Welcome to ‘The School On The Hill’
Welcome to Preesall Fleetwood’s Charity C of E Primary School and thank you for taking the time to look at our website!
Our school is sited on the top of Preesall Hill, looking across Morecambe Bay towards The Lake District and Bowland Fells. Local children have been coming here for over 300 years, since Richard Fleetwood’s legacy built the school in 1695.
Whilst we do have a very significant history, our school’s work is all about giving children a broad and balanced education which enables them to meet their own unique personal goals as well as achieve academically to the best of their ability.
We are proud to be a flourishing Church of England Primary School! Our work is underpinned by core Christian Values which enable the children to grow socially, morally, culturally and spiritually as well as helping them to feel part of, and contribute towards, our local community and the wider world.
We are lucky to have an exceptional outdoor learning environment which includes a large sports field with an orchard; a nature area; a thriving school garden where we grow a plethora of different fruits and vegetables; well-resourced Early Years outdoor play areas and an outstanding on-site, mature woodland where we deliver Forest School activities. As you can imagine - outdoor learning plays a central part in everything we do as we recognise how many children learn better, not only in the outdoors but when they are active and 'hands-on'.
We teach the National Curriculum so that the children learn key skills and knowledge through an ambitious curriculum and we aim to do that in a way that inspires our pupils and gives them the self-confidence to know that they can succeed in school and beyond. We also go a long way beyond the usual school curriculum; if you explore this website you will see examples of active, exciting learning, of Forest School activities, of community links and of lots of experiences such as dancing, acting, singing, art and sport that are all part of the excellent education children receive here.
Our school day starts at 9am and ends at 3:30pm, meaning children attend for 32.5 hours per week. We have a Breakfast Club that is available from 7:30am and an After School Club that is available until 5:30pm, each day.
We also have a holiday club on site, operated by Fleetwood Town Community Trust and we run an Early Years holiday club for pupils aged 3-5, alongside it.
As a relatively small school, children often learn alongside older or younger classmates, which helps to build their social skills. It also means that there is a strong support network for children as staff know children well across school. We have developed this support and now have eight ‘family groups’ named after woodland creatures – each family group is made up of children from every class, who get to know each other, eat together and do activities together, so that all our children know others beyond their usual classes.
If you are a parent looking for a school for your child that is both successful academically as well as supportive and nurturing towards children as individuals please get in touch to arrange a visit to see our school in action.
Victoria Gladwin
Headteacher
Please contact the school on 01253 810324 or bursar@fleetwoods.lancs.sch.uk if you have any queries relating to school and Miss Brakewell or Mrs Shipway, who work in the office, will be happy to help.
If you have an enquiry for our SENCO, please contact Mrs Potter mpotter@fleetwoods.lancs.sch.uk