Our Team 2025-26
It is important that all adults working with children understand that the nature of their work and the responsibilities related to it, place them in a position of trust. The Staff Code of Conduct provides clear advice on appropriate and safe behaviours for all staff working in our school.
Senior Leadership Team
Headteacher: Mrs Aitken (Designated Safeguarding Lead)
Deputy Headteacher: Mrs McTimoney (SENDCO / Designated teacher for looked-after and previously looked-after children/ Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead)
English Lead: Mrs Dowson
Maths Lead: Miss Wheatley
Teaching Staff
Teachers:
Nursery – Mrs Huscroft
Reception – Miss Clarke (Early Years Lead)
Year One – Mrs Atkins
Year Two – Mrs Mason / Mrs Nicholson (Wednesdays)
Year Three – Mrs Davison / Mrs Nicholson (Thursdays)
Year Four – Miss Wheatley (Maths Lead and member of the Senior Leadership Team)
Year Five – Mrs McTimoney and Mrs Gill
Year Six – Mrs Dowson (English Lead and member of the Senior Leadership Team) / Mrs Nicholson (Tuesdays)
Teaching Assistants: Mrs Carter, Mrs Habberley, Mrs Gwyther, Mr Rawlinson, Mrs Simpson, Mrs Cantwell (covering Mrs O’Neill’s maternity leave), Miss Pattinson, Miss Coates
Classroom Support Assistants: Miss Pall, Mrs Bell, Mrs Mackenzie
Support Staff
Office Manager: Mrs Jones
Admin Assistant: Mrs Valks
Fun Club: Chelsea and Babs
Catering Manager: Miss Cassidy
Catering Assistant: Mrs Rogers
Lunchtime Supervisory Assistants: Miss Pattinson, Mrs Peaurt, Miss Bullock, Mrs Warne
Premises Staff: Mr Matthews and Miss Matthews
Another SATs paper completed ✔️
We are so proud of our Year 6 children again after today’s Reading test. They showed determination, resilience and fantastic focus from start to finish.
The texts were challenging, but they gave every question their best effort and kept smiling throughout the day.
Tomorrow it’s Maths — don’t forget breakfast club at 8.30am Year 6! You’ve got this 💪 ... See MoreSee Less
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We couldn’t be any prouder of the Year 6 children after their first day of SATs.
They walked in with courage.
They stayed focused.
They kept going even when some questions were tricky.
That’s Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling done — next up is Reading tomorrow!
See you all for breakfast at 8.30am Year 6!! ... See MoreSee Less
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What a wonderful, busy day Year 3 have had at Preston Park!
When they arrived, they headed straight to the learning area, in the museum, to find out who the Anglo-Saxons were and how long ago they lived. The children discovered that they lived in Britain after the Romans but they led very different lives. Did you know that many place names in our region originate from Anglo-Saxon times and 'Darlington' is one of them?
Being history detectives, the class enjoyed examining some interesting replicas of artefacts that would have used during this period of history and they would even have been buried with people back then. One of the objects that they looked at was a leather pouch that contained lots of glass beads, which may have been used to play games, so we played an Anglo-Saxon game called 'Nine Men's Morris' which was great fun. Then they created their own beautiful clay pots like some of the ones they saw on display.
After a lovely picnic lunch, the class explored the Victorian Street and enjoyed going into some of the buildings where they learned many interesting facts. Luckily, they all made it out of the police cell so they could spend some time in the fabulous park. What a treat at the end of a gorgeous day! ... See MoreSee Less
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Just 2 weeks into the Summer Term and the Lost Property Box is already full with unnamed items:
* George 3-4 cardigan x 2
* George 5-6 jumper x 2
* George 8-9 jumper
* TU 7 years jumper
* NEXT 11yrs cardigan
* TU 8 yrs cardigan
Plus the items in the photos below.
Please claim them from the school office if any belong to your child.
Desperate plea again:
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Reception to Year 6 all had a great time with the coaches from Go Well for their Hoopstarz session this week. Here are some great photos from Year 2 and Year 5. ... See MoreSee Less
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Today, Reception had an amazing time joining a live lesson with Greg Botrill to celebrate National Hairy Toe Day! 👣✨
The children got stuck into some fantastic creative activities—making their very own hairy toes and designing houses for them to live in. There were so many imaginative ideas, but our absolute favourite had to be the “Hairy-plane” 🚀—a brilliant invention to help the hairy toe escape the tiny monster!
Everyone had so much fun, with lots of laughter, creativity and brilliant ideas all round. What a fantastic experience for the class! 💛
Can I Go And Play Now..? ... See MoreSee Less
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The children will be bringing home today their class's Summer Term Class Newsletter with lots of information including what they will be learning this term, class organisation details and key dates for the term.
The newsletters have been emailed to all our parents and carers too and are also available to view and download on our website - link below. ... See MoreSee Less
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Class Newsletters with curriculum information and dates for the Summer Term will be coming home with the children in the next few days, but I wanted to give you early notice of the dates for this year's Sports Days.
With the unpredictable nature of our weather, we are holding our Sports Days slightly earlier this year so that if we do have to postpone we have enough time to find an alternative date later in the term. Also, the weather in May is often lovely and not quite as hot as it can potentially get in June/July.
The dates are as follow:
Nursery: Tuesday 19th May 9.00am - parents and carers are invited to come in for a tea or coffee at 8.30am while the children get ready for their Sports Day which will run from 9.00am to approximately 9.45am.
Reception, Class One and Class Two: Tuesday 19th May from 1.30pm until hometime
Classes Three, Four, Five and Six: Wednesday 20th May from 1.30pm until hometime
More information will be sent home nearer the time, fingers crossed the weather is fine! ... See MoreSee Less
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