views of parents, pupils and the wider school community.  Parents are represented on our Governing Body and each class has a parent representative who attends regular Parent Voice meetings. The views of pupils are represented in regular Learning Forum discussions in class and an elected pupil representative from each class forms part of the School Council.  In addition, pupils are given the opportunity to vote for Year 6 pupils to act as House Captains representing each of the school houses, Ash, Birch, Lime and Maple. 

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INMAT Vision and Values

 A great INMAT school engaging with every community

We embrace the values of our Trust, INMAT.

• Inclusion – improving education for everyone
• Integrity – we are consistently open, honest, ethical and genuine
• Initiative – courage to always seek a better way to a better future
• Inspiring – we use our drive and commitment to energise, engage and inspire
• Involvement – encouraging our community to take ownership and responsibility

To achieve this we will strive;

1. To enable each child to flourish and achieve their full potential, INMAT will ensure each school community provides an outstanding quality of learning and excellent resources.
2. To work closely with all of our staff to embrace INMAT values, providing access and opportunity to enhance their professional development and personal wellbeing.
3. To ensure that every INMAT school is exciting, vibrant and of the highest standard, having the appropriate technology in order to ensure that all pupils have access to and are able to use all resources (IT) to enhance their learning
4. To enhance communication processes across INMAT to consistently promote and drive the mission, values (ideals) and objectives of the Trust.

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British Values

🔗 British Values: What are they?

• Democracy
• Rule of Law
• Tolerance of Different Faiths and Beliefs
• Mutual Respect
• Individual Liberty