Parish Church of England Primary School

Our school is part of the Aquinas Multi Academy Trust, a group of schools that share a similar educational vision and values and who work together to enable each child to realise his or her potential within the context of a caring Christian community. As a church school we endeavour to teach our children about the Christian faith through our Acts of Collective Worship and through the way we live and work together. God is at the heart of our school life as we focus on our core values of integrity, honesty, respect, generosity, trust and care.

At Parish we believe that is important that children receive a broad and enriching curriculum, which prepares them for the next phase of their education, and we continue to strive to achieve this. Whilst standards in Numeracy and Literacy are important, we encourage children to learn about the wider world through our curriculum and enable them to enjoy a range of musical and sporting activities both during the day and through after school clubs. We value each and every talent and skill not just of the pupils but also of all of our staff, and we seek to nurture and develop every individual.

Parish Church of England Primary School seeks to serve its community by providing excellent and creative education in a Christian setting. Believing that all people are created and loved by God, Parish School has a real and deep concern for each individual, rooted in an ethos, which welcomes and affirms. All are to feel valued and each pupil is to have the very best chance of personal and educational development.

Learning and teaching is to be of the highest quality and personalised in order to meet individual needs. This will lead to excellent standards of achievement and the opportunity for each pupil to realise her or his learning potential. Parish School pupils will become confident, independent and happy lifelong learners who take responsibility for their choices in a diverse and rapidly changing world.

The curriculum we offer our pupils is varied, rich and relevant. It promotes the spiritual, moral, cultural, mental and physical development of pupils at the school and prepares them for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of later life. The curriculum consists of all the planned activities which promote learning and development. It includes not only the formal requirements of the National Curriculum, but also the range of extra-curricular activities that the school organises in order to enrich the experiences of the children.