About Our School
St. Bridget’s School originally started out in Rafferty Lane in 1868 and moved to a red sandstone building, on the current site, in 1872. The present St. Bridget’s School replaced the old sandstone one and was opened in 1966. We celebrated our 50th year in 2016!
The present school is situated in its own grounds and has been extended several times over recent years. It has play areas for EYFS, Infants and Juniors.
Since September 2016 we began to admit Nursery children on roll. Nursery children were mixed with the Reception class, however due to a rise in numbers, from Easter 2017, they have their own class and fully qualified teacher. The newly developed Nursery area has a securely gated yard with a play house, mud kitchen, tables and chairs, bench, chalkboard and sand shed. It also houses storage for bikes and outdoor equipment used during continuous outdoor provision. The Reception area has a securely gated yard with a mud kitchen, bike track, slide, tunnel, sand shed, large construction, basketball nets and storage for outdoor equipment used during outdoor provision.
The infant children (Year 1 and Year 2) have Langley Castle to play and explore, as well as markings on their yard along with a quiet area with mushroom seats and a wooden boat. They also have storage for their outdoor games and equipment which is used daily, during all play times.
The junior yard has been completely resurfaced (April 2016) and has many other areas surrounding it. They have access to a field with goal posts, a wooded area, fixed playground equipment, an obstacle course, story-tellers chair and seating, a gazebo and a picnic area. They too have storage for extra playground equipment which is monitored by Year 6 Play Leaders. All junior children access school through their own class doors where every child has a locker to store their bags and coats.
The school has its own kitchen, which produces an extensive, daily-changing menu of hot, nutritious meals. Our kitchen has been awarded the highest food hygiene rating (5 stars) from the Food Standards Agency. The children eat their lunch in our large hall where we also have P.E. lessons and assemblies. We have previously won a Healthy School Award for our school meals!Performing arts, music, drama, speech, role play and small group work are an important part of our curriculum. There are many opportunities through
ICT and Computing is facilitated by new state of the art interactive whiteboards in every class; projectors; 30 laptops - stored in portable trolleys; iPads in every class from Y1 to Y6; bee-bots and pro-bots; and a green screen for making short films.
out the year for the children to showcase and develop their talents, specifically Infant Christmas Nativities by Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 and a Junior production at the end of the summer term. In previous years we have successfully performed The Sound of Music, Oliver, The Wizard of Oz and Annie!
St. Bridget’s is committed to ensuring the best school experience for all pupils and we will continually strive to offer facilities which enhance the learning for all.
