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 building and create some smaller work areas.  The school has recently refurbished the school hall, modernized the kitchen, completed a generous extension to the year 1 classroom and fitted a pupil-friendly kitchen area.

Aims

We believe a supportive partnership between home and school is essential for a child’s successful education.  The co-operation between parents and teachers is vitally important. We try to foster this partnership by encouraging parental involvement in school in as many ways as possible.

Parents are children’s first teachers and we aim to build on that foundation.  Children have been found to make the best progress when home and school work together.  To this end we encourage you as a parent to become involved as much as possible in your child’s education.

We recognise the value of parents working alongside and assisting teachers in school and we have quite a few parents coming in on a regular basis to help with reading and other activities.  If you feel you have an expertise to offer or would just like to help please feel free to contact a member of staff. 

We Will: 

• work in partnership with parents

• provide a challenging and relevant curriculum

• encourage links with our parish church of Christ Church

• encourage links with the wider community

• create and use a stimulating environment

• provide good teaching and resources

• give praise and encouragement

• develop and maintain a caring, happy and secure school 

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