I would like to extend a very warm welcome to Brunel Field Primary School. Alongside Ashley Down Primary School, we are part of Ashley Down Schools Federation.

At Brunel Field, we want our children to be happy, confident, articulate and empowered to participate successfully at an academic, social and emotional level in a rapidly changing world. We provide a creative, stimulating and caring learning environment, where every individual is valued and respected. Our staff are passionate about supporting your child to be the very best they can be and enabling them to reach their potential, in all areas of school life.

We look forward to welcoming you into our school community. I hope you enjoy looking at our website.

Nic Bailey - Headteacher

Brunel Field Primary School is a maintained school and is supported by the Local Authority to ensure that all pupils, regardless of their specific needs, make the best possible progress in school. ​

How are Special Educational Needs & Disability defined?

The definition of SEND is for those children who need something different from or additional to what is being delivered by a class teacher using quality first teaching.

Special Educational Needs and Disability code of practise 0-25yrs July 2014 identifies this as;

“A child or young person has SEND if they have a learning difficulty or disability which calls for special educational provision to be made for him or her.”

“A child of compulsory school age or young person has a learning difficulty or disability if he or she:

has a significantly greater difficulty in learning than the majority of others of the same age, or

has a disability which prevents or hinders him or her from making use of facilities of a kind generally provided for others of the same age in mainstream school or mainstream post-16 institutions”

Under the Equality Act of 2010 it is recognised that ‘many children and young people who have SEND may have a disability’, that is ‘... a physical or mental impairment which has a long term and substantial adverse affect on their ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities.’ (long term is defined as a year or more and includes sensory impairments; sight and hearing and medical conditions such as diabetes, epilepsy, asthma and cancer. Therefore ‘where a disabled child or young person requires special educational provision they will also be covered by the SEND definition’

Our school values of Respect, Compassion, Commitment and Joy, permeate all that we do, and along with our Core Learning Skills curriculum, help develop important life-skills such as independence, perseverance, self-reflection and communication.

As well as providing high quality teaching in core curricular subjects, equipping children with the vital academic skills they will need in life, we also believe in nurturing and celebrating their diverse skills and talents, helping them to grow in confidence and promoting their wellbeing.

We are proud to offer a range of extra-curricular activities and strongly promote creative arts throughout the curriculum. We deeply value the role music, art, dance and drama can have on a child's personal development; the positive impact these areas can have on self-confidence, communication skills, empathy and creative thinking.

In Key Stage 1, we support high quality play through observing, wondering alongside children and facilitating their play and interests through carefully chosen resources. Play gives children a sense of agency and of well-being. It provides opportunities for creative and critical thinking; to refine skills they have been developing since birth; to learn life-long learning skills; to consolidate skills and knowledge learned more formally and most importantly, to have fun and enjoy learning. When children play, they are engaged, relaxed and challenged. They are able to problem solve, persevere, overcome barriers to learning and develop agency, empathy, imagination and learn to deal with uncertainty. ​

We strongly value the relationships between school, parents and governors and strive to work in partnership with families to ensure we are doing the very best we can do for your children.