From Little Acorns Great Oaks Grow

St Katharine’s is s small rural primary school that values the contribution made by every member of our school community.

Honesty | Effort | Respect | Friendship

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Is your child due to start school in September 2024?

If you would like a tour of the school with Ms Jones (Principal) please contact the school office (admin@stkatharines.excalibur.org.uk, 01672 870492). We would be delighted to show you around our wonderful school!

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‘though it is the smallest of seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of plants and becomes a tree, so that birds come and perch in its shade’

Mark 4 (30-33)

Latest News

Courageous Advocacy – making a difference

October 16, 2023 by Niki Jones

We are always so proud to see our learners take their courageous advocacy into the real world. Theo held a cake sale …

We were blown away by Oak Class Windmills this week!

October 16, 2023 by Niki Jones

Oak class have been making windmills. They have been learning to identify some features that would appeal to the client …

Open Morning

September 21, 2023 by Niki Jones

We are holding an Open Morning on Tuesday 17th October, at 9:30 – 11:30, for anyone that would like to see our …

We are a Forest School

St Katharine’s is a small Church of England primary school set in the beautiful and unique location of Savernake Forest. The Forest School programme enables children to fulfil curriculum learning in the outdoor environment.

Welcome message from the Head Teacher

Our school prides itself on the warm and nurturing relationships that it fosters, within a Christian ethos, amongst all its stakeholders. Children are known as individuals and it is our aim not to determine children’s potential but to enable our children to see their potential as unlimited.

What our parents are saying

Both of our children have flourished at St Katharine’s. Their different personalities and interests understood and encouraged in a way that supported and enthused them. The staff are fully invested in the school and in the pupils and are keen for the children to develop and fulfil their own potential. The school is small enough to have a caring and nurturing environment, but ambitious for all pupils to embrace all possibilities and opportunities.

The unique and frankly glorious location is something that makes the school stand out. It is something that the school is well are aware of and they use their surroundings to further enrich the school life.

We will miss the school when we are no longer part of its special environment.

Parent Feedback – Summer 2023

A Creative Curriculum

Curriculum development and pedagogy are continually evolving. It is now recognised that a full and rich curriculum, designed to ensure that new learning builds on what has previously been taught, is central to strong curriculum models that promote excellent outcomes for children. At St Katharine’s we are proud to be a reflective organisation that strives to build our practice around strong evidence based research.

We are keen to identify best-practice in the education sector and from the many partners that we work with and adapt that practice to fit our school and the learners that we have here.

In September 2019 we identified a need for a full review of our existing curriculum. This work and the progress towards it are recorded in our Academy Improvement Plan.

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