Welcome

Our school vision is to create the space for your child to flourish. This is carried through our curriculum, our values and the mindset of every adult in school.

We are proud to me a member of the Bath and Wells Academy Trust, whose vision is for 'An excellent education for every child enhanced by a distinctive Christian ethos within our Trust family'. We are constantly looking to develop and improve in order to better provide for our children in line with these visions.

St Nicholas is structured in to 4 classes – Reception, Years 1 & 2, Years 3 & 4 and Year 5 & Year 6. We have a full time teaching assistant in each class, with some classes having extra support as and when needed.

One of our most important school expectations is: ‘Be kind, gentle and honest at all times.’ This underpins everything we do across all areas of school life.

We offer a culturally rich and academically ambitious curriculum with specialist teaching. We also plan for enrichment activities to support well-being and SEMH (social emotional mental health) work – for example, all pupils have access to our wonderful school garden, and participate in growing fruit, vegetables and herbs. Our learning garden is a much treasured area of St Nicholas life.

We whole heartedly believe in ‘Every child a reader.’ Our school library is another one of our many gems on site and we also run many fun book activities for the children. All children are encouraged to enjoy books and read as many different genres as possible.  Our children read every day in school but our expectation is that each child also reads daily at home. We have invested heavily in ensuring our library books are varied, fun, relevant and updated regularly.

Our curriculum is designed to broaden children's understanding of the world and their place in it. All other subjects branch out from this. My staff and I invest much time in being creative, reflective and aspirational so we are always willing to update and improve provision year upon year.

My Governing Board and staff team have high expectations of what each child can achieve in all areas of the curriculum both inside and outside the classroom. We place great emphasis on our Christian Values, Rights Respecting Articles and our Secrets to Success Skills. Here is our time table which is built upon and developed each year so that values and skills are fully embedded by Year 6. Our pupils, year on year, leave St Nicholas with a strong sense of social responsibility, set on a path to blossom as caring, conscientious citizens of the world.

If you are new to our village, or indeed new to our school, please do come and visit us; I would be delighted to show you around our wonderful learning spaces.

Chris Pavey

Head of School