Welcome

A Warm Welcome from the Headteacher

Caring, Sharing and Learning Together!

Ready, Respectful, Safe!

Welcome to King's Court First School.  We are a small village school in Old Windsor with a caring community.  Our school is a first school educating children from 4-9 years old. 

At King's Court First School we aim to provide every child with the best possible academic, social and moral education. Our school's ethos is based on care and consideration, encouraging respect for the beliefs, feelings and needs of others. Equally, we aim to provide an environment in which all children are happy and can develop self-awareness and a sense of responsibility, enabling them to respond with informed judgement to the challenges they meet.  

We believe that the school's curriculum should provide memorable, creative experiences which are rich in opportunities for high quality learning for every single child. These creative experiences include activities and resources within school and through the wider school curriculum outside of school.  Some examples of our rich community links, activities and resources are listed below: 

• Working with outside agencies, workshops from outside providers and the local community.  Some of these include; The Windsor Sports partnership, developing sports skills and competitions with other schools in Windsor, history and drama workshops and firm links with the church and Rev. Adel who regularly visits the school
• Weekly parent visits for early years:  stay and play/share a story
• Trips around the rich, historical area:  Runnymead, home of the Magna Carta, Windsor Castle and Great Windsor Park.  
• Strong Royal connections as a school in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead.  Celebrations, including Royal events and the historic King's Coronation
• Swimming for key stage 2 at Eton College
• Exposure to a range of cultures and charity support:  French in key stage 2, celebration of different faiths and supporting charity events, such as, NSPCC and Macmillian cancer
• Quality relationships with parents and the Friends of King's Court First School (Parent/Teacher's Association) with a rich calendar of events, such as, King's Court float at the Old Windsor Carnival, Spring Fair and themed fund raisers for Easter and Christmas
• Expansive school site with 3 playgrounds for early years, key stage 1 and key stage 2.  We have enriching resources at school, including the pond, an art studio and a music room
• Valuing the children as 'Little Leaders' through the School Council, Green Team, Librarians, Mental Health Champions and Sports Leaders

A picture paints a thousand words - take a look at our video on the home page.  

We believe that children should develop mastery skills across the curriculum and aspire to follow their dreams! We aspire to develop our children's confidence to ask questions and begin to decide what they want to achieve in their careers, whether they want to be historians, geographers, mathematicians or artists, or quite likely, roles that haven't yet been invented! We aim to create life-long learners in our children so they can give the best contribution to society.

King's Court First School is proud to be an Attachment Aware School, achieving the Silver Award in 23-24 and going for the Gold Award in 24-25.  As an attachment and trauma informed school we value our nurture blueprint and strategies we have developed across the school to encourage children to be positive through 'Ready, Respectful and Safe' and take pride in themselves.  Every classroom promotes a calm corner where children can choose to regulate using a range of techniques, the zones of regulation is a firm favourite!

We have a strong pastoral curriculum which supports fewer behaviour incidents and improved outcomes for vulnerable children where everyone is valued.  Our provision includes;

Emotional Literacy Support:  ELSA, including ESLA trained support in reception

Nurture room:  groups for Key Stages 1 and 2

My Happy Minds mental health programme

Bubble box:  discrete method for pupils to share their worries

Calm corners across the school, including school calm corner for all pupils

Nurture blue print detailing whole school expectations and strategies

Trauma Informed Relationships policy, linked with behaviour policy

Local authority ERSA toolkit (Emotionally Related School Avoidance)

King's Court First School is committed to providing a full and efficient education to all children and embrace the concept of equal opportunities for all.  We endeavour to provide an environment where all children feel safe and welcome.  For each child to reach their full educational and social achievement, a high level of school attendance is essential.  Supporting families that need a 'little extra help' is a high priority.

Our aim is to prepare the children for each stage of their education so they are socially, emotionally and academically ready.  Every transition is important, coming into school in reception, moving from year group to year group and moving onto a new school in year 4.  We aim to be as nurturing and supportive as we can for all children and families.

We are a school which has much to celebrate, not least our picturesque grounds which provide extensive educational opportunities for our school community. Our children are encouraged to take pride in this favoured setting and to play their part in maintaining its richness.  As a community school, we have strong and supportive school/parent working partnerships, where our collective aim is for the children to be 'happy coming into school and happy going home.'  Our governors strategically lead and drive our leadership goals and develop our school values and creative curriculum.

Please contact Mrs. Sachdave in our school office for a visit and look around the school.  

Come and visit our school to meet our friendly staff and wonderful children. 

If you require a paper copy of any of the information on our school website, or would like to book a visit to our school, please contact the school office.

With best wishes,

Mrs. Pye-Beraet

Headteacher

King’s Court First School is wholly committed to ensuring that all children and adults at risk who engage with our school are cared for in a safe and secure environment.

All adults are responsible for safeguarding.