At BWI we have a highly dedicated staff and very hard-working children which enable us to achieve good results. We firmly believe in educating the whole child, providing them with independence and skills for their next school and for life. We are a caring community, helping children to have respect for each other, pride in their environment and to be happy.

Please come and visit us, we would love to show you around our school.

Belief in God, our children and their future.

BWI School aims to

• be a Christian community where everyone can grow in Christian faith and develop an understanding and tolerance of others
• help each individual develop self-awareness, self-discipline and a positive attitude to life and work
• develop a sensitivity to the needs of others; valuing and respecting individuals and the whole community
• create a happy, organised and stimulating working environment so that children are enabled to fulfil their own potential and acquire skills and knowledge to prepare them for the wider world
• foster in children an excitement for God's world and an awareness of their place in it.

BWI is a Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School in the London Borough of Hillingdon. We have a nursery with two sessions of up to 30 children and two classes in each year group. The children wear a smart school uniform from the Nursery to Year 6.

The first mention of a school in Ruislip was in 1655. The Church of England School attached to St Martin's Church dates back to around 1812 when it was housed in wooden buildings. In 1862 a permanent building was erected in Eastcote Road. BWI School was built on this site when the population grew and it was officially opened by Bishop Winnington-Ingram, Bishop of London, on 15th July 1931. In 1968 the school moved to a larger site in Southcote Rise and became a two form entry school in 1996, now providing education for over 400 children.

Our Governing Body consists of 16 members - Foundation and non-Foundation Governors. The Governors responsibilities include managing a budget under Fair Funding for Schools. This funds most aspects relating to the life of the school - salaries, maintenance, redecoration, curriculum resources and fixed costs such as rates and energy. The Governors also control the admission of pupils and the appointment of staff. The maintenance of the exterior of the building and the insurance is also a Governing Body responsibility.

Each class has a full time teacher. We also have a team of Teaching Assistants who are classroom based. We have peripatetic music teachers, employed by the Borough, who teach various instruments.

Collective worship takes place every day. Once a term we all go to St Martin's church for a service. Twice a term, the Key Stage 2 children attend a Eucharist at the school.

At certain times in the year, all classes produce their own assemblies, to which parents are warmly invited.

Children attend the nursery for half a day every day, prior to entering full-time schooling.