11th February 2016

We were delighted to receive a letter from Sam Gyimah, MP (Parliamentary Secretary of State for Childcare and Education) to inform us that we have received a local award in the key stage 2 category of the Pupil Premium Awards 2016. The letter explained that the reason we have been selected is that we are one of the high...

9th February 2015

18th November 2014

The Tameside and Glossop Children's Nutrition Team have been in school recently to assess our food and nutrition provision and complete an initial assessment.  Their report found the following good practices: The school has a Nutrition Champion Healthy Eating is actively promoted as part of our Curriculum provision Fruit is available to KS1 at morning break and is the only snack permitted...

5th September 2014

If your child will be 4 before 1 September 2015 You should put your child's name down at any Tameside Primary School During October, the school will send you the information you will need to make your application. As with all Tameside schools, if your child attends St. Mary's Nursery, this will not secure them a place in Reception.  You will need...

21st July 2014

Thank you for supporting our attendance and punctuality policies during 2013 - 2014 and ensuring your child is at school every day on time.  Our whole school attendance figure for 2013 - 2014 is 96.85% which is excellent.  We have also achieved our absence target for this year. Our target was 3.6% absenteeism, our actual level of absenteeism was...

14th May 2014

The government has announced that, from September 2014, all state funded infant school children (ie those in reception, year 1 and year 2) will receive a free school lunch. The School Food Plan (www.schoolfoodplan.com) has presented evidence that universal free school meals leads to positive improvements in health and attainment and helps families with the cost of living. We have recently...

6th May 2014

For some children, bullying can be a real concern and we want to make sure that we are doing all we can to keep your child safe in school.  This means we need you to help us to find out if your child has or is being bullied in school.  We are sending out a questionnaire to all parents...

5th January 2014

Happy New Year to all our families. Spring term starts on Monday 6th January at 8.55am.

4th December 2013

We are very proud of our high attendance figures which we have now maintained for a number of years.  We are similarly proud of our good levels of punctuality.  These figures are the result of effective policies to promote good attendance and punctuality which are fully supported by the vast majority of our parents. Whilst we understand that everyone can...

4th December 2013

No doubt parents are acutely aware that the current building work at the end of Kynder Street has compounded an already difficult car parking and congestion situation.  Clearly, this has had a negative impact on yourselves, the children, residents, school staff and the parish community.  I have spoken to the Council and the police about the matter.  They council...