At Shaftesbury Park, we aspire to excellence in all we do and this has resulted in us receiving the following prestigious awards:

Travel For Life Gold Award (October 2023)

 

Healthy Schools Bronze Award (June 2023)

Shaftesbury Park is delighted to announce that we have been awarded the Healthy Schools Bronze Award.

This is a fantastic achievement which recognises our excellent Healthy Schools curriculum and the hard work of all staff here at Shaftesbury Park in supporting pupil health and wellbeing. In fact, our application for this award was so comprehensive and of such a high standard that we have been told that it will be used as a model for other schools going forward!

A huge well done to everyone involved in this fantastic achievement.

Onwards and upwards for the SILVER award!

 

Education Business Awards – Community Award (June 2022)

Shaftesbury Park is very proud to have received the Community Award at this year’s Education Business Awards.

The annual Education Business Awards recognise schools that can display significant achievement or excellence in their specific category. We were nominated by awards researchers for the way in which our unique curriculum empowers children to make positive differences to their world, whether that be by campaigning on local issues or promoting campaigns on global issues from human rights to climate change. While many other schools were nominated for this award, Shaftesbury Park was oustanding amongst the field for making a difference across a wide range of issues, driven by the children themselves.

Commenting after winning, Mrs Richards the Headteacher said: “It was a real surprise! Just being recognised and entered was flattering, but to win the award against such strong competition from across the UK was just incredible. We are always proud of the children at Shaftesbury Park, and we were so pleased that the award organisers were as impressed as we are with all our school community does.”

 

Primary Science Quality Mark (September 2021)

We are proud to have been awarded the Primary Science Quality Mark.

This award recognises the excellent teaching of Science in our school and the opportunities for practical enquiries and cross-curricular learning. We have worked hard over the last year to develop our Science curriculum to ensure that the children are carrying out lots of exciting investigations across the key stages. Science Week provided a wonderful opportunity to enrich the children’s experiences of Science and the PSQM recognises the range of activities in class and workshops that our students have taken part in as part of this. This quality mark ensures that we have a good foundation for our Science teaching and learning on which we will continue to build over the next few years.

 

Skills Builder Award (July 2021) 

Shaftesbury Park is delighted to announce that we have just been awarded the Skills Builder Gold Award, the highest level possible. 

This award has been bestowed upon us in recognition of all that our Enterprise Stream has achieved over the past 6 years and our exemplary commitment to ensuring that every pupil leaves Shaftesbury Park possessed of the eight essential skills needed to succeed. The achievement of this award means that we are now a flagship school for Enterprise and will have the opportunity to bring further resources and experiences for our pupils. It also means we will be working to develop essential skills in schools around the UK and abroad and using these connections to expand the world of our pupils and further promote a global perspective.

 

International Schools Award (July 2021)

Shaftesbury Park is proud to have been reaccredited with the British Council’s prestigious International School Award.

This is an outstanding achievement and testament to our whole school commitment to embedding a rich and creative range of international work within our curriculum., allowing pupils to gain the cultural understanding and skills they need for life and work.

Scott McDonald, Chief Executive of the British Council, said: “The school has earned this prestigious award through its inspirational international work and links with schools abroad.

The International School Award is a chance for schools to be recognised for their important work bringing the world into their classrooms. This is especially commendable when schools have been deeply affected by the global pandemic. The desire to build on their international work shines through and it is with upmost pride that we celebrate their achievements.”

 

Eco Schools Award (May 2021)

Shaftesbury Park is proud to announce that we have received the Bronze Eco Schools Award, an internationally recognised accreditation, acknowledging our commitment to environmental education and becoming a sustainable school.

This is just the first step on our journey towards Green Flag status and has only been possible due to the hard work of our school Eco Warriors (10 pupils from Years 2 to 6) who have worked with Miss Carter to complete an environmental review of our school and create an eco action plan based on the results. This will be displayed in our school garden, alongside meeting minutes and information on what are current eco priorities are.

Well done to everyone involved in this fantastic achievement!

 

Unicef Rights Respecting School Gold Award (January 2021)

At Shaftesbury Park, the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child is at the heart of our policies, practise and ethos and we are extremely proud to have just been accredited with our Gold-level RR school award.

This is obviously a phenomenal achievement that recognises how the Rights Respecting agenda has become part of the fabric of Shaftesbury Park, with children not only learning about and understanding the Rights they have under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, but also applying this knowledge in their lives and being proactive in effecting the changes they wish to see, acting as global citizens and uphold the rights of others.

For further information on the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the work carried out by Unicef, please visit https://www.unicef.org.uk/what-we-do/un-convention-child-rights/

 

Tribal Award for English and Mathematics (November 2020)

This half-term, we were proud to receive the Tribal Award which is an ‘internationally acknowledged accreditation recognising and celebrating excellence in English and mathematics provision in schools’.

Our external test results in English and Maths have consistently been in the top 10% nationally over three years and the quality of teaching continues to be very strong. Our classes are well resourced and the vast majority of children can confidently discuss their progress.

It is a well-deserved recognition of all the hard work of the children, staff and parents in ensuring that our children leave Shaftesbury Park with a solid foundation for exploring many areas of learning.

 

TfL STARS Award 2020

Shaftesbury Park is proud to announce that we have been accredited with the TfL STARS Gold Award for 2020.

The TfL STARS Award is an accredited scheme which aims to inspire young Londoners to think differently about how they travel to school and how this can impact not only their health and wellbeing but also the environment by reducing congestion and improving air quality.

Our silver award recognises the commitment of Shaftesbury Park pupils to travelling to school sustainably, actively, responsibly and safely and the correspondingly high number of pupils who walk, scoot or cycle to school.

 

Music Mark (October 2019)

Shaftesbury Park is proud to announce that we have been awarded a Music Mark award. This award has been conferred in recognition of the value that we place on music and our commitment to ensure that our pupils are able to access and engage with a high-quality music education.

 

British Council International School Award (February 2019)

We are pleased to announce that Shaftesbury Park Primary School have been award the British Council’s prestigious International School Award.

The International School Award celebrates the achievements of schools that do exceptional work in international education. Embedding an international ethos throughout the school and fostering an international dimension within the curriculum itself are at the heart of the British Council’s work with schools so that young people gain the cultural understanding and skills they need for life and work. The International School Award is available in 16 countries and is well-regarded by school inspection bodies and ministries of education globally.

Sir Ciarán Devane, Chief Executive of the British Council, said: “Shaftesbury Park Primary School has brought the world into its classrooms, earning them the British Council International School Award. Their pupils’ education is enriched with international activities that help children develop the skills they need to thrive in a globalised world.”

 

LabelFrancÉducation Quality Seal for Bilingual (FR-EN) Education (October 2018)

We are delighted to announce that Shaftesbury Park Primary School has been awarded the LabelFrancÉducation quality seal by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development. This seal, managed by the Agency for French Education Abroad (AEFE), is granted to schools outside France with ‘French Bilingual Sections of extremely high quality’. We are the first school in the United Kingdom to achieve this prestigious award!

As well as celebrating our high quality French bilingual teaching, it also means we now belong to a global and multicultural network that spans seven continents. It is such an exciting opportunity to share our work here at Shaftesbury Park. With our fantastic Enterprise stream and now a Bilingual stream that is part of a worldwide network, we can truly say we are a local school with a global perspective.

For more information on the LabelFrancÉducation Quality Seal, please see the following document

LabelFrancEducation Leaflet

Highlights from the presentation of our LabelFrancÉducation Quality Seal by the French Ambassador, M. Jean-Pierre Jouyet:

 

Pupil Achievement Awards 2019

Shaftesbury Park is proud to have been the recipient of the following pupil achievement awards:

• Pupil achievement award for the school with the highest attainment for the proportion of pupils meeting the expected standard or above at key stage 2 in all three subjects: reading test, writing teacher assessment and mathematics test in 2019.
• Pupil achievement award for being in the top 10% nationally for the proportion of disadvantaged pupils meeting the expected standard in the reading test, writing teacher assessment and mathematics test combined in 2019.

 

Pupil Achievement Awards 2018

Shaftesbury Park is proud to have been the recipient of the following pupil achievement award:

• Pupil achievement award for being one of the top five schools who were in the top 10% nationally for the proportion of disadvantaged pupils meeting the expected standard in the reading test, writing teacher assessment and mathematics test combined in 2018.

 

Congratulatory Letter from Nick Gibb, Minister of State for School Standards (February 2017)

Shaftesbury Park Primary School is delighted to have received a letter from Nick Gibb congratulating us on being in the top 3% of schools in England in terms of the progress pupils make between key stage 1 and the end of key stage 2 in English reading, writing and mathematics.

Mr Gibb thanked us for our hard work and professionalism in producing such high standards.

Please click here  to read the letter.