On behalf of the children, staff and governors, I welcome you to St Bartholomew's C of E Primary School.

We are a very large church school, which bases its ethos and vision on Christian values. We value the contribution that everyone makes to school life, placing great importance on creating fulfilled and happy people.

Our school’s Christian vision represents all that we strive for:

‘We believe we will flourish in God’s family, we can all achieve, we respect everyone, together we support each other and as part of God’s family we will support everyone to succeed’ Luke 4:18

We have high expectations of all children both socially and academically. We aim to provide young people with the experiences they need to develop into successful learners; confident individuals and compassionate citizens of God's family.

It is our aim that at the end of their years' at St Bartholomew’s, all children will have a sense of achievement and fulfilment as a result of their experiences here and will leave us ready for the next adventure at high school.

We strive to improve the outcomes for all our children St Bartholomew’s and I am looking forward to continuing the journey we have been on since April 2019.

We are a good school and I am extremely proud of what we represent and am fortunate to lead this amazing school.

The governors, teachers, support staff and all stakeholders are dedicated to providing the best possible broad and balanced education for your child and we work enthusiastically to achieve this.

I hope that your child will be very happy with us and I hope we can work together to ensure they achieve their best.

Jane Wainwright, Headteacher

Our aims are:

• To provide a safe, secure, happy and stimulating environment.
• To ensure a high quality education for all our children.
• To support the children’s personal and cultural development and prepare them for life.

To achieve these aims the head teacher, staff and governors have agreed the following:

• To promote a sense of belonging to our school and the local community.
• To make the children feel accepted and valued; to meet the children’s individual needs and to promote confidence, initiative and self-esteem.
• To help children towards a tolerant understanding of their own and other cultures.
• To foster an enjoyment of books.
• To plan, deliver and monitor the learning and teaching of the curriculum.
• To help children to think logically and creatively, to develop lively enquiring minds through active learning situations.
• To promote all aspects of health and safety.
• To encourage the children to acquire a set of moral and spiritual values and develop self-discipline and acceptable behaviour.
• To introduce the children to new technologies which will become an increasing part of their lives.

Elements of British values (such as democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance for one another) form an integral part of our school aims, as outlined in our Promoting British Values Policy.

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.