Awards

Philosophy for Children - Silver Award

P4C is a powerful approach that encourages children to explore philosophical questions, engage in deep discussions and develop their reasoning skills. Through P4C, our children will learn to think critically, express their opinions and listen to others with respect. This enriching practice not only enhances their academic abilities but also nurtures their social and emotional growth. We are proud to provide our children with the opportunity to engage in meaningful philosophical inquiries that empower them to become thoughtful and compassionate individuals.

Awarded May 2024

The assessor noted that the school has clearly been working hard to embed P4C. They also commented, “there were lovely examples of P4C exercises taking place and the P4C Floor Books were fabulous. The audio recording submitted and the multiple enquiry transcripts, showed some really skillful facilitation and some very thoughtful responses from the children.”

Healthy Schools Award - Silver

At Minet Junior School we are committed to supporting the health and wellbeing of all pupils and staff.

Healthy Schools London is a programme that supports London's schools to provide an environment and culture that helps their pupils grow up to be healthy happy and learn. The approach to supporting pupil health and wellbeing includes: 

• Healthy Eating
• Physical Activity
• Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education 
• Emotional Wellbeing and Mental Health

Awarded April 2024

TfL Travel for Life - Gold

We're determined to help young Londoners travel better and make better decisions that impact their lives and the lives of those around them. TfL Travel for Life helps to develop children’s independence and confidence and creates a lasting impact on the way young people travel to and from school in London. We have set high standards to transform travel habits, fully engaged with the wider community to promote best practices and seen a measurable reduction in the number of journeys made by car every day.

Children completed a number of different travel activities including devising a school active travel policy, art competitions, attended theatre productions on road safety, car sharing promotions, pedestrian training, bikeability and surveys (to name a few). Parents also signed a parking pledge.

Awarded September 2023

Eco-Schools - Green Flag Award

The Eco-Schools Green Flag is a trusted sign of the good environmental practices that are happening at Minet Junior School and our commitment to protecting our planet. Eco-Schools is an international award and having the Green Flag puts us alongside the best Eco-Schools from across the world.

To achieve the Green Flag, we developed an eco-committee who delivered environmental projects and inspired the children in their classes and the wider school community. They completed an environmental review to identify environmental issues already raking place and areas for improvement. Teachers teach the children about climate change so that they understand why action is needed.

Awarded May 2023

Rights Respecting Schools - Silver Award

At Minet Junior School, we have worked hard to be As part of this ethos, we are working with Unicef and their Rights Respecting Schools programme to ensure that all of our students are educated about their rights by putting them into practise each day.  A Rights Respecting School models rights and respect in all of its relationships.  These rights are incorporated across the curriculum to ensure that children have a better understanding of their rights, rights of children around the world and how these rights are linked to the local community and on a global level. In May of 2023, we were awarded the Rights Respecting Schools Silver award; we are now actively working towards gold accreditation. 

Awarded May 2023

Primary Science Quality Mark

The Primary Science Quality Mark (PSQM) is designed to set every child on a path to a life filled with exciting opportunities, by giving them access to high quality primary science education. The PSQM is enabling a world of possibilities for all children. The programme equips primary science subject leaders with the knowledge, confidence, and expert support they need to transform the quality and profile of science education in their schools. The PSQM empowers science subject leaders to make a positive and lasting impact on science teaching and learning.

Minet Junior School have successfully complete the programme and received recognition for the school through the highly-regarded Primary Science Quality Mark.

Awarded May 2023

The reviewers were very impressed by the outstanding commitment to leading science and the positive impact on teaching and learning.

Investors in People - Gold Award

We have achieved a Gold IIP award showing that we invest in the continual professional development of our staff and value their well being to a high standard.

Awarded June 2022

Quality Mark for English and Mathematics - Primary

The Primary Quality Mark is an award which recognises the quality of provision at Minet Junior School in English and mathematics. It demonstrates the school’s commitment to continually improving standards and acknowledges the school’s provision of high-quality education. The principles which underpin the Quality Mark for English and mathematics are based on schools and settings ensuring that outcomes for pupils are at the heart of everything they do.

Reaccredited October 2021

Thrive

The mental health and well being of the pupils, staff and parents at Minet Junior school is a key priority and we have highly trained staff who are able to support at all times.

Thrive is the assessment tool that we use in school to identify gaps in a child’s emotional development, where their life experiences have not equipped them with the skills to regulate their emotions. Through activities based predominantly around play and the creative arts, these gaps can be filled. We would like all students at Minet Junior to benefit from the Thrive approach. The activities are designed to promote self-esteem where students become more resilient and resourceful and can form trusting and rewarding relationships. They acquire the skills to become more compassionate and empathic and learn strategies to support them overcome difficulties and setbacks.

Picture News

We use Picture News to keep children up to date on current events in the world in an age-appropriate way, allowing our students a greater understanding of global events and how to be global citizens.  The big questions included in Picture News make fantastic Philosophy for Children (P4C) discussions for our pupils and encourage them to use their critical, collaborative, creative and caring thinking skills, while the UNCRC links allow them to understand and process what is happening in the world through their understanding of children’s rights from our Rights Respecting Schools journey with UNICEF.​

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