Welcome to Berkley School Website

NEWS FLASH

To all our Berkley Parents

Have a wonderful break, enjoy your summer and we look forward to seeing you all in September. To our Year 4 Parents it has been a pleasure having your children and we all at Berkley wish them every success at their new school.

Early Years Job Share Class Teacher being advertised late August for 1.5 days per week

Early Years-KS1 Class teacher - Job Share Advert  TeachingAppForm 2019 Job Description Rabbits Class

Don't forget - School and Community Walk followed by tea and cakes 15th September for more details contact Liz Halliwell on 07730 523704

Key Information

Please find links to key information about the school.

Berkley School is a successful small rural school known for its caring ethos. It provides an idyllic environment for children’s physical, intellectual, spiritual, moral and social development. It is important to us all at Berkley to work as a team and we are all proud of our Berkley community. We hope our website gives you a flavour of who we are and what we do and provides you with a valuable source of information.

The expresssion ‘Each Child is MY Child’ summarises the school’s approach.  We want each child to be cherished, supported, listened to, challenged, stimulated and indeed corrected, as we would our own.

Upcoming Calendar

Upcoming Events and Dates for the Diary. Somerset School Term Dates can also be found in our virtual office.

This Week

 

 

Holiday Activities

Click here igsportscoaching.co.uk and check out the event-calendar to see our exciting range of School holiday Activities held at Selwood Academy and  organised

by I G Sports Coaching

FBS Web Site

Click here www.berkleyfbs.co.uk and check out our upcoming fundraising events and sign up for any support and help you can give.

School Magazine!

Look out for more fab reporting.  Did you all find the Berkley Bunny!

Spring Term Magazine 2018

Summer Magazine 2018

Autumn Magazine 2018

Summer 2019 Magazine

 

 

 

Bulletin Board

Congratulations to Mr Banton and the team for gaining the School Games Silver Award. June 2019. Congratulations to Mrs Hooper and the team for gaining the E-Safety Award for the third time July 2019

Our Virtual Tour

Created by our very own School Council

OUTSTANDING

This is an outstanding school, where pupils achieve exceptionally well. Pupils greatly enjoy school and their behaviour and attitudes are exemplary. They feel extremely safe and adopt exceptionally healthy lifestyles. Pupils contribute very well to the local community, with the school being very much part of that community. Care, guidance and support are also outstanding, with the welfare of its pupils being a high priority of the school

Ofsted Inspection report 2011

The effectiveness of the leadership and management of the school as a church school is outstanding

The pursuit of excellence is both tangible and profound and evident at all levels of leadership. The Christian vision and values result in outstanding performance and academic achievement, impacting directly on personal development and well-being.

SIAMS Inspection 2016

 

Our Classes

Find out about our classes and see what goes on inside the classroom by clicking on the animals below.

Rabbits

Rabbit class has children from Reception and Year One. The class is taught by Mrs Appleby.

Squirrels

Squirrel class has children from Year One and Year Two. The class is taught by Mrs Hooper and Mrs Powrie (Mrs Hardwick is on maternity leave)

Badgers

Badger class is at the top of the field next to the play trail. It has children from Year Three.  The class is taught by Mr Banton.

 

Owls

Owl class is at the top of the field next to the play trail. It has children from Year Four.  The class is taught by Mrs Langton.

 

E Safety at Berkley

We have a very active E-Safety Committee with governors, staff, parents and pupil representatives.  The committee meet every term to evaluate and develop safe working practices in school for pupils, staff and parents in relation to E-Safety. We are very proud to announce that we have just gained the E-Safety Award for the third time, July 2019.

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We aim to give your child/children a secure, happy, successful and stimulating time while they are with us. We very much believe in the maxim
‘Each Child is my Child’

Suzanne Thompson, Headteacher

Safeguarding our Children

This school is committed to Safeguarding and Child Protection and aims to promote our pupils’ welfare, safety, health and guidance by fostering an honest, open caring and supportive climate. Our pupils’ welfare is of paramount importance.

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Our School Development Plan

Berkley C of E First School is dedicated to being a place where each child enjoys attending, each member of staff enjoys working and each parent feels justly proud of the school’s achievements.

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