School Vision and Values

Our school values are at the core of everything we do. They underpin our teaching and learning, and provide an environment which prepares our pupils as confident, happy citizens.

Our School Aims

To strive for high standards of teaching and learning across the school and to ensure the very best outcomes for every learner now and in the future and enable learners to become successful global citizens
To develop the whole person through high-quality provision of personal, social, emotional, cultural, moral and physical development
To foster positive relationships for all members of the school community.

Vision

Our ambition is to ensure all learners receive the best care and education regardless of a pupil’s disadvantage(s) or barriers which are out of their control. Our ambition informs our ethos statement: Dream, Believe, Achieve
To be the community's first choice in the Caia Park area
To be a happy community school where all are proud to be

Our School Context

Hafod- Y- Wern Community Primary School enrols pupils from age 3 to 11. The school relocated to a new building, opened in May 2017 and serves the Caia Park community. The Caia Park estate is part of the Queensway and Caia Park wards. According to the Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation, the Queensway ward of Caia Park community one of the 100 most deprived areas in Wales, the 5 wards that make up the Caia Park community, of which the school serves, are Cartrefle, Queensway, Smithfield, Whitegate and Wynnstay. Very few pupils, mainly within the resourced provision attend from outside the immediate catchment area. In Wrexham, 59% of young children in the area around Caia Park (‘Wrexham 010’) were living in income deprivation. This is substantially higher than the second-most deprived area in that local authority which had a deprivation rate of 35%. Three of the five LSOAs in Wrexham 010 were in the 10% most income deprived areas for young children in Wales, namely Queensway 1 and 2, and Wynnstay. There is close liaison with many outside agencies to tackle issues of social disadvantage.

In the academic year 2024-2025, 57.25% of pupils are eligible for FSM and a further 12% who have been entitled to free school meals in the last 12 months. Our ambition for our children is to ensure all learners receive the best care and education regardless of a pupil’s disadvantage(s) or barriers which are out of their control. Our ambition informs our ethos statement: Dream, Believe, Achieve.

Our School Values

To be a good listener - We listen to each other
To be happy - We help each other to be helpful
To be respectful - We treat each other fairly
To be resilient - We never give up
To be a lifelong learner - We take responsibility for our own learning
To be healthy - We look after our physical and mental wellbeing
To be responsible - We understand what is right and wrong - ethically aware
To be creative - We enjoy learning in different ways
To be a Welsh citizen - We have an understanding of Welsh language, culture and history

Hafod Y Wern Family members:

Show kindness, care and compassion to each other, all belongings and to our environment
When people struggle, we seek to help them
Always use positive language, we say kind things to each other
Include and welcome everyone – we have no outsiders
Show respect for people’s belongings, privacy, abilities beliefs and culture
Believe everyone should have a voice and listen to others
Are safe and trusted, a person to go to when you need help
Someone who cares for themselves and others
Tell the truth
Are creative – share ideas, solve problems, and celebrate each other’s work