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SCHOOL REPORT Kingswear Primary School
TOP FIVE FACTS: Number of pupils: 63 Members of staff: 11 (including the cook & cleaner) School motto: Active ,bold and caring School motto: Putting the KING in Kingswear – kindness, independence, nurturing and growth
Address: Lower Contour Rd, Kingswear. Tel: 01803 752356
www.kingswearprimary.org.uk
School Pet: Goldfish – “Nicky John Farmer” Ofsted rating: Good
MEET THE HEAD TEACHER: Jess Alford
Jess Aford has been at Kingswear for 10 years and leading it for two. Her main aim is to create a happy atmosphere where children are relaxed and learn the confidence to take bold steps. “School is about getting our young people ready to live, work and take their place in the big wide world. We try to equip them with important life skills and teach them to be strong, motivated young people.” The school has a good 11+ success rate. This year three children passed and are off to grammar school in September. Last year they sent six. “Even though we are a small school we are feeding into six different secondary schools this year. Our pupils are incredibly brave as they are going from a small family school of 63 to huge secondaries sometimes with 1,500 pupils.” The school has a packed summer pro- gramme with a forest and beach residential, popular sports day and the famous London trip. Every June, pupils in their final year get to go to the capital for a couple of days. Jess admits it is a chance for them all to let their hair down and for teachers to say goodbye to the children they’ve watched grow over the past seven years. “It’s a wonderful opportunity for our children to see this country’s capital city and learn what it has to offer. The architecture, culture, music, food, art and famous landmarks; there’s so much for the children to absorb! Especially as some have never been outside Devon. I think it’s important they experience new sights, smells and tastes before they head to secondary school.” She says they
“We really do get some fantastic characters and amazing children at our school.
also learn a few life lessons along the way, as the children have to plan each journey using tube maps and have to manage their own budget for the three days. “When we visit restaurants if they want an expensive main then they can’t have a pudding. If they’ve had an ice cream that day they may not have enough for sweets - that’s all for them to work out.” They usually take a tour of the Houses of Parliament, go to a West End show and visit the Tower of London. So far, they’ve been lucky enough to bump into Chris Martin from Coldplay at a theatre production of Matilda, Nick
Clegg who was outside number 10 and one year they clocked David Cameron. After 10 years Jess is moving on from Kingswear and will take up a new position as assistant head at Buckfastleigh Primary in September,. She says she will be very sorry to say goodbye. “We really do get some fantastic characters and amazing children at our school. It’s been a pleasure to work with so many talented and driven teachers and watch the children grow into confident and happy young people. We may be a small school but we encourage our young people to think big. In the words of Edmund Blake ‘Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only little.”
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