St Mary's Church of England Primary School

A warm welcome to St Mary’s! We are a Church of England Primary School in the heart of Stoke Newington and go back 450 years. Our School Family is made up of wonderful children, dedicated staff, enthusiastic parents and supportive governors.

Our vision is to ‘feed the mind, body and spirit so we can be the best we can be.’  We want all children to realise their potential, feel a sense of belonging, enjoy learning and build community.  Our aim is to enable our children to be successful lifelong learners, confident individuals and responsible citizens who are able to make a positive contribution to society. We achieve this by providing a broad, rich and exciting curriculum, which is both inclusive and challenging in o

“St Mary’s…. feeding the mind, body and spirit so we can be the best we can be.”

We foster everyone’s potential and hunger for learning by serving up a wonderful diet of generosity, sharing and a sense of belonging.  As a Church of England school,  we welcome children from all faiths and none. Our vision is inspired by Jesus, but our message is universal. The story of Jesus feeding the 5000 speaks powerfully to us

rder to get the best from every child.

We hope that you will find our website informative and helpful. Whether you are a prospective parent/carers; somebody who might be interested in working at our school; or are already part of our school community, we hope that there is something here for you.

We are confident that you will see that St Mary’s is a vibrant, happy and fun place to be. We are proud of our children, our staff and the provision we offer.

The Spiritual Values to which we aspire are:

• Kindness:  in treating others as we would want to be treated ourselves. (Jesus knew the crowd was tired and hungry)
• Truth:  in the choices we make and in our dealings with family, friends, school and community. (The crowd had faith)
• Courage: to stand up for what is right, overcome our fears and aspire to make a positive change.( The little boy with his packed lunch was brave)
• Hope:  about the future and know that tomorrow can be even better than today. (The crowd had hope that Jesus would help them)
• Love:  for ourselves and others, knowing that God loves us. (Jesus showed unconditional love to everyone)