A SECONDARY SCHOOL FOR SEND LEARNERS AGED 11-19
At Beatrice Tate School we aim to:
Our curriculum is the means by which we meet our school aims.
Principles
We believe that our curriculum at Beatrice Tate School:
A Positive Choice
Beatrice Tate is a school where individuals are valued and all are expected to give of their best. Our teaching enables our students to make sense of the world and to operate more effectively within it so that, as individuals, they become more contributing and valued members of society.
Beatrice Tate School is a purpose-built day school for students aged 11-19 whose educational needs cannot adequately be met in mainstream schools. The school was built in 2013 and provides a high quality learning environment for our learners, all of whom have an Education, Health and Care Plan. The school offers all students a broad balanced and differentiated curriculum with full entitlement to the National Curriculum.
Ofsted Report
The school was last inspected by Ofsted on 25th and 26th May 2021.
The school continues to be outstanding.
“Pupils enjoy coming to Beatrice Tate School. They are greeted by staff, as they enter the school, with wide smiles and joyous music. Pupils enjoy their learning and are proud of their achievements. Parents and carers appreciate the regular communication that they have with the staff. Parents know how the staff are supporting and caring for their children while they are at school.
Pupils who attend the school have a wide range of severe or profound and multiple learning difficulties. Leaders and staff have very high expectations of all pupils. Staff are well trained to support pupils as they develop their communication skills. They help pupils to gain the knowledge and skills that they will need for their lives ahead.
Pupils’ behaviour is excellent. Staff skilfully support pupils, recognising that pupils’ behaviour is a form of communication. Staff have high expectations of pupils’ behaviour. If a pupil’s behaviour slips, staff use personalised strategies to remind them of what is expected and quickly bring them back on track.
Staff care greatly for the pupils they work with.”
A full copy of the report can be accessed using the link on the homepage of the website.
Safeguarding Statement
At Beatrice Tate School we respect and value all children and young people, and are committed to providing a caring, friendly and safe environment for all our students so they can learn, in a relaxed and secure atmosphere. We believe every student should be able to participate in all school activities in an enjoyable and safe environment and be protected from harm. This is the responsibility of every adult employed by, or invited to deliver services at Beatrice Tate School. We recognise our responsibility to safeguard all who access school and promote the welfare of all our learners by protecting them from physical, sexual and emotional abuse, neglect and bullying.
Designated Safeguarding Lead: Amanda Lambert (Deputy Headteacher) Deputy Designated Safeguarding Leads: Wayne Hazzard (Headteacher), Ania Dubinska, Kerri Ovel and Diana Roig (Assistant Headteachers)
Child Protection Procedure
Tower Hamlets Local Education Authority requires headteachers to report any obvious or suspected case of child abuse to Social Services including non-accidental injury, severe physical neglect, emotional abuse and/or sexual abuse.
This procedure is intended to protect children at risk and schools are encouraged to take the attitude that, where there are grounds for suspicion, it is better to be safe than sorry. This does mean that headteachers run the risk of upsetting some parents by reporting a case, which, upon investigation, proves unfounded. In such circumstances, it is hoped that parents, appreciating how difficult it is for headteachers to carry out this delicate responsibility, would accept that the headteacher was acting in what was believed to be in the child’s best interests.
