Welcome to Hambridge Primary School and Little Levels Preschool!
Part of The Levels Academy Trust
Head of School Welcome
I am delighted to welcome you to Hambridge Primary School!
Our school is a place of happiness and achievement (and hard work!) so our pupils can be the best they can be in aspects of life. One of the many brilliant aspects of our school is the people within its community - the pupils, the parents, the staff and the wider community itself - and everyone has a real sense of belonging and purpose. Anyone is welcome to join the Hambridge family. We pride ourselves on the plethora of opportunities we offer our pupils in our supportive and happy environment which allows them to grow into independent, confident and determined young individuals.
The school itself is set in the beautiful Somerset Levels, between Langport and Ilminster, with Yeovil and Taunton further afield. We have expansive fields and also share the neighbouring village hall.
Please do feel free to look around our website and/or visit our facebook page to see what we can offer or, alternatively, give us a call and let us show you around.
Nichola Chesterton
Head of School
Our school is a place of happiness and achievement (and hard work!) so our pupils can be the best they can be in aspects of life. One of the many brilliant aspects of our school is the people within its community - the pupils, the parents, the staff and the wider community itself - and everyone has a real sense of belonging and purpose. Anyone is welcome to join the Hambridge family. We pride ourselves on the plethora of opportunities we offer our pupils in our supportive and happy environment which allows them to grow into independent, confident and determined young individuals.
The school itself is set in the beautiful Somerset Levels, between Langport and Ilminster, with Yeovil and Taunton further afield. We have expansive fields and also share the neighbouring village hall.
Please do feel free to look around our website and/or visit our facebook page to see what we can offer or, alternatively, give us a call and let us show you around.
Nichola Chesterton
Head of School
Executive Principal Welcome
At The Levels Academy Trust we are passionate about making a difference to the lives of all our children. They are at the heart of everything we do and we strive to inspire learners and change their lives, as a result of our vibrant and personalised educational provision. We want all our schools to be the best they can be and for each child to discover the skills, abilities, talents and interests that lie within them.
We are privileged to have Huish Episcopi Primary School, Hambridge Primary School and Middlezoy and Othery Primary Schools presently within The Levels Academy Trust. We are building a family of schools who are prepared to truly collaborate. The schools have a desire to question, change and innovate to ensure that what they provide enables our children to become successful learners, confident individuals and responsible citizens.
We believe in the power of partnership, enabling us to ensure more children receive an exceptional education. Our member schools know the transformational impact it can have from experience. We all share the ultimate goal of driving high educational standards through the provision of outstanding teaching, leadership and learning for all.
At the same time, we recognise the importance for schools to retain and promote their individual identity and we endorse earned autonomy across the Trust. Every school has its own context and challenges. This is why we encourage our member schools to lead and manage in a way that preserves their individual identity and responds to the specific needs of their children and community.
Our leaders focus on offering the children a broad and balanced curriculum, on pupil progress and attainment and regularly share knowledge, insight and experience. We ensure that there is plenty of opportunity for all the staff to work in partnership, share best practice, share resources and attend shared INSET and Continuing Professional Development.
The combination of autonomy and collaboration across key areas of leadership and management, underpinned by shared vision, values and best practice is what makes The Levels Academy Trust unique.
If you would like to find out further information about The Levels Academy Trust please visit our website.
Heather Barraclough
Executive Principal
We are privileged to have Huish Episcopi Primary School, Hambridge Primary School and Middlezoy and Othery Primary Schools presently within The Levels Academy Trust. We are building a family of schools who are prepared to truly collaborate. The schools have a desire to question, change and innovate to ensure that what they provide enables our children to become successful learners, confident individuals and responsible citizens.
We believe in the power of partnership, enabling us to ensure more children receive an exceptional education. Our member schools know the transformational impact it can have from experience. We all share the ultimate goal of driving high educational standards through the provision of outstanding teaching, leadership and learning for all.
At the same time, we recognise the importance for schools to retain and promote their individual identity and we endorse earned autonomy across the Trust. Every school has its own context and challenges. This is why we encourage our member schools to lead and manage in a way that preserves their individual identity and responds to the specific needs of their children and community.
Our leaders focus on offering the children a broad and balanced curriculum, on pupil progress and attainment and regularly share knowledge, insight and experience. We ensure that there is plenty of opportunity for all the staff to work in partnership, share best practice, share resources and attend shared INSET and Continuing Professional Development.
The combination of autonomy and collaboration across key areas of leadership and management, underpinned by shared vision, values and best practice is what makes The Levels Academy Trust unique.
If you would like to find out further information about The Levels Academy Trust please visit our website.
Heather Barraclough
Executive Principal
Ethos Statement and Values
The school's mission statement is 'being the best we can be'. We believe that everyone is truly gifted at something and that our role is to provide as many experiences and opportunites for our children as possible, so that they can find their talents and realise their strengths, leading them to accept their weaknesses and be prepared to work at them.
Our school ethos is quite simple...based upon the acronym of HAMBRIDGE, so that it is easy for all of the school community to remember. It was rewritten in late 2004 by all of the school community:
Our school ethos is quite simple...based upon the acronym of HAMBRIDGE, so that it is easy for all of the school community to remember. It was rewritten in late 2004 by all of the school community:
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A Classroom Outside of the Classroom
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Education has changed since the school’s beginning; we are very proud of our inclusive and broad curriculum. Our children achieve very well, as our data shows, but we see children’s education as much more than purely academic. We run extensive off-site trips, Skype sessions to a school in Lesotho, hold charity events and community cooking clubs. We also run Hambridge University – our weekly small group sessions in Life Skills.
The school also invests strongly in staff, so that we can support the needs of all pupils, whatever the may be. And while we support children in their educational and emotional needs, we also instil in pupils the life skills of self reliability, independence and responsibility, as well as team-work. We are also proud of our sporting achievements. Our school teams perform well locally and regionally in basketball, cross country, netball and football, amongst others. Also, we have a thriving music department, including strong and successful choirs, as well as music lessons in keyboard, flute, drumming and other instruments.To support all this we also offer childcare between 8.00 and 5.30 every school day. Children are also encouraged to attend our broad range of after school clubs. |
School Classes
The school is currently arranged in 5 classes. Key Stage 1 consists of Class 1 (Reception and Year 1) and Class 2 (Years 1 and 2). Key Stage 2 is arranged into Class 3 (Years 3 and 4) Class 4 (Years 4 and 5) and Class 5 (Year 6)
Additionally there is some flexibility in Numeracy lessons, with some children visiting other classes for the numeracy lessons, with an additional numeracy class for some year 6 pupils. We find that this approach works well in progressing children of all abilities at their own pace.
Additionally there is some flexibility in Numeracy lessons, with some children visiting other classes for the numeracy lessons, with an additional numeracy class for some year 6 pupils. We find that this approach works well in progressing children of all abilities at their own pace.
