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St. Mary’s Catholic Primary School

About Us

Welcome to
St. Mary’s

On behalf of the Governors, staff, parish, children and our wider school community, thank you to those of you who have chosen St Mary’s for your child’s first steps in education and to those of you who are considering choosing our school for your child.

A Message from our Headteacher

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Mrs D Mellor

Headteacher

At St Mary’s, we cater for children from the age of 3-11, Catholic and Non-Catholic. The vast majority of our children move on to St John Fisher Catholic Collegiate, the secondary school within our Multi Academy Company (family of schools). We work closely with them to ease the transition from primary to secondary education for our learners.

We are very proud of the strong support which we receive from our parish priest, Canon Paul, and assistant priest Fr John. All staff and children are very well supported in deepening their understanding of the gospel values, which lie at the heart of everything we do and is included in our school mission statement, ‘Learning to Live Out Our Calling with Compassion and Love.’ Our children are expected to live out their faith and are well equipped to do so as our Catholic Values permeate throughout the life of our school. 

As an inclusive school, we have high expectations of all children. We instill our pupils with a sense of personal and collective responsibility and we place a great emphasis on the personal, social, spiritual and health education of our pupils. Our children experience a carefully designed, broad and balanced curriculum and we have ensured that our school has the facilities and resources to provide our children with opportunities to discover their talents and interests. We have a strong tradition in music and sports and we take great delight in developing our children’s achievements in these areas.

Our teaching staff view their work as a vocation and actively seek to motivate and inspire our children to hold a life long love of learning. Our school works to enable everyone to become a responsible, happy and compassionate citizen in order to prepare them for the opportunities and responsibilities in our rapidly changing society. We believe that to achieve this for our children, it is crucial for parents, carers and the school to work together in partnership. There are many opportunities throughout the school year to develop this relationship. We have a committed pastoral team who are knowledgeable and resourceful in providing support for all families within school and beyond the school gates.We look forward to continuing to work with you to achieve your child’s full potential. If you have not yet visited our school and would like to come and meet us, please contact the school office to arrange a visit.
We look forward to welcoming you to our school!

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What an afternoon for our Year 4 dodgeball stars!!

Today some of our brilliant Year 4 children headed off to a dodgeball tournament at St John Fisher Catholic College after school to take on three other local schools. They showed incredible teamwork determination and sportsmanship throughout! Not only did they support each other beautifully but they played with skill and confidence all the way through and… they WON!!! 🏆
We are so proud of them!

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🎉✨ Confirmation Celebration ✨🎉

The whole of Year 6 came together to celebrate our confirmands with a personalised cake and a fantastic dance party in the hall! It was a lovely way for their friends to honour this special milestone and the afternoon was filled with laughter, music and joy.

We are so proud of our confirmands and grateful for the kindness and support shown by the entire year group. Congratulations to you all! 💛🙏

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Year 1 have had a fantastic NSPCC Number Day . We loved coming to school as rockstars and rappers and have had lots of fun exploring numbers. We used rekenrek, number lines, addition and subtraction number bones and cubes . We even made some links with Art, learning about symmetry and creating our very own Maths monsters ! #year1stm
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Year 6 had a fantastic day celebrating NSPCC Number Day. We kicked things off with some tricky reasoning problems, working brilliantly in pairs and explaining our thinking clearly.

Although our planned visit to the cemetery for outdoor maths had to be postponed due to the weather, it certainly didn’t dampen our spirits! Instead, we took part in a maths-based pub quiz in teams of six and really showed off the fantastic maths skills we’ve been developing. A great day of teamwork, problem solving and resilience! 💙🔢

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NSPCC Number Day! 💯 What a day Year 2 have had!! Filled with Maths activities, rock music and classroom carousel. We spent the day singing our times tables (rock style!), playing odd and even popcorn, creating pictures with 2D shapes, symmetry art and dance and so much more!
#year2stm #mathsstm #nspccrocks

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Reception had a great time on number day going on a shape hunt, and enjoyed some dinosaur maths activities, which were linked to our theme this week.
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📚✨ National Storytelling Week ✨📚
As part of our celebrations, we hosted a special Teacher Friday Favourites and Storytime Swap! Each teacher visited a different class to share their favourite story, bringing books to life for new audiences across the school. The children absolutely loved it and it was wonderful to see our shared love of reading shining in every classroom.
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School Opening Times

Start of DayEnd of Day
Gates Open8:30am3:00pm
School Start/End8:45am3:15pm
Registration Close9:05am
Office Opening Times8:00am4:00pm

School Dinner Timetable

Year GroupBreak TimeLunch Time
Nursery11:30am
Reception10:00am-10:15am11:45am-12:30pm
Year 1 & 510:30am-10:45am12:15pm-1:00pm
Year 2 & 610:30am-10:45am12:30pm-1:15pm
Year 3 & 410:15am-10:30am12:00pm-12:45pm

What we’re proud of…

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Oracy

“The school has created an oracy rich environment, where voices are valued and listened to. Pupils are provided with significant opportunities to develop their oracy skills in every subject and in every lesson.”
– T&L Review
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Music

“Music is taught very effectively as pupils learn to play instruments and sing to a good standard. Music and singing play a large part in the school’s life. Pupils participate enthusiastically in making music and singing in special events at the school and in the local community. Pupils sing in tune and in harmony using three parts with good tonal quality.” – OFSTED
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Sports

Achieving the gold mark for Physical Education since 2018!
“The primary physical education and sport premium is spent very well. Pupils have benefited from access to a wide variety of after-school clubs, competitive events and special activities. As a result, increasingly more pupils participate in a wider range of sports” – OFSTED
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Curriculum

“The school’s aims are clear. They are committed to delivering a challenging and engaging curriculum, that is broad and balanced. The curriculum sequence is coherent and clear cross curricular links are made. Such links are further strengthened by the school’s additional ‘Building the Kingdom’ curriculum”
– T&L Review