Mission Statement

By providing a caring yet stimulating environment we inspire and prepare our children for life, enabling each to maximise their potential.

We achieve this by providing a diverse range of learning opportunities, in a manner which instils a love of learning and at the same time develops confidence, self esteem and a positive and respectful attitude. Our high expectations encourage our children to excel academically, physically and socially.

We take pride in promoting values that both encourage excellence and ensure everybody is treated equally and with respect. Our school will be highly valued in the community.

Our Aims

At Grendon Underwood Combined School our aims are:

• to provide an environment where pupils feel safe and happy, develop confidence, self esteem and positive attitudes.

• to provide an exciting and creative curriculum that caters for the needs of all learners and challenges them to strive for excellence.

• to provide a wide range of opportunities out of school hours for children to enjoy themselves and develop strengths and talents.

• to have high expectations of behaviour, manners and respect for other people and recognize, praise and reward these.

• to give children the skills and knowledge to make informed choices.

• to provide staff with professional and career development through a supportive and satisfying work environment.

• to provide a pleasant, safe and stimulating working environment achieving best value from the resources available.

• to build good relationships with parents and the community, involving them as fully as possible and making them feel welcome in the school.

• to provide parents and carers with the information they need to monitor and support their child’s progress.

• to monitor and review our performance to achieve continuous improvement and make teaching and learning as effective as possible.