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School Profile
Kirmington C of E Primary School
School Profile published in 2006
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Kirmington C of E Primary School
Kirmington, High Street
Ulceby, North Lincolnshire, DN39 6YP
Telephone: 01652 688451
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| Children's Service Authority:
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North Lincolnshire
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| Age range:
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4 to 11 |
Number of pupils: |
30 |
Head teacher: |
Mrs E. Lockwood |
Chair of governors: |
Mrs J. Deans |
What have been our successes this year?
We have had successes in many differnt areas.
Our Sensory Garden is now complete and is in keeping with what was asked for by the School Council. A new Library has been installed and a lending library runs three times a week.
We have achieved the Healthy School Award and have taken part in a pilot scheme for the Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning (SEAL)which proved very successful with the older children.We have taken part in Jump Rope For Heart, a sponsored skip for the British Heart Foundation and run another very successful football tournament.
Our Choir took part in the Junior Singing Festival, Out of Africa, and there have been successful visits by two theatre groups. There was an excellent Christmas production and Christingle Service.
Our Nursery has become firmly established and the Infant staff have made home visits.
Our C of E inspection was good and the OFSTED inspection deemed us to be satisfactory with elements of good.
Parents have raised hundreds of pounds for the school.
What are we trying to improve?
We are continuing to work at improving writing across the school. It will remain a priority on the School Improvement Plan for the coming year.
We are also developing our assessment and target setting process. We intend that each child will be much more aware of their targets, which will be discussed more regularly, so each child will know what they have to do to improve their work. Advisors from the Local Education Authority will also be on hand to advise in this area to insure that parents will be informed of the progress their children are making and what they need to do to improve.
We will continue to monitor standards but more rigorously. Each child's progress will be tracked and where children are not making the required progress we will develop special programs of study for support.
These areas for improvement were already being addressed prior to OFSTED therefore I am confident that each child will recieve a rigorous and challenging education which caters for their needs.
How have our results changed over time?
Because we are a very small school, with small cohorts of children in each year group, it is difficult to see a trend over time.
We are not required to publish results of Key Stage 1 or Key Stage 2 SATs to preserve the anonimity of the children taking these tests.
How are we making sure we are meeting the learning needs of individual pupils?
The teachers use a variety of teaching styles so as to accommodate the learning needs of each pupil. Because we are a small school we are well able to cater to the needs of every child.
We currently set broad targets on a twice yearly basis, which are discussed with the children. These targets are kept on the inside cover of Maths and English books.
At the beginning of a topic children are given an outline of what is going to be studied. In subsequent lessons children are informed what the expectations are for that lesson. In writing, for example, children who have been learning about speech marks will be told that is what the teacher will be looking for in their story writing. These expectations vary according to the age and ability of each child.
When marking children's work, teachers often indicate what the child needs to do next to improve their work. Children then have a clear understanding of what is expected in future lessons.
We appreciate that targets may need to be set on a more regular basis and parents to be kept more closely informed of what these targets are. Our intention is to address this from September when pupils will receive new targets every half term.
How do we make sure our pupils are healthy, safe and well-supported?
Every pupil receives two hours a week of PE. Activities include games, swimming, gymnastics and dance. Children warm up and cool down before and after exercise.
We promote healthy eating.
School dinners and menus are monitored and concerns are passed onto our school dinner provider. Parents are encouraged are asked to consider healthy options for packed lunches. Parents have happily supported us in this.
We follow national guidelines for teaching sex and relationship education to children in Year 2, and the junior children. Year 6 are taught by the school nurse and other agencies.
In Personal, Health, Social Education and Citizenship children have the opportunity to talk about their own feeling and concerns.
We have awards to encourage the children in different aspects of school life.
What activities are available to pupils?
We run a variety of after school clubs, football, singing, craft, cooking are ones that run every year but we also offer other clubs such as rugby, drama and booster clubs for Year 6 when staff are available.
We encourage all the children to take part in the performances at Christmas and at the end of the summer term. Children are involved in acting and singing and some children have solo parts.
Our football team plays against local schools and represent our school in the Kirmington C.E Primary School Village Schools' Football Tournament.
We are part of the peri-music service and children have the opportunity to play a variety of instruments such as clarinet or violin.
Year six children have the opportunity to take part in Cycling Proficiency and the Year 3 children learn Pedestrian Skills.
How are we working with parents and the community?
We have an open door policy and parents are welcome to come and discuss their child's progress or any matter of concern.
We keep parents informed of their child's progress at termly Parents' Evenings and other consultations when necessary. We discuss what the children need to do to improve at these meetings and targets are given in the Autumn term. These are shared with parents.
A questionnaire is given out annually and parents were consulted before the Travel Plan was drawn up. We value our parental input. We have close links with the local church and our Harvest and Christmas services have become community events. Harvest gifts are distributed to the pensioners in the village.
The Parish Council have supported us in our annual football Tournament by allowing us to use the playing field.
What have pupils told us about the school, and what have we done as a result?
We have an active School Council which is elected every year. Also on the Council is a parent member, a teacher and other staff member. The council meets, on average, once a half term.
It was the School Council who made suggestions and helped to draw preliminary plans for the Sensory Garden. The council brought up the matter of the juniors not having drinks in the classroom. Monitors now give out drinks after playtime. The council was given an amount of money to buy equipment for playtimes.
Each year the children fill in a questionnaire saying what they enjoy in school and changes they would like to see. A craft club was started for Y1 to Y6 children after the completion of this questionnaire.
Children discussed school rules. Their suggestions were incorporated into our Behaviour Policy.
What do our pupils do after leaving this school?
Because our children come from a wide area there is not one Secodary school which we predominately feed into.
Children have gone to both Brigg schools, Vale of Ancholme, and Sir John Nelthorpe as well as Caistor Yarborough and Caistor Grammar Schools. Children have also gone to The Immingham School. All these schools work closely with us to make the transition from Primary to Secondary education as easy as possible.
For the past three years we have had children take place at the Gifted and Talented Summer School organised by John Leggot. This has proved very popular with those children who attended.
What have we done in response to Ofsted?
We have adopted a more rigorous monitoring system and will be setting children's targets on a half termly basis. Parents are to be kept informed through our termly Parent's Evenings and new Assessment Book which will be sent home every half term. This book will indicate what level the child is working at and what they need to do to progress.
The Governing Body has suggested that a supply teacher be bought in to give time to monitor lessons and individual children's progress. This system will start later in the Autumn term.
Writing continues to be one of the main priorities on our School Improvement Plan. Our new Key Stage two teacher has been a leading Literacy Teacher in her previous Authority and has a wealth of experience teaching writing and drawing the very best from the children. She has taken on the role of Literacy Coordinator and is now implementing her strategies to improve writing skills.
More Information
If you would like more information about school policies, including our policies on special educational needs and disability, admissions, finance, school food and our complaints procedure, please contact us:
By telephone: 01652 688451
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