Welcome to St John’s CE(A) Primary School.

“Hand in hand we pray together, learn together and grow together.”

St John’s CE(A) Primary School opened in September 2005 in a new building with extensive grounds and serves the community of Trent Vale, Springfields and Penkhull. As a new voluntary aided primary school we endeavour to serve the community of Trent Vale. We aim to provide a quality education in a safe, secure and happy environment where all children are valued. We endeavour to achieve high standards in all aspects of school life.

We are a happy and caring school with good home/school links. The school is a two storey building built with many eco features.

We have:
- Library
- ICT Suite
- Pond/Science area
- 3 playgrounds
- FS playground area
- Sports area
- Sports field

The school has a Foundation Unit, Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 classrooms built in a circular design, all on the ground floor.

The atmosphere of the school is quiet and industrious with excellent relationships. It is a very welcoming school. There are many exciting learning opportunities and activities.

We have been awarded Full Extended School status, Healthy Schools status and Active Mark.

We are an international school and visited France in 2007 and 2009.

To view our prospectus click here for a .pdf version of the document. In order to view it, you will need a pdf viewer whch can be downloaded from here for free.

You may also be interested in our SATs, OFSTED and SIAS reports which can be found here.

Awards and dates of interest

Our children/classes who received awards on 11/05/12 were:
Sanjay Arokiaswamy/Archie Hambleton/Kane Silvester/Ben Morris/George Sullivan/Oliver Williams/Freyah Sheppard/Charlie Bird/Rayin Negeem/Tamzin Anderson/Demi Hanks/Jay Johnson/Harry Holdcroft
Mrs Bloor’s Award: Megan Ferneyhough/Natasha Ormond
Mrs Hickman’s Music Award: Freyah Knight
Pupil Attendance: Levi Cartner/Elliot Brown
Lunchtime Behaviour Awards: Aaron Marshall/Grace Cooper
Dusty Bin: Y4
Number of Lates: Friday-10 / Monday-22 / Tuesday-25 / Wednesday-11 / Thursday-19
Awards for w/b 30/04/12:
Class Attendance Cup: Y6 – 97.7%
Whole School Attendance: 94.8% (Government target is 95%)

Dates for your Diary
Monday 21st May – Y4 Jubilee Concert at the Victoria Hall
Friday 25th May – Bag2School Clothes Collection
Wednesday 30th May – Sharing Fayre & Family Picnic
Thursday 31st May – KS1 Fundraising Disco & Fun Activity Games Event
Friday 1st June to Friday 9th June – School closed for Jubilee Bank Holiday & Half-Term Holiday
Monday 11th June – School open as normal