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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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Today, we were delighted to welcome parents into school to share in a beautiful Celebration of the Word with our Year 6 children. Together we reflected on the story of The Woman at the Well and its message of acceptance, forgiveness and new beginnings.

It was wonderful to come together in prayer and reflection as a school community. Thank you to all the parents who joined us and helped make the celebration so special.

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🙏 Lent Stay and Pray 🙏

Thank you to Charlie and Leon in Year 5 who led us beautifully in our third Lenten Stay and Pray.

We reflected on the importance of showing love during Lent, using the example of Jesus.

Thank you to all children, staff and families who attended.

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📚Maths in Action! 📚

Year 4 and their big smiles, big thinking and big excitement in their maths lessons today! Our children have been loving their brand new maths textbooks and the buzz in the classroom has been incredible!

These textbooks are helping bring our maths learning to life. They support the choral reading we enjoy together during lessons and give every child a clear close up view of the maths we are exploring.

It is wonderful to see their confidence growing as they dive into new challenges and discoveries.
We cannot wait to keep using these amazing textbooks as our maths journey continues. 📚✏️🟰🤩

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This afternoon, our fantastic Year 6s completed their Music unit, “Songs of World War 2”, and what a journey it has been!
Throughout the unit, the children have been working hard to sing confidently together, learning to identify different pitches within an octave and exploring how harmonies work when voices are combined.

For their final performance, the children sang “White Cliffs of Dover”, beautifully accompanied by our very talented instrumentalists. It was wonderful to see the pupils supporting one another and performing with such confidence and musicality.

It was also lovely to see parents there to watch their children perform. Thank you for your continued support!
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A big thank you to our wonderful Mental Health Practitioner, Lucy, who delivered a fantastic workshop with our Year 6 children today on managing difficult emotions. 💬

The session gave the children valuable strategies to help them recognise and cope with challenging feelings, supporting their wellbeing as they continue to grow and learn. We are very grateful for Lucy’s time, care and expertise in helping our pupils develop these important life skills. 💙💛

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🌼 A Beautiful Act of Kindness 🌼

Scarlett, in Year 6, has decided to share daffodils with people around school to brighten their day and celebrate friendship. Such a simple, thoughtful gesture, yet it has brought so many smiles and moments of joy to our school community.

Through this kind act, Scarlett is truly living out our mission of “Learning to live out our calling with compassion and love.” By thinking of others and spreading happiness, she reminds us how powerful even the smallest acts of kindness can be.

We are so proud of the care and compassion shown by our pupils each day. Thank you, Scarlett, for bringing a little extra sunshine to St Mary’s. 🌼💛

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Thank you to our wonderful leadership team who represented us so beautifully at the Annual Civic Mass. They read the bidding prayers with clarity and confidence. It was wonderful to join with our parish and local community in prayer.

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Congratulations to our Pen Licence winners this week. Elliott and Julia have been working so hard to improve their presentation over the past few weeks. Keep up the hard work!

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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