Welcome to ‘The School On The Hill’
Information About Our School:
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 and 4:30pm on a Friday.
We also have a holiday club on site, operated by Fleetwood Town Community Trust, who we have strong links with. Fleetwood Town also operate extra-curricular sports clubs in our school each week and support learning in the curriculum through the year.
We teach the Early Years Framework and the National Curriculum so that the children learn foundational 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 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 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 enhanced learning opportunities, workshops and experiences that are all part of the excellent education children receive here.
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.
What are the strengths of our school?
- Strong positive relationships
- Outstanding enrichment opportunities
- A caring, nurturing Christian ethos
- A commitment to wanting to help every child be the best they possibly can - socially, emotionally, physically and academically
- A strong emphasis on positive mental health and well-being