Kelmscott School

School describes itself as an inclusive community offering specialist support for students with special educational needs or disabilities.

“Kelmscott School is an inclusive community where we can offer a range of specialist support for students with special educational needs as a result of a learning difficulty or disability.”

Page hosts a SEND Information Report outlining how the school supports students with SEND per statutory regulations.

“This SEND Information Report outlines information regarding the ways in which we provide support for all students with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities SEND”

Pastoral approach prioritizes students' self-esteem and ensuring they do not feel stigmatised by their needs.

“We regard the students' self-esteem to be of vital importance to their learning and intend that students should not feel stigmatised by their needs.”

School states cyberbullying is not tolerated and directs parents to contact their child's Head of Year for support.

“Cyberbullying, like any other type of bullying, is not tolerated at Kelmscott School.”

School offers Classics (Latin, Ancient Greek, Classical Civilisations) to all students, a rare offering among state schools

“We are also one of the only state schools in the country to offer Classics to all of our students. Students enjoy studying Latin, Ancient Greek or Classical Civilisations in Years 7-9.”

All students are encouraged to take part in a broad co-curricular programme of activities alongside academic classes.

“In addition to academic classes, all students are encouraged to take part in our vast co-curricular programme which includes a range of activities.”

School motto is 'Putting Learning First'

“Our school motto is ‘Putting Learning First’ and this is something that is at the heart of everything we do.”

School reflects diverse population of Waltham Forest with strong cross-cultural relationships

“We are proud to reflect the population of Waltham Forest, with a good mix of boys and girls from all ethnic groups in our borough. We see the positive relationships and strong appreciation of different cultures between all those groups, as a real strength of the school.”

Curriculum breadth is maintained specifically to keep multiple options and pathways open for students moving to Post-16 provision after Year 11.

“We feel it is vitally important to maintain the breadth and balance to the curriculum in order to ensure that students have many options and pathways open to them when they leave us for Post 16 provision after Year 11.”

Ofsted rated student achievement, behaviour and quality of teaching as very good at last inspection

“All aspects of the school including ‘student achievement’, ‘behaviour’ and ‘quality of teaching’ were deemed to be very good at our last Ofsted inspection.”

School states its curriculum has been praised by Ofsted in its last two inspection visits.

“We are proud of the curriculum we have in place at Kelmscott, and indeed it has been praised by Ofsted in both their last two visits.”