General Information

St. Mary’s School stands on an attractive 5½ acre site (see photograph above) below the North Downs .  It was purpose built as the local Church of England Junior School in 1963 and has been significantly extended and developed in recent years to meet the needs of our current children.

The accommodation includes a library, a special needs room, a music room and a computer suite. There is an assembly hall which is also used for indoor P.E lessons including gymnastics and dance. There is a full range of gymnastics equipment.  The children also eat lunch in the hall and they choose daily whether to buy a freshly cooked school dinner or to bring their own packed lunch.  The outdoor sports and play areas include 2 playgrounds, an adventure playground, a large outdoor swimming pool and grassed sports fields. We also have a new fully netted playground for ball sports with tennis and volley ball facilities.  All areas of the school have disabled access and there are also disabled toilet facilities.

St. Mary’s is a Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior School taking pupils in the age range 7 to 11 years.  We have capacity for 360 children on roll in 3 classes of 30 pupils in each of the four year groups. The majority come from three local infant schools.

At the end of Year 6 most of our children move on to Oxted School , although parents have the right to choose any secondary school.  We maintain close contact with Oxted School to promote continuity in our children's education.

THE AIMS OF THE SCHOOL

The staff and governors of St. Mary’s C of E Junior School aim to provide a secure, supportive and challenging Christian environment that will offer all children appropriate opportunities for growth and development, regardless of their race, gender, religion or ability.

To achieve this we:

·         Ensure that children develop numeracy, literacy and ICT skills that enable them to access the National Curriculum

·         Promote high standards of achievements

·         Promote healthy lifestyles

·         Extend children in their areas of strength; identify any areas of weakness and develop skills and strategies to address their needs

·         Encourage children to respect themselves and others and to value the positive contribution they make to school life, supported by a systematic framework of rewards and sanctions

·         Promote high standards of personal development so that children can take responsibility for their learning, becoming capable of achieving not only as individuals, but also in collaboration with their peers

·         Share expertise and skills by operating a collaborative and co-operative teaching approach

·         Use our professional skill to monitor and review children’s progress and achievement and to regularly report on it to parents

·         Positively welcome the involvement of parents and carers, working in a genuine partnership to enhance all aspects of school life

·         Work together with parents, carers and outside agencies to safeguard our pupils

 The ethos of our school is to encourage each individual to achieve their best and to celebrate this with them.