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SCHOOL REPORT East Allington Primary School
TOP FIVE FACTS: Number of pupils: 84 Members of teachers: 6 School motto: Active ,bold and caring Next school trip: Residential to the Raleigh Estate near Dartmouth Ofsted rating: Good
Address: Church Hill, East Allington. Tel: Tel: 01548 521305
www.eastallingtonprimary.org.uk
MEET THE HEAD TEACHER: Tom Pether
Tom Pether has been in charge for a year and a half. He lives in Plymouth and enjoys the hour commute which gives him time to plan the day ahead or process the day that’s been. He is a morning person, getting up at 6am each day and is in his office by 7.30. “If it were up to me we would start school earlier and finish at lunchtime. I think that would suit the children as well as we get the best out of them in the morning when they’re fresh.” He says he hopes others would describe him as a caring and relaxed head who tries to create the best learning atmosphere for the children. “I think there is a lot of nonsense and red tape connect- ed to teaching which we try and filter out here at East Allington. Teaching is about equipping children with the knowledge and skills they need and creating bold and caring young people, it’s not about reams of rules, regulations and paperwork.” He tries to get the children outdoors as much as possible, whether through forest school or just out into the village. “We are very lucky to be positioned right in the centre of East Allington with the church next door.
“I think there is a lot of nonsense and red tape connected to teaching which we try and filter out here at East Allington.”
I regularly take classes out to wander around the community and learn about their surround- ings. The younger ones like spotting shapes and numbers in the church.” Tom started teaching in 1994 as he “needed to get a job” but he has come to love the profession and one of the things he enjoys most is watching children from very different backgrounds interacting well. The small school is part of a Multi Academy Trust and Tom says this helps manage the finances. “If
we have a leak or part of the roof comes away, someone from the Academy sorts it out. Money is so tight in education at the moment. I think very few small schools would survive without joining a Trust.” The Parent Teacher Association also helps pay for IT equipment, stationary, books and playground games.
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