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Positive Comments

What do people think of our school?

It’s always great to hear positive things from visitors to Burnopfield Primary School. Here, we celebrate some of the wonderful comments made about our school.

Lockdown 2020

In March, Boris Johnson announced, “I must give the British people a very simple instruction – you must stay at home.” Within a few days, Burnopfield Primary School became a much quieter place, open to the children of key workers throughout the lockdown period.

During this time, we received lots of positive comments from parents and we would love to share them with you:

Thank You for making N’s time in school fulfilling and enjoying, he has made fantastic progress even though his time at school did not end as we thought.”

-Year 6 parent

We really achieve everything here and we love our school, thank you for everything you have done!”

-Year 3 parent

I wish all teachers showed the passion and commitment yours do”

-Year 1 parent

We would like to say how brilliant the school has been in this situation ( lockdown) with regards to supporting parents and children and your interaction via email and Twitter.”

-Nursery parent

We want to thank the staff for all you are doing in school and at home.”

-Year 6 parent

We think Burnopfield School has done an amazing job keeping key workers’ children safe at this time!”

-Year 4 parent

My child could not have better teachers”

-Year 1 parent

You have set my child up to embrace school and love learning.”

-Year R parent

I want to thank you for everything you did during lockdown, teachers don’t get the credit they deserve.”

-Year 4 parent

You guys are amazing as individual teachers and as part of the lovely school!”

-Year 3 parent

Just wanted to thank you, C absolutely loves you and loves coming to school which is half the battle. The help and support which you give her is greatly appreciated.”

-Year 5 parent

Thanks for everything you have done to help our children and keep them safe.”

-Year 5 parent

Thanks for all your hard work helping E settle back into school.”

-Year 6 parent

Healthy Schools Award!

We are proud to announce that we have achieved the Healthy Schools award!

Dear Mrs Errington

Congratulations on validating your Healthy Schools Status using the School Health Check tool, indicating that your school has self-evaluated whole school health. This demonstrates that your school is continuing to embed and improve provision against the four core areas of Healthy Schools.

This status is valid for three years before re-validation is necessary (July 2019 – 2022). In the meantime, we do recommend that you update the School Health Check on an annual basis.

I attach a logo for you to use on your school paperwork and website. You will also receive a certificate in the post. We look forward to supporting you as you continue to improve health and wellbeing in your school.

Thank you for your school’s ongoing commitment to support this important agenda for children and young people.

Yours sincerely

Sheryll

Sheryll Carter

Healthy Schools Advisor

Top 1% of Primary Schools for Mathematics

In February 2019, we received a letter from Damien Hinds, Secretary of State for Education and Nick Gibb, Minister of State for School Standards, congratulating us on our results for mathematics. In the Key Stage 2 results last year, 100% of our children reached or exceeded the expected standard for mathematics. This put us in the top 1% of schools in England!

Damien Hinds and Nick Gibb Letter

Investing in Children

In January 2019, we received our re-evaluation for membership to the Investing in Children Award Scheme. We are proud to announce that we remain a member of the of the Investing in Children Membership Award Scheme!

Read the full report here.

Ofsted

On 19th December 2018, we received a letter from Julien Kramer, Head of Education and Skills, Children and Young People Services. He congratulated us on the outcome from our recent inspection on 27th November. We are so proud to receive such positive comments.

Julien Kramer Ofsted Letter

Exceptional Outcomes

On 18th December 2018, we received a letter from Margaret Whellans, Corporate Director of Children and Young People’s Services. She wanted to commend us on our exceptional outcomes, particularly the number of children exceeding expected standards.

Margaret Whellans Letter

Chronicle School Ratings

We are very proud of our 5 star rating from the Chronicle!

Enterprise Week November 2017

At the end of our Enterprise week, parents and carers were invited into school to see what daily life is like in school. We had so much positive feedback from this morning. Here is a selection of some of the comments we received:

It was fantastic to see all children enthusiastically working on their tasks – very calm classrooms with engaging children. Excellent manners.

It was all really interesting and enjoyable. It was very helpful to have the tour guides – they did a great job! The quiz really made you look at the wall displays that were fab. The effort that the pupils and teachers had gone to for the stalls was brilliant. Thank you!

We loved seeing the children busy, working extremely hard and concentrating on their tasks.

We enjoyed seeing the children in the classrooms and chatting to the friendly staff.

Moving on to Secondary School

It is always a wonderful, albeit emotional, time to see our Year 6 children move on to their next adventure in education. When this time comes, it is fantastic to receive such positive feedback from parents.

Parent Email

Tiny Lives Charity

Every year, we decide on a charity to support as a school. Last academic year, we chose Tiny Lives. Tiny Lives is an exceptional charity who work tirelessly to support premature babies and their parents. We held lots of fundraisers throughout the year and managed to raise a total of £2,347! We even had an article in the newspaper!

Tiny Lives Article

Caroline O’Neill – Head of Education

In March 2017, we received a letter announcing that our school achieved the SSAT National Award standard for Children’s Attainment – top 20% and Children’s Progress – top 10%. This was then acknowledged by Caroline O’Neill, the Head of Education for Durham County Council. She wanted to pass on her personal congratulations for the award.

SSAT Award Letter

Internet Safety Presentation

In March 2017, we held an internet safety presentation day for parents. We invited Pauline Stewart, Durham County Council’s leader for online safety, to come in and share helpful tips and tricks to promote online safety at home. In addition, each class did a presentation about an element of online safety. We received some lovely feedback from parents!

Online Safety Day Feedback

Golden Time Visit

In February 2017, we had a visit from HoopStarz. This was one of our half-termly golden time treats. All the children had a fantastic time learning different skills with a Hula Hoop. After their visit, we received a fantastic letter complimenting the children on their impeccable attitude and behaviour.

HoopStarz Letter

Nick Gibb – Minister of State for School Standards

In February 2017, we received a wonderful letter, congratulating both children and staff on the very high levels of progress made by pupils in the school. It stated that our results put us amongst the top 3% of schools in England in terms of the progress made between key stage 1 and key stage 2. Fantastic news!

Nick Gibb Letter

 

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