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About Us
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School Times
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Term Dates
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How to Find Us
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Admission Arrangements
1. About Us
Our last Ofsted report stated that 'The school's care for its pupils is very good. Its partnership with parents is good which enhances pupils' education. Links with the community are very good. Parents support the school strongly and view it positively. Pupils are now proud of their school and respect their teachers. Pupils' personal qualities, including their spiritual, moral, social and cultural development, are good.'
Please click here for our last OFSTED report.
Please click here for our school profile which includes details of our academic performance.
Our primary school was built in 1974 and is typical, in basic design, of a school from this era. The teaching areas are currently arranged into six classes. Between classes are large shared areas in which practical activities, such as art, are conducted. Currently we are modernising our internal areas and have recently completed the work on our dedicated ICT suite. Each classroom also now has an interactive whiteboard. We are creating much larger classroom areas and providing our children with a more attractive, stimulating and useful environment. The school is sited in quiet, beautiful grounds. We have three playgrounds and a large field, plus numerous smaller areas of grass.
At present, children enter our school nursery as three year olds and leave for their secondary education at the age of eleven. There are approximately 160 children on roll each year. We admit approximately 25 'rising five' children each year from Dartmouth and the surrounding villages.
We are very fortunate to have a Nursery attached to the school. This class is known as Foundation 1 and has 26 half-time places. A teacher, a nursery nurse and a teaching assistant staff Foundation 1.
2. School times
Foundation 1 (Nursery)
Morning Session 1 9.05 - 11.00am
Break 11.00 - 11.15am
Morning Session 2 11.15 - 11.45am
Main School
Foundation 2 / KS1 KS2
Morning Session 1 9.00 - 10.35am 9.00 - 10.35am
Break 10.35 - 10.55am 10.35 - 10.55am
Morning Session 2 11.00 - 12 noon 11.00 - 12.10pm
Lunch 12.00 - 1.00pm 12.10 - 1.00pm
Afternoon Session 3 1.00 - 2.30pm 1.00 - 3.15pm
KS1 Break 2.30 - 2.45pm
Afternoon Session 4 2.45 - 3.15pm
3. Term Dates
Term dates for 2007/2008 and 2008/2009 are attached as word documents at the foot of this page.
4. How to Find Us
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5. Admission Arrangements
Nursery
Children are taken into the Nursery from the beginning of the term after their third birthday at the earliest. An admission panel considers applications around the half term prior to admission.
We try to ensure that all children whose parents request a place spend at least two terms in the Nursery. Three-year-old children usually attend the nursery for two or three sessions a week.
Application forms are available from the school.
The Main School
The planned admission arrangement for the school is 30 per year group. Should there be more applications for places than places available, priority is given to children living within the designated area of the school. Children are admitted into school either in September or January according to their date of birth.
Prior to children starting school, induction visits and home visits are arranged to familiarise the children with the school and to provide an opportunity for them to meet their teacher.
Registering your child at the school
It helps the school with forward planning if 'Application for Admission' forms are returned to the school at least a year before your child is due to start. These forms can be obtained from the school office.
Parents who wish to visit the school are positively encouraged and should contact the school to arrange a mutually convenient time.