Dolton VA Primary School Prospectus 2008

Some important addresses

Governing Body

School Aims

We aim to:

Admissions

Members of Staff

School Organisation

Tigers:

Pandas:

Dolphins:

Secondary Transfer

The School Day -morning session

The School Day - afternoon session

School Meals:

School Curriculum

Some important addresses

The Director of Education, Arts and Libraries,

 

County Hall,

 

Topsham Road, Exeter, EX2 4QJ

.

 

 

The School Improvement Officer is Mr David Blower, and the offices are at the Civic Centre, North Walk, and Barnstaple, EX31 1EG.

 

 

Juliette Dodswell

 

The Diocesan Director of Education

 

Renslade House,

 

Exeter

 

 

Back to top

Governing Body

The Headteacher, in consultation with the staff, deals with the day-to-day organisation of the school.  The School Governors take a very active interest in the life of the school, its organisation and well-being and meet with the Headteacher at least twice a term to discuss numerous matters relating to the school.

 

Back to top

Mrs A. Atton                            Diocesan Education 

 

(Chairperson)

 

Mr M Stokes                            Parent Governor

 

Ms M McCurdy                         Parent Governor

 

Mrs J Allin 

 

(Vice Chair)                               Parochial Church Council

 

Vacancy                                    Diocesan Education

 

Mr C Davis                                Parochial Church Council  

 

Mrs C Brodribb                        Rector, ex-officio

 

Mrs K Wainwright                     Parochial Church Council

 

Mr I Burnett                            Diocesan Education

 

Vacancy                                    LEA Governors

 

Mrs R Brennan                           Headteacher, ex-officio

 

Miss C Smith                             Teacher Governor

 

 

Mrs N Davey                            Clerk

 

The Head or any of the Governors will be pleased to discuss any matters which may arise regarding the school. Back to top

School Aims

The school believes that its central role is to develop a sense of self-respect and individual worth in all the children we teach, and to develop a capacity to live as independent, self-motivated adults, who live and work in co-operation with others.

 

 

Back to top

We aim to:

Ø      developing lively, enquiring minds that have a positive wish to learn, to question and to argue rationally and to apply themselves intelligently to tasks;

 

Ø      enabling all children to maximise their learning potential;

 

Ø      providing a broad Christian Education at the highest standards across all aspects of the National Curriculum;

 

Ø      teaching respect of the religious, spiritual and moral values of others, and to consider thoughtfully their own attitudes, values and beliefs;

 

Ø      developing a sense of self-respect and self-discipline within a safe environment and to encourage the capacity to grow into self-motivated adults able to function as full members of society;

 

Ø      enabling the child to become spiritually aware and to develop both a sense of moral responsibility and of purpose;

 

Ø      staff, governors, parents and children working together as members of a team; 

 

Ø      providing an example and encouragement for children to develop their social awareness, pride in working to the best of one’s abilities and a promoting a positive and persistent attitude to learning.

 

 

Back to top

Admissions

Dolton School caters for children between the ages of five and eleven.

 

 

It is the school's policy at present to have two points of admission throughout the year - September and January.

 

 

Depending upon the total annual intake, the governors will accept into school in September those pupils who are five years old between 1st September and 28th February.   Those with their fifth birthday between 1st March and 31st August will commence in the January prior to their fifth birthday

 

 

Admission forms and a copy of the School’s Admission policy are available from the Headteacher on request.