Our vision and values were established by our parents, governors, staff and children. They set out the principles and guidance through which we strive to make our school a happy and successful place for all.

Our vision for Byker Primary School, is to provide the community we serve with a truly outstanding school, consistently providing the highest quality of teaching and support for every individual child, in every year group to ensure we offer life long choices to our pupils.

We envisage an education for all pupils that enables them to be creative, inquisitive, compassionate and successful young people, through a curriculum that is rich, exciting, innovative and varied. We strive to excel across the curriculum; achieving the very highest academic standards possible. We want every child to strive. Through a wide curriculum, many extra curricula opportunities and a culture of encouragement and targeted praise, we hope that all of our children can come home every day with a feeling of achievement, pride and enjoyment of learning. 

As a school, and as individuals, we know there are always things we can improve and we know that by working hard, working together and having the highest expectations we will get a little bit better every day

As a school and staff, we believe in an ethos where children of all backgrounds and cultures are welcomed and valued; all children will make the very best progress that they can; leaving us confident to participate and take a lead role in society.

At the heart of our school ethos we use Relational Approaches that stress kindness and care. We are very proud to call ourselves the Byker Primary School Family. This family embraces children, teachers, families and our wider community. We aim to model through the way we treat each other, our key values of respect, tolerance, understanding and cooperation.   We believe our pupils should demonstrate outstanding behaviour and self-discipline, supported by parents and our partners in the wider community.

Finally, we believe our pupils should leave us confident, proud of their success, able to encourage others and understand the changing world around them. They will be able to look back on a wonderfully happy primary education and be eager to start the next stage of their learning.

The Newcastle Promise

We are very proud that as a school we are supporting the ‘Newcastle Promise’ and committing to providing the best education possible for the children in our area. 

We are recognised as a School of Sanctuary

What is a School of Sanctuary?

A School of Sanctuary is a school that helps its students, staff and wider community understand what it means to be seeking sanctuary and to extend a welcome to everyone as equal, valued members of the school community. It is a school that is proud to be a place of safety and inclusion for all.

Why become a School of Sanctuary?

Schools of Sanctuary is an initiative which aims to:

• Engage families and strengthen our role in the local community
• Build a culture that reduces intolerance, hate speech and bullying
• Promote positive attitudes within schools and their communities around people seeking sanctuary
• Support schools to take positive steps and to be proud of being places of safety and inclusion for all
• Recognise and celebrate schools that are committed to welcoming and supporting people seeking sanctuary.

Our aim is to create a safe environment that includes everybody in school, regardless of where people come from or what they look like.