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Collective Worship is an important part of each day at our school. Some days we meet together as a whole school, on others as Key Stages, Houses or individual classes. Christian Life Ensuring our school and our lessons are inviting, inclusive and inspirational. SIAMS Inspection January 2025 Vision & Values Document Collective Worship Collective Worship is an important part of each day at our school. Some days we meet together as a whole school, on others as Key Stages, Houses or individual classes. Each half term we focus on one of our values in particular. Our Collective Worship is inviting, inclusive and inspirational. It includes time to worship through song and prayer, a time for reflection and is usually linked to Biblical teachings. We have regular visits from Reverend Rachel Cornish, Priest in Charge at St Bartholomew's Church in Albourne and Splash , a local Christian charity that works within schools. Our churches Our school is situated within the Parish of Albourne, which is part of three parishes. These are known as ASCAT: Albourne, Sayers Common and Twineham, and lie within the Diocese of Chichester. Our local churches are St Bartholomew's Church in Albourne and Christ Church in Sayers Common. Throughout the year we attend services at these churches. Religious Education At Albourne, we deliver Religious Education (RE) in line with the West Sussex Agreed Syllabus. This provides an effective RE programme of study to enable pupils to have the knowledge, understanding and skills necessary to hold balanced and informed conversations about religions and worldviews. Through RE, we seek to give our children a rich variety of experiences from which they can develop knowledge, understanding and awareness of all faiths. RE also has a significant role in the development of pupils’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural understanding. It promotes respect and open-mindedness towards others with different faiths and beliefs. We encourage pupils to develop their sense of identity and belonging through self-awareness and reflection. In line with the Church of England’s Statement of Entitlement (2019), we aim for all pupils: to know about and understand Christianity as a diverse global living faith through the exploration of core beliefs using an approach that critically engages with biblical text to gain knowledge and understanding of a range of religions and world views appreciating diversity, continuity and change within the religions and worldviews being studied to engage with challenging questions of meaning and purpose raised by human existence and experience to recognise the concept of religion and its continuing influence on Britain’s cultural heritage and in the lives of individuals and societies in different times, cultures and places to explore their own religious, spiritual and philosophical ways of living, believing and thinking Find out more about our teaching of RE on our Religious Education page.

Welcome to Albourne C.E. Primary School. We are a friendly and welcoming Church of England School situated in Albourne village in the Mid Sussex countryside. Programme of Events Autumn 2026 Ask Me Abouts School @ a glance 2026 Hurst Educational Trust & Albourne Vision Ofsted & SIAMS Reports 2025 Weekly Newsletter Empower Growth Welcome to Albourne C of E Primary The Albourne Way Living life to the full Ofsted 2025 high expectations of pupils' learning and behaviour delight in showing their knowledge display impeccable manners and behave well pupils' exceptionally strong attitudes to school Press Play Muddy Aprons Stirring 00:00 / 02:39 'Children at Albourne are fortunate to be there. ' 'They flourish from start to finish.' SIAMS Inspection January 2025 PUPILS LOVE LEARNING To play, press and hold the enter key. To stop, release the enter key. Headteacher's Welcome I am proud to lead an exceptionally committed and caring staff team in this thriving school. We are set in the heart of Albourne village in beautiful rural surroundings at the foot of the South Downs. Read more Christian Life Our Christian values are the basis for everything we do at Albourne and they play a key role in the development of our pupils academically, emotionally, morally, socially and spiritually. Find out more Curriculum Education at Albourne is inclusive and lessons are delivered in a way that ensures every child is accepted and valued for their individuality. Find out more Wrap Around Care We offer Wrap Around Care before and after the school day, in order to support working parents. Our provision includes a Breakfast Club, a range of extra-curricular clubs and an After School Club. Find out more Albourne’s strength is in its sense of family. Children look after each other - older kids take pride in being mentors to the younger ones and do so happily and with great patience. The outcome of this is that when my children have each started school they have immediately felt a part of the Albourne community, like they have security and companionship at lunch and break times which can otherwise sometimes feel difficult to navigate, and as such have started their school journey very positively. The Albourne Learners initiative (and the Reading Challenge) has also really encouraged and inspired my children to thrive. Latest news For all the latest school and class news, follow us on Instagram. Follow us on Instagram

Year 5 Woodpeckers Class Following the Albourne Way living life to the full Ask Me About Summer 1 Ask Me About April 2026 Ask Me About 'Ask Me Abouts' will be added here half-termly to keep you informed about what we have been doing and what we intend to do in Woodpeckers class. Ask Me About Ask Me About February 2024 Ask Me About March 2024 Ask Me About May 2024 Ask Me About July 2024

At Albourne we celebrate a culture of creativity! We boast a staff team who have a diverse range of expertise in areas such as graphic design, illustration, fine art, music, dance and drama. We have collaborated to develop a broad and ambitious Art and Design curriculum for our young learners. Art and Design... The Albourne Way Celebrating a culture of creativity! Curriculum Overviews Statement of impact Artsmark At Albourne we celebrate a culture of creativity! We boast a staff team who have a diverse range of expertise in areas such as graphic design, illustration, fine art, music, dance and drama. We have collaborated to develop a broad and ambitious Art and Design curriculum for our young learners. Art – Intent, Implementation and Impact. Intent: At Albourne Primary School, we value the importance of Art and Design. It is our children’s entitlement to be able to share and express their individual creativity, independence, resilience, and self-reflection. We will deliver a curriculum that enables children from EYFS to year 6 to experience, and participate in a range of creative activities and events. Children get to develop their knowledge and skills within a wide range of arts activities (through lessons and extra-curricular clubs); they develop an appreciation of a mix of diverse cultures, including the use of those within the school and Trusts community.  It is our intent to provide all children with the fundamental skills, techniques and knowledge needed to independently create their own unique drawings, paintings, sculptures, and crafts. We want the children to have a natural sense of wonder and curiosity when studying a wide variety of artwork. We empower children to discover great artists. We want the children to realise that art goes across the curriculum and should be seen as an additional skill and enhancement to work produced in other curriculum areas. We aim to provide opportunities to meet and work with artists, visit galleries and create special shared events within the school. Implementation: We teach a skills-based art curriculum, which allows the children to express their creative imagination as well as providing them with the opportunities to practice and develop skills in the key processes of art. This is supported through the studying of key artists and movements, and through identifying arts role in everyday lives, through history and differing cultures. We ensure that progression is being made in children’s skills and knowledge of drawing, printing, painting, colour, sculpture, texture, and pattern, by following a skills progression document. In EYFS the children have daily access to a variety of media and materials which they can explore to produce their own creative work. Planning links to the year group curriculum topics and integrates appropriate schemes of work from Kapow. All planning links to the Art and design programmes of study for key stages 1 and 2. Art is promoted throughout our school through a variety of platforms: we hold after school art clubs, we have themed art weeks, we have shared learning with parents and we have changing display boards around the school and on the school grounds. We will continue to develop our links with Artsmark and with the other schools within the Trust, sharing resources, skills and ideas. Impact: When children leave Albourne they will have a love of art. They will have experienced a broad, balanced arts curriculum, with an emphasis on the development of understanding and skills in art and design, creative dance, music and drama. These experiences will have happened in all areas of the curriculum, and through extra-curricular clubs. Children leave Albourne having been exposed to a wide range of artists, including meting local artists, which will have developed their knowledge in a range of areas. Most importantly, we want children to have found and enjoyed a creative outlet – a means of self-expression and enjoyment. We seek opportunities to work with artists and designers to enrich the subject knowledge of staff and pupils. Art and Design is taught discretely through the year groups which allows for progression and enables pupils to revise, build-upon and extend key skills and knowledge taught in previous years. Our staff always find exciting ways of weaving Art and Design into other curriculum areas, where appropriate, making links with topics. By the time our pupils reach Year 6, they will have explored and gleaned skills across a range of disciplines including: drawing, painting, 3D modelling, printing and crafting. Sketchbooks are used for research of artists and their work; experimentation of design ideas; exploration of techniques and they are annotated with evaluations of their own work. As children transition through the school years, their sketchbooks journey with them, becoming precious working documents that the pupils love to flick back through and reflect on what has been recorded within. Our children have commented on how they value Art and Design as one of the many highlights of their school week, as they love having opportunity for self-expression and creativity; they say they find art therapeutic and many enjoy the freedom of being allowed to get messy! We are an inclusive school and we know that many children who find some other curriculum subjects challenging, feel that they are able to excel in Art and Design and it gives them that sense of success whic h is vital for their personal well-being. Artsmark Award Albourne is a school which appreciates the arts and we are proud to have achieved our Silver Artsmark Award. This award is the creative quality standard for schools, accredited by Arts Council England. To lead us in this we have our own pupil Arts Council Representatives. Hurst Art Workshops As a Hurst Education Trust (HET) school our pupils benefit from Art Workshops at Hurst College . Downloads and links Download our documents for further information about our curriculum. Progression of skils in Art Artsmark Award (artsmark.org.uk)

The Hurst Education Trust (HET) is a Multi-Academy Trust set up by Hurstpierpoint College in collaboration with the Diocese of Chichester. It exists to provide a unique offer to local schools in the Mid Sussex area. Hurst Education Trust Albourne is proud to be part of the Hurst Education Trust. HET & Albourne Vision & Values HET & Albourne Curriculum The Hurst Education Trust (HET) is a Multi-Academy Trust set up by Hurstpierpoint College (known as Hurst College) in collaboration with the Diocese of Chichester. It exists to provide a unique offer to local schools in the Mid Sussex area. HET vision and values Academic excellence is the foundation of a Hurst education because we believe it opens doors to the future. Therefore every child at Hurst College, and at a HET School, is challenged and supported along the way in our friendly and warm community. We are ambitious for each of our pupils, and who they can become, and we encourage each pupil to engage and enjoy all aspects of school life. We want our pupils to learn the importance of certain values: a sense of duty, an awareness of right and wrong and a respect for others. We want pupils to be ambitious with a clear sense of purpose, to acquire a balanced view of life and develop into independent, mature individuals. Schools who are part of the Hurst Education Trust receive a high quality education support package focused on the “Good to Outstanding” journey and access to Hurst College’s facilities, including sports and academic provision together with specialist facilities including the theatre, farm and chapel. Importantly, schools retain their individuality, including their name, uniform and curriculum. To find out more, please visit the Hurst Education Trust website. A Message from the CEO With its close partnership with the Diocese of Chichester, the Hurst Education Trust is a Church of England Multi-Academy Trust. As such it is proud of its identity and foundation and this is reflected explicitly and implicitly in its ethos, practices and policies. Central to the work of the Trust and its schools will be the Church of England’s Vision for Education: “Educating for life in all of its fullness.” “I have come so that you may have life, and have it to the full.” (John 10:10) Under this umbrella, the Trust and its schools are open, welcoming and inclusive, embracing pupils of all faiths and none, committed to the flourishing of all of its pupils. Diversity will be celebrated and equal opportunities available to all. It is our belief that there are core common values universally recognised across faith boundaries, dignity, compassion, the removal of disadvantage and discrimination, empathy and encouragement which help foster and create a positive school environment in which all individuals can thrive and grow. Tim Manly CEO Hurst Education Trust Details of the Trust can be found on the Hurst Education Trust website www.hurst.education Key documents, including the Trust's annual report and accounts, can be accessed from www.hurst.education/documents The Hurst Education Trust is a Company Limited by Guarantee in England and Wales Registered No. 13807225 The Trust's contact details are: Hurst Education Trust c/o Hurstpierpoint College College Lane Hurstpierpoint West Sussex, BN6 9JS 01273 836914 Downloads and links Download our documents for further information about our curriculum. Hurst Education Trust Hurst Education Trust - Key documents

Following the Albourne Way living life to the full Ask Me About Summer 1 Ask Me About Spring 2 Ask Me About Spring 1 Ask Me Abouts Autumn 1 Meet the Teacher Wagtails Curriculum Overview Year 1 Wagtails Class

We regard Physical Education (PE) lessons, and participation in sport, as highly important for all children and we work hard to ensure pupils are enthusiastic about sports at all ages. Physical Education... The Albourne Way Creating an enthusiasm for sport at all ages. Curriculum Overviews PE Curriculum PE…The Albourne Way INTENT “A high-quality physical education curriculum inspires all pupils to succeed and excel in competitive sport and other physically-demanding activities. It should provide opportunities for pupils to become physically confident in a way which supports their health and fitness. Opportunities to compete in sport and other activities build character and help to embed values such as fairness and respect.” The National Curriculum Everything we do at Albourne Church of England School is underpinned by our vision, The Albourne Way – living life to the full. Children in our school will achieve highly because our expectations for pupil outcomes are ambitious. ‘PE… The Albourne Way’ delivers fun, engaging, and high-quality lessons which aim to inspire and motivate all children. Our inclusive curriculum ensures that every child, regardless of ability, builds upon their skills and can actively participate and develop a love for movement and healthy living. We aim to raise the profile of PE via our partnership with ‘Mid Sussex Active’ and competing in inter-school competitions that play a vital role in developing our key skills such as teamwork, sportsmanship and resilience. We aim to provide children with greater opportunities to be introduced to, or play, various games and sports. This in turn fosters a culture that provides children with opportunities to display their talents, be reflective individuals, challenge themselves and build a sense of school pride. As a school, we are aware that being physically active plays a crucial role in enhancing mood and mental health, promoting a healthy, active lifestyle and overall emotional wellbeing. IMPLEMENTATION As well as promoting a healthy lifestyle with a balanced diet and regular physical movement, children are encouraged to try a variety of games and sports – learning, refining and developing skills along the way. We follow ‘The PE Hub’, which provides us with clear and engaging lesson plans and activities, delivering high quality lessons to all children whilst also adhering to the National Curriculum. How is this implemented? Clear plans and activities are provided through our scheme to support teachers Teachers make adaptions where necessary to meet the need of their class Children participate in 2 hours of high quality PE lessons per week Class teachers deliver high quality lessons Years 3 and 6 participate in swimming lessons Children will focus on 2 key games/skills/sports per half term to allow them to build upon their skills and knowledge needed for that particular focus Children are introduced to a variety of games/skills/sports throughout the school year Progression of skills per lesson and as children move through the school Repetition of sports throughout their time at school to allow for children to revisit, refine and develop skills Whole school learning attitude – using transferable skills from sports and PE in the classroom (e.g. teamwork, resilience, sportsmanship) Subject specific vocabulary is used in lessons from knowledge organisers Formative assessments With our inclusive approach to sport and PE, children are invited to attend interschool competitions and festival sporting events within our local area Our approach to PE will allow children to develop their physical health and their mental wellbeing OPAL play at playtimes to promote active play and physical development. Sport leaders in Year 6 to lead playground activities Year 6 lead a ‘Mental Health Day’ for the rest of the school, leading various calming and sporting activities Sports premium is spent on enhancing all children’s experience of sport and PE in school, such as athlete visits and high quality sports equipment A range of afterschool clubs are available for children IMPACT Our curriculum, ‘PE… The Albourne Way’, encourages regular physical activity, which promotes fitness, coordination and overall well-being. Our high quality lessons paired with our vision throughout the school (through OPAL play), provides children with the opportunity to learn and develop key life and social skills such as teamwork, communication and resilience. As well as this, success in these physical activities help to boost morale and mental wellbeing as well as develop a growth mindset. PE overview 2024-2025 Sports Workshops As part of the Hurst Education Trust (HET), our pupils are also able to take part in sports workshops at Hurst College . These have included cricket, netball, multi-sports and swimming. Active Learning We are proud to celebrate being active at Albourne, not only in our PE lessons and break times, but throughout our academic lessons. We use Teach Active, a programme of lesson plans for English and maths, to inspire ‘active learning’ and make sure children have opportunities to move around in their lessons. OPAL Play We have also adopted the Outdoor Play and Learning (OPAL) Primary Programme to keep pupils active throughout their pupils’ break times. Find out more on our OPAL Play page. We also employ a Sports Leader at lunchtimes to facilitate different opportunities for pupils to play different sports. Downloads and links Download our documents for further information about our curriculum. Sports Funding