Byker Primary School

Phil Mole and Anna Quinn are identified as the school's SENDCo and Thrive Champions.

“SENDCo & Thrive Champions : Mr Phil Mole and Mrs Anna Quinn”

The school's Pastoral Team offers families support and advice on complex needs, including referrals to external services and help with mental health and emotional wellbeing.

“Our Pastoral Team are here to support you and can offer a variety of support and advice, including signposting to other services or agencies that could help. This could include parenting support, managing children's behaviours, divorce and separation, housing issues, debt, mental health and emotional wellbeing, domestic abuse and many more.”

The school names six designated safeguarding leads, including its headteacher, deputy headteacher, assistant headteachers and SENDCO.

“Designated Safeguarding Leads: Mrs Donnison Headteacher, Mrs S Barnes Deputy Headteacher, Mr R Watson Assistant Headteacher KS2, Mrs J Goldsworthy Assistant Headteacher KS1, Miss B Henderson Assistant Headteacher EYFS, Mr P Mole SENDCO”

Pupils are offered a broad curriculum and many extracurricular opportunities.

“Through a wide curriculum, many extra curricula opportunities and a culture of encouragement and targeted praise, we hope that all of our children can come home every day with a feeling of achievement, pride and enjoyment of learning.”

Relational approaches centred on kindness and care are at the heart of the school ethos.

“At the heart of our school ethos we use Relational Approaches that stress kindness and care.”

The school presents itself as a family and identifies respect, tolerance, understanding and cooperation as key values.

“We are very proud to call ourselves the Byker Primary School Family. This family embraces children, teachers, families and our wider community. We aim to model through the way we treat each other, our key values of respect, tolerance, understanding and cooperation.”