Whittington Primary School - School Profile 2020

Whittington Primary School’s vision is to be a school community where everyone is empowered to achieve excellence. This vision is captured in our motto ‘Empowering Young Minds’ and values of respect, responsibility and resilience. Our mission is to provide a safe and supportive learning environment that inspires and challenges all members of the community to embrace learning and achieve academic, social and emotional excellence.

In 2019, the school rebuild was completed and the school now boasts modern, state of the art learning spaces as well as access to high quality resources to complement our comprehensive teaching and learning programs. Staff are purposeful in delivering optimal experiences, providing all students with learning that is personalised, evidence-based and technologically rich. Our students engage in a broad and differentiated curriculum promoting creativity, resilience and a growth mindset.

High expectations of our students underpin the rich learning tasks and challenges provided for all students as they are supported to achieve and thrive. Professionalism, instructional capacity and accountability of our teachers is paramount to the education our students receive. Teacher quality is crucial for optimal student achievement and so our energies are strategically directed towards coaching and capacity building of our teaching staff.

Whittington Primary School is committed to:

• building a culture of high expectations
• empowering all learners to achieve excellence and celebrate their success
• developing a professional learning community that is focussed on the continuous improvement
• delivering a high quality and rigorous curriculum that meets the learning needs of all students
• empowering learners to take ownership and be active participants in their learning
• building resilience and supporting students to be happy, healthy and confident learners
• engaging with parents, carers and the wider community as genuine partners in learning, striving to achieve the best possible outcomes for all students.