St Mary's Church of England Primary School

The School is part of a caring Christian community where we try to live out the love of Christ by serving your children. Every adult and child is precious in the eyes of God – valued no matter what race, sex, creed, religion, social background, physical or intellectual achievement. We welcome applications from children with disabilities and make adjustments as necessary to remove barriers to their full participation in school life. You will find our staff to be caring and inspirational educators.

Our large classrooms provide an excellent learning environment. Further to this, we often use additional group rooms to keep class sizes down, support children in smaller groups or provide 1:1 support. Our teachers are passionate about the children’s learning environment and each class has beautiful displays of the children’s current topics, themed reading corners, interactive white boards as well as being tidy and well organised. We are lucky to have an exceptional computing suite, with 30 computers. We also have laptops, tablets and several other digital devices to teach the modern computing curriculum. Similarly, we have a library full of the newest texts to encourage a love of reading from an early age. The school has a gym as well as an assembly hall where we hold events.

At St Mary’s we are able to provide lots of outdoor learning for our pupils. In our fabulously redesigned and refurbished playground, we now have a self-contained sports pitch in addition to a range of climbing equipment. A ‘Mud Kitchen’, sensory garden, and an Art Shed installation provide further stimulation. We also have a newly expanded range of planters in which we grow vegetables with the children. Further to this, we have a re-developed and highy stimulating story garden which has all the houses from the three little pigs story; a bridge for Billy-Goats and a troll; and a boat in which the Owl and Pussy Cat sail to sea! Meanwhile a music installation, complete with a mini-stage, provides opportunities for children to compose together.

Our outdoor classroom, at the heart of our school, houses a mosaic designed and made by children, staff and family members from our school community. This area provides a beautiful setting for the children to learn in the outdoor environment. We also have a prayer garden which offers a peaceful space for quiet prayer and reflection. Children in the Early Years have their own dedicated outdoor areas with many exciting opportunities for learning and exploration. This is a must see on a tour of St Mary’s! The Early Years outdoor learning spaces are set up with exciting activities each morning to encourage learning both in and outside the classroom.

The staff, governors, parents and children work hard to achieve the success we enjoy. Our outstanding Ofsted rating was a collaborative effort of the schools’ community. We invite you to enjoy these achievements too.