School partnerships and cooperation between different educational settings have become an increasingly important part of the new national education agenda as well as individual self-improvement for schools.

At Harvey Road School we believe that such collaboration has great potential to continue our successful legacy of driving school improvement.  This will directly benefit the experiences and enjoyment of our own children and we are very clear that successful school collaboration will also offer significant benefits to all of the schools involved.

In this section of the school website you will be able to see how we are making the most of this opportunity for working in partnership with other schools in a wide range of different contexts.

Local School Partnerships

Harvey Road School has very close links with local schools and the University of Hertfordshire with the aim of providing additional learning opportunities for our children. We strongly believe that by supporting schools and professionals we can directly impact on the quality of learning children in Hertfordshire receive.

There is a very close partnership with primary schools in the area. In collaboration we:

• Strategically review current issues and work together in overcoming them
• Offer training opportunities related to the curriculum as well as safeguarding and health and safety areas to support staff professional development
• Attend cross school moderation of teacher assessment judgements to support accuracy and the clarifying of expectations
• Promote a uniform approach to the management and practices around nursery admissions

We also work closely with Rickmansworth Secondary School.

The range of activities that our children are involved with includes:

• Inter-school sporting events held at Rickmansworth Secondary School including dance festivals, athletics, netball and  football.
• Rickmansworth Sports Leaders (pupils in Year 8-10) working with our children during PE lessons
• Curricular support: Our children use the facilities that are available at Rickmansworth School in such specialist subjects as Food Technology, Science, Design and Technology, Drama and Dance and Swimming

We also have a close partnership with the University of Hertfordshire in a variety of different ways:

• Student teachers from the University of Hertfordshire work with us developing their teaching skills
• Staff attend training organised and run by the University of Hertfordshire