Parents' Information

On this page you will find a lot of information about our school that we hope will be of particular interest to parents.

School Day - Key Stage 1
8.30am School doors open
8.40am Registration
8.45am Session 1
9.50am Collective Worship
10.10am BREAK
10.30am Phonics Group/Guided Reading
10.45am Session 2
11.35am Phonics Group/Guided Reading
12.00 noon LUNCH
12.55pm Session 3
2.00pm BREAK
2.10pm Session 4
2.45pm Story
3.00pm HOME TIME
 
School Day - Key Stage 2
8.30am School doors open
8.40am Registration
8.45am Session 1
9.50am Collective Worship
10.10am Guided Reading
10.30am BREAK
10.50am Session 2
12.00 noon LUNCH
12.55pm Session 3
2.00pm Session 4
3.00pm HOME TIME

School Prospectus

Our prospectus has much more information about our school, including our Mission Statement and details on admissions, attendance, behaviour, collective worship, uniform, the curriculum, extra curricular activities, health and welfare, and more.

Admissions

If you are interested in your child attending St Peter's, please read our latest Admissions Policy. If you would like to apply for admission to St Peter's for September 2010 or January 2011 terms, the form is also available below.

For 2011/12 admissions, the documents are as follows:

Policies and Documents

Here is a selection of documents of interest to our parents. For other policies or school documents please see the school office staff.

Year Group Routines

These documents explain what routines the children in each year group follow (each day, each week, each half term, etc) for the 2009/10 academic year.

Ofsted Inspection

Our most recent Ofsted inspection was in October 2009. You can read the full report below:

Good with outstanding features

The Inspection team commented that:

  • The overall effectiveness of the school is good with a good capacity for sustained improvement.
  • St. Peter's is a good school that promotes high quality care for the well being of all pupils, together with a stimulating learning environment that enables pupils to achieve well. Their spiritual, moral, social and cultural development is outstanding.
  • Pupils make good progress in their academic work.
  • The quality of teaching is good and there are some examples of outstanding teaching.
  • Pupils are friendly polite and caring they enjoy their learning and work well together.
  • Care guidance and support for pupils was judged to be outstanding.

SIAS (Statutory Inspection of Anglican Schools) Inspection

Our most recent SIAS inspection was in November 2009. We were delighted that the inspection said "The distinctiveness and effectiveness of St. Peter's First School as a Church of England school are outstanding". You can read the full report below:

Key Stage 1 SATs Results 2009

Year 2 children complete Standard Assessment Tasks/Tests (SATs) towards the end of the academic year. These tests and tasks help to support the ongoing teacher assessment that continually takes place throughout the year.

Teacher Assessment offers a professional judgement of a child's performance over a length of time. Parents/Carers are informed about their child's Teacher Assessment results at the end of the Summer Term with the Annual Report.

Below you can see our Key Stage 1 results for 2008/09. We are extremely pleased with the results this year. Well done children. You have worked very hard. Will we manage to beat these results next year? Let's try!

Percentage of children attaining each National Curriculum Level
Number of children - 65

Reading Level 2C+ Level 2B+ Level 3+
School Results 89% 80% 28%
National Results 84% 72% 26%
Writing Level 2C+ Level 2B+ Level 3+
School Results 92% 74%

19%

National Results 81% 60% 12%
Mathematics Level 2C+ Level 2B+ Level 3+
School Results

88%

75% 25%
National Results 89% 74% 21%
Science Level 2+ Level 2B+ Level 3+
School Results 89% n/a 23%
National Results 89% n/a 22%

At Key Stage 1, Level 2B is the national average.

St Peter's Voluntary Aided Status

St Peter's is a Church of England Voluntary Aided school. Find out what that means and the implications for you and your child by reading the document below.

Vision, Aims and Mission Statement

Our motto: Working together to achieve our best.

Our mission statement: We aim to enable all children to fulfil their potential in a caring setting where Christian values underpin all that we do.

Our golden rules: We care. We share. We tell the truth.

St Peter's is a school where:

  • Our enriched curriculum and high expectations promote a lifelong love of learning and lead to personal achievement and success.
  • Everyone is treated fairly and equally in a safe and secure environment. High standards of behaviour are expected.
  • We equip children with skills for life and provide opportunities for them to become active citizens who understand their place in an ever changing world.
  • We foster a positive attitude to healthy lifestyles and developing good relationships.
  • Working with all members of the school community, we aim to help our children to make a positive contribution to all aspects of life.

These core values make St Peter's CE (VA) First School a special place to be for both children and adults.

School Closures

During periods of severe weather such as heavy snow or flooding or due to other circumstances beyond our control we may need to close the school at short notice.

The document below describes the channels through which we will let you know if the school needs to close:

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