Presentation made to prospective parents at our school Open Morning 13th November 2018

1. Welcome to
Marlow CE Infant School
A Christian family enriching lives,
encouraging growth, creating
possibilities.
Open Morning
Tuesday 13th November

2. Welcome
Sharon Reynolds
Head Teacher
Assistant Head Teachers
Vicki Burkitt Sarah Downing Sam Elliott
EYFS Lead SENCo KS1

3. Our Aims
In our school all are valued as individuals. We
do this by:
 Believing in everyone’s potential
 Providing challenging independent learning
opportunities
 Offering a rich, exciting and stimulating
environment
 Encouraging a love for learning
 Helping everyone take responsibility for their
own development
 Nurturing resilient learners

4. What we offer
 Dedicated and enthusiastic staff team
 High standard of teaching
 Exciting, inspiring and rich curriculum
 Stimulating learning environment
 Opportunity for children to achieve their full
potential
 Focus on the needs of the individual

5. Curriculum Philosophy
Curriculum aims to:
 promote curiosity
 create an enthusiasm and hunger for learning
 provide rich, exciting and meaningful learning with
events, activities, church and community links which
children will remember and talk about to others.

6. Curriculum Philosophy
Each curriculum topic:
 has storytelling at the centre
 learning in different areas of the curriculum is linked
to the story.
Enrichment:
 is planned and delivered in different forms
 provides a ‘hook’ to draw children into the topic
 gives children practical opportunities to explore and
embed new knowledge and skills.

7. Curriculum Philosophy
We are committed to nurturing children to follow their
interests and passions so that they are well equipped
to reach their full potential.
By so doing we aim to spark the interest of young
future writers, performers, readers, speakers,
mathematicians, scientists, engineers, historians,
geographers, artists, designers, musicians, Olympians,
cyber experts and astronauts.

8. Learning Environment
 Further improving the learning environment is
something that we have been working on as a
school community
 Constantly evolving and creating new facilities
and opportunities for the children to learn in.
 Outside Learning has become an increasingly
important part of curriculum

9. Learning Environment
 Transformation of the outside learning
environment was started last academic year with
a team of parent volunteers working to develop
our ‘Wild World’.

10. Whole School Events

11. Awards new and pending!
 Primary Science Quality Award
 Green Flag Award
 Artsmark
 Rights Respecting School

12. Extra Activities
 Harvest festival and
services to mark the
church year
 Visitors to school
 Visits into the local
environment or further
afield
 Performances for parents
 Theme days
 Environmental curriculum
 Creative events
 Extra curricular clubs

13. School clubs
 These vary but an example of what we are
able to offer with our external providers and
teachers:
~ Ballet (Marlow School of Dance) ~ Opposquad
~ Gardening Club ~ Multisports
~ Judo ~ Young Strikers
~ Computer coding ~ Fun Club
~ Football (First Soccer) ~ Gymnastics
~ Sandygate Stars (church run club) ~ Crafty Cooks
~ Flower pressing club ~ Recorders
~ Youth Moves with Jane Douglass ~ Playball

14. How we compare
End of KS1
Statutory
Assessments
2018
June 2018 School June 2018 National
Working at least the expected
standard
Working at least the
expected standard
% %
Reading 95 79
Writing 85 72
Maths 86 78
Science 93 86
Early Years Foundation Stage
% children achieving a Good Level of Development
School 78.3
National 72

15. The best thing about our school is…
‘The strong values focussing on kindness, sharing,
compassion and the hard work that all the teachers put in to
make it a loving and nurturing safe environment for infants’
‘The staff and their expertise and kindness. Knowing the
children are so well cared and are safe’
‘The constant development of the children’s environment
and the enthusiasm to constantly move forward’
‘The friendly, supportive environment’
‘The focus on nurture and holistic approach to learning
rather than focusing solely on academics. The inclusion
for everyone - it has a great atmosphere’
‘Standard of learning and support’
Source: Parent survey 2018

16. A Unique Package
 Marlow CE Infant School
Outstanding, March 2011
 Holy Trinity School
Outstanding, May 2013
“Pupils’ excellent social skills, their
outstanding behaviour, high attendance
and outstanding attainment prepare them
extremely well for the next stage of their
education.”

17. A Unique Package
 Strong Christian ethos and values
 3 years specialist infant education at
Sandygate
 4 years specialist junior education at Holy
Trinity
 High quality wrap around care provided by
Teatimers
 Our wonderful PFA
 Our committed team of Governors

18. PFA
 Active PFA which has funded so much in the
school
 Some of the events that are organised include:
~ Donut Days
~ Children designed Christmas cards
~ Summer Fayre
~ Brush party evenings
~ Circus
~ Quiz Night
~ School disco
~ Calendars
~ Christmas Bazaar – Saturday 24th November 11-2pm

19. Admissions policy
 School Website

20. Admissions Timeline
Application to
County
15.01.19
• Use online portal
• Submit address & other evidence
• Denominational preference form to SCHOOL
County send list of
applicants to school
01.03.19
• Governors rank list using criteria
• List returned to County
County send letters
to applicants
16.04.19
• School writes to those with places
• Those who didn’t get their first preference will
be automatically opted in to the waiting list

21. Catchment area

22. Catchment area
 Our catchment area remains the same
 Foxes Piece School and Burford School
each share part of our catchment area
 What does this mean?
◦ You have a choice of catchment school
◦ Put the school that you would like your child to
go to first – This is IMPORTANT
◦ If you do not get a place in our school and you
are in our catchment, you will be ranked within
the catchment of one of the other catchment
schools but only if you have listed them as a
preference

23. Allocation of Places
Category Description Places allocated
2016 2017 2018
EHCP naming the school 0 0 0
i Looked after children 1 1 2
ii Catchment area with exceptional social or medical needs 1 0 0
iii Catchment areas with a sibling on roll at Marlow C of E
Infant School or Holy Trinity Junior School at time of
application and on date of admission.
34 25 29
iv/vi Catchment area and denominational preference for a
Church of England School with supporting evidence
4 0 5
iv Catchment area 20 34 18
v Outside catchment with a sibling on roll at Marlow C of E
Infant School or Holy Trinity Junior School at time of
application and on date of admission.
0 0 3
vi Outside catchment with a denominational preference for
a Church of England School with supporting evidence
0 0 0
vii Other children 0 0 3

24. Once my child is offered a place…
 A letter of welcome from school
o Details of the transition process
• Nursery/Pre-school visits to the school (June)
• Parent presentation (June)
• Transition day (July)
• Home visits (September)
o Details of where to buy uniform
o Start date

25. The next step…
 Holy Trinity Junior School is our linked junior
school and children transfer at the end of Year 2
 The link between the schools is strong and
children are well prepared to make the transition
successfully
 Holy Trinity is able to provide outstanding junior
education
 Holy Trinity open afternoon today

26. Thank you
We look forward to a happy partnership in
your child's first year at school and beyond.