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  • HMI Visit - September 2023

    Fri 03 Nov 2023

    In September 2023, our school was visited by Kirsty Norbury, His Majesty's Inspector, from OFSTED to monitor our school's progress and development since the last inspection.

     

    It was an extremely positive visit and it was judged that our school has met all of the improvement targets set by OFSTED in May 2022 in just 14 months.

     

    The final report was published at the end of October 2023 and can be accessed here.

  • October Half Term Food support

    Thu 22 Sep 2022

    The city council is again working with Samworth Brothers to support families with food over the October half term.  There will be six pop up venues across the city that will give parents of free school meal children and those needing additional support, the opportunity to collect food for the half term.

    This is open to families who meet the following criteria

     

    • receive benefits-related free school meals
    • who are in full time school (4 to 16 years)
    • live in Leicester City or attend a city school if they live outside of Leicester
    • those families needing additional support i.e. vulnerable children

    Please use the link below to register

    https://consultations.leicester.gov.uk/edu/cb6d3fbc/

     

     

  • Year 5 Bikeability!

    Mon 23 May 2022

    Congratulations to our Year 5 who have just completed the two-week Bikeability programme!

    As well as learning about basic skills for keeping their bikes in good condition, the children have learnt about reading road signs and markings and how to keep themselves safe when cycling on busy roads.

    The children who completed the programme were awarded a special certificate in assembly!

    Happy cycling!

  • Good Luck, Girls!

    Tue 17 May 2022

    Our Girls' Football team recently won a Leicester football tournament and earned the right to represent Leicester City Football Club at a national tournament being held at Vicarage Road, the home of Watford FC today.

    The girls met up at the King Power Stadium at 5.00am this morning for the journey to Watford!

    Not only are they representing our school, but also Leicester City Football Club itself!

    Good luck, girls, we are all really proud of you!

  • World Book Day 2022!

    Mon 07 Mar 2022

    As part of our World Book Day 2022 celebrations in school, we held a 'Decorate Your Classroom Door' competition! Each class chose a favourite book as their inspiration!

     

    Congratulations to the FS1 Nursery Toucans Class who won the competition with their amazing Dinosaur Door!

    The Year 1 Hummingbirds were runners-up with their Goldilocks Door!

     

    All the doors around school look fantastic!

  • Secondary School Applications

    Mon 11 Oct 2021

    We would like to remind parents and families of children in Year 6 that the deadline for applying for secondary school is the 31st OCTOBER 2021.

     

    Please contact our school office if you need help or have questions about applying for secondary school.

  • Low Carbon Lunch!

    Fri 24 Sep 2021

    On Wednesday 29th September 2021, our school will be taking part in Leicester City Catering's 'Low Carbon Lunch', designed to promote sustainable food sources and local produce.

  • Year 1 Nest Building!

    Mon 20 Sep 2021

    Year 1 have been very busy as part of their curriculum topic work building nests! The birds are very lucky to have such amazing nests!

  • Woodland Trust Videos

    Fri 16 Oct 2020

    Last year, our School Council took part in a project with the Woodland Trust to plant over 300 trees in our school grounds.

     

    Videos containing footage filmed at our school can be found by clicking on the links here:

     

    VIDEO 1

    VIDEO 2

    VIDEO 3

     

    Well done to Mr Perry and all the members of the School Council!

  • Sustrans Parent Survey

    Thu 04 Jun 2020

    Sustrans, who have been working with us to promote healthy ways of travelling to school, are currently holding a survey for parents with the chance of winning a bike to the value of £400!

     

    The survey can be completed by clicking here.

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