I joined the Gillingstool team in September 2019, having worked for over twenty years in schools across the South West. Over the past five years, I have felt very privileged to work alongside the staff, pupils and parents of such a wonderful school.

Gillingstool is such a special place in which every member of staff knows and cares for every child in the school. This compassionate ethos is promoted at all times and is recognised as a strength of Gillingstool by parents and visitors alike.

Within that caring ethos, we seek to maximise every child’s potential, by working together with parents to provide an education tailored for pupils' needs. We strive to ensure there is support where needed and challenge in every lesson to stretch the minds of all students. Across the curriculum, we will develop creativity, curiosity, initiative, independence and most importantly your child’s confidence and self-belief.

You will have numerous opportunities to participate in this by joining us for events in school and supporting your child with learning projects at home.

We endeavour to enrich the children’s learning through creative planning of unique experiences, educational trips, visitors to schools, imaginative programmes of learning and themed weeks.

At Gillingstool we aim to support our pupils in becoming happy, self-assured, creative, skilled, polite, respectful, caring human beings. The staff are excellent role models in how to communicate, care for and value others. In learning to live our school values the children understand how to extend this caring for themselves and each other, to the local community and the wider world.

I look forward to welcoming you to the Gillingstool Primary School community.

Mrs Caroline Carter | Headteacher

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At Gillingstool, inclusivity and wellbeing are at the heart of everything we do for our children.

In partnership with our parents, and the wider community, we provide a nurturing environment within a vibrant and caring school - inspiring our children’s passion for ambitious, life-long learning.

This is delivered through consistently high standards in teaching and learning; encouraging creative and curious minds.

By working together, with respect, enthusiasm and care towards all others, we at Gillingstool promote happiness, good behaviour, kindness and honesty.

Gillingstool Primary School: Values

Inclusivity

Ambition

Perservance

Curiosity

Creativity 

Kindness

We previously occupied the Victorian buildings on Gillingstool Road. Those buildings are now occupied by the Little Acorns Nursery, which is the main feeder nursery and pre-school to our school.

In 2010 Gillingstool Primary School moved into the new, award nominated, building on our spacious Gillingstool site, sharing the building with New Siblands Special Primary School.

You may notice that we have brought a little bit of history with us to our new school building – the original Victorian bell is now situated in our reception area and is also an integral part of our school emblem!

If you're searching for your next post, why not contact us now?

Even if we don't have a post now, we could do in the near future and we would love to contact you and tell you about it. You could be working at one of our great schools and become part of the Mosaic Partnership family. We are always interested to hear from those who find our ethos, approach to inclusivity and support of our staff fits with their idea of a great place to work. By joining our School Talent Pool we'll know you're interested in working here when a future vacancy occurs. Join our School Talent Pool now!

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As a group of twelve Church and Community Schools across South Gloucestershire and Wiltshire we want to formalise our collaborative model of working. We believe that as a family of schools forming a Trust we can achieve:

Deliberate and purposeful collaboration which strengthens and builds capacity at all levels.

A strong, highly skilled, and resilient trustee and governance structure which focuses on enabling and empowering people.

School environments where all children, particularly those that face disadvantage can flourish and where equality, diversity, inclusion, and belonging are front and centre.

Professional growth and development that creates cultures and communities of improvement.

A sense of civic duty underpinned by the Charitable status where we can benefit from sharing our learning but also learning from others.

Financial stability through robust systems and structures.

We are a strong family of schools that serve diverse communities including two of the most deprived wards in South Gloucestershire and schools that are faith based, rural and small. We would want to work alongside the Diocese, Local Authorities and Academy partners as the Trust grows and develops.

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