History

Christ Church Primary School was built in 1861. The school is made up of two buildings — the main part of the school which houses the juniors and a smaller building that contains the infant classrooms. 

The school site is very secure and can only be entered through one gate operated by a video entry-phone. 

The school has seven classrooms - one for each year group. 

We have a computer suite that enables all the teachers to take in their whole class at once.

Over the years, we have undergone building work to re-establish the school library, update the Year 6 hut and create some smaller work areas.  The school has also refurbished the school hall, modernized the kitchen, completed a generous extension to the year 1 classroom and fitted a pupil-friendly kitchen area.

In April 2011, further refurbishment included a 're-make' of the pupil garden, improvements to KS1 toilets and an upgrade of our computer suite.

Aims

Our vision for Christ Church Primary School is for a united Christian community dedicated to challenging and inspiring every child to reach their full potential. We will value every child as an individual, will support the development of the whole child, and will encourage educational excellence, to enable them to leave us as model citizens of the future.

Aims and Values

We will achieve our vision by:

• giving the children opportunities to develop  spiritually and morally under our over-riding Christian ethos throughout all aspects of school life; in our Collective Worship, our learning, our teaching and our support of the children as they develop and learn the skills of life;
• providing a safe and healthy school environment which sets an example for life choices both in and outside of school;
• respecting every member of the school community, encouraging, valuing and celebrating individual skills and talents;
• encouraging every individual to take responsibility for their learning, personal development and their actions;
• challenging everyone to strive to do their best at all times;
• providing a creative, inspiring and interactive learning environment to challenge and enthuse the children and to make learning fun;
• creating a warm, friendly and trusting atmosphere where we can try new things, knowing we can learn from our mistakes;
• ensuring school finances and resources are used effectively to support children’s learning and teaching commitments;
• collaborating fully within and between all members of the community – pupils, parents, staff, governors, Church members, other schools, the local community and national and international partners – ensuring all contributions are encouraged and valued;
• sharing and embedding our vision and ensuring we are forward looking and flexible to meet the ever-changing needs of our society.






Special Educational Needs

One of the aims of our school is to provide the best education possible for every child, irrespective of ability, gender or culture.  In order that children with special educational needs can achieve this aim the school follows the ‘Code of Practice’ on the identification and assessment of special educational needs, published by the Department for Children, Schools and Families (D.C.S.F).  

The school aims to identify any need which a child may have, whether of an academic, physical, emotional/behavioural or language developmental nature, at as early a stage as possible.  Once identified the child’s need would be discussed and assessed with their parents and an action plan written stating how the school and the parents can help, in partnership, to give the child the support he needs.

The child’s needs and progress will be reviewed regularly with parents and if it is considered that the child is not making sufficient progress the school might increase the support being given to him.  Should it become necessary to enlist the support of outside agencies this would be done in full consultation with parents.

A child may, as part of their special needs action plan, be supported in class by one of this team, or receive support from them in either a 1:1 or group situation out of the classroom.

Children who are doing very well with their learning are given different work by their teacher that makes sure they are challenged and continue to do well. We also allocate specific time for Learning Support Assistants to work with our more able children.






Travel Map

In order for pupils to safely plan their route to and from our school, we have provided parents and carers with a local map showing safe walking routes and approximate journey times. You can download this map as a PDF file below. Please note you will need Adobe Reader.

Download: School-Travel-Map.pdf