Gillshill Primary School is an extremely popular and highly oversubscribed school where children, staff, parents and governors have high aspirations, work happily together to achieve high academic, creative and social standards and value the important shared experiences of childhood. We provide a 39 place Nursery, EYFS1, setting to accommodate 3-4-year-olds.

Our school is very proud of its links with the community and our open-door policy.

We welcome all parents and visitors to our school to share our learning journey. We are very keen to engage with all members of our school community and pride ourselves on our positive relationships. Our children are at the heart of everything we do.

Our main aim is to provide all our pupils with a broad, balanced, well-planned curriculum, developing the whole child through a range of interesting and exciting activities. Pupils will have access to a rich variety of first-hand experiences and the opportunities to participate in many visits.

It is our mission to ensure that every child, who attends Gillshill Primary School, has a very exciting childhood and leaves our school with many happy memories of their wonderful experiences during their primary journey.

Miss S Brummitt

Executive Headteacher

Mrs C Dawson

Head of School

“Our vision is to give children the knowledge, skills and confidence so that they are able to flourish and succeed in the world in which they live.”

We want our children to leave Gillshill with happy memories of their wonderful experiences, a thirst for knowledge and a confidence to embrace the possibilities that are open to them in their next stage of learning.

We believe that our children deserve the very best and want to provide them with diverse curricular, and extra-curricular, first-hand experiences. To achieve this, we have built our curriculum around our 4 core values:

Care

• Providing opportunities which are memorable and inspirational.
• Celebrating success, no matter how small.
• Ensuring everybody feels safe, confident and supported in their learning.
• Showing compassion and kindness.
• Having the opportunity to share worries, thoughts and feelings.

Respect

• Treating members of our community as you would like people to treat you.
• Valuing difference across the school community.
• Looking after the environment, both in the school and wider world.
• Creating a positive learning environment and value the achievements of others.
• Showing consideration towards others at all times.

Believe & Achieve

• Being ambitious and putting no limit on your learning.
• Completing all activities to the best of your ability.
• Showing resilience when things get tough.
• Taking responsibility for your own learning both within and beyond the school.

If you're searching for your next post, why not contact us now? You'll be working at a great school and be part of a friendly, helpful team. We're always interested to hear from enthusiastic, committed teachers - send us your CV now via our School Talent Pool and say what sort of role you're looking for. By joining our School Talent Pool we'll know you're interested in working here when a future vacancy occurs.

Horizon Academy Trust is a primary-only academy chain and accredited sponsor. The Trust was created to facilitate a strong working partnership between schools with a clear focus on achieving excellent standards for all of its pupils.

At Horizon we strive to improve outcomes for young people within our unique location, which covers coastal, rural and urban schools.