St George's School, Colchester

Welcome to St George's School (September 2022)

Welcome to our wonderful school. St George's School is an ambitious and friendly place to be. We are driven by a desire for every child to succeed and be well prepared for their next stage in education. We achieve this through a team of excellent teachers and adults who provide a very high quality of service, delivering success in learning whilst building strong and positive relationships. We aim for excellence, and anticipate Key Stage 2 SATs results in each of reading, writing and mathematics to be above the national average this year.

However, we all know that modern life can be challenging at times, and being successful can be easier said than done. For this reason we ensure that we are able to respond appropriately and effectively to meet the personal needs of children. Through a positive school culture where everyone is valued, through to the provision of full time therapeutic workers on site, we believe that we offer a very special place to be.

Applications to the school are made via the Planning and Admissions Service at Essex County Council, and not via the school itself. The school is growing in popularity and we advise any family who are keen on joining to apply without undue delay.

Mr Carl Messer BA(Ed)Hons NPQH

Headteacher

Contact Us:

The main entrance is currently restricted to all but essential enquiries. Please do not try to enter the school building unless absolutely necessary. Visitors may speak with us via the intercom. I am sure you will all understand why this measure is in place at the current time. We have detailed Covid-19 information available on this website.
Call us on 01206 506800
Email us using the email addresses below.

Contact

Administration contact@stgeorgesschool.org (Enquiries)

Mrs Dale jdale@stgeorgesschool.org (Towers Campus)

Mrs Cooke tcooke@stgeorgesschool.org (Woodlands Campus)

Mrs Vicarey avicarey@stgeorgesschool.org (Safeguarding and Child Protection)

Mr Messer cmesser@stgeorgesschool.org

SEN Issues senco@stgeorgesschool.org

Welfare Issues nurture@stgeorgesschool.org

Admissions admissions@stgeorgesschool.org

Asking for Help

StarLine on 0330 313 9162. StarLine is an independent body, staffed by teachers and Ofsted employees, who are available to give advice to families. Be aware that the call will be charged at the local rate.

Staying Safe Whilst Learning Online

The following websites may be useful in helping families to keep their children safe whilst working online.

www.ceop-police.uk

www.childnet.com

www.internetmatters.org

www.net-aware.org.uk

www.parentinfo.org

www.saferinternet.org.uk

www.nspcc.org.uk/preventing-abuse/safeguarding/schools-protecting-children-abuse-neglect

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Menu

Our menus for the Woodland campus and Towers campus are available via the above News tab. The Tower Site are offering a cold packed lunch menu at the moment at the usual cost of £2.50 a day which can be paid for via your ParentPay account.

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Absence email

Please note you can now report your child's absence via the attendance email address - attendance@stgeorgesschool.org

Local Visits

To help children with their learning we may often go out of the school gate on a local visit. Your local visit permission slip enables us to do this. We will always inform families in advance if we are planning a local visit, normally via a text message (except for visits to the school field for PE etc). These visits will often be added to the website calendar. All such visits are fully risk assessed and planned prior to taking place.

Junior Parkrun will be held on the recreation ground at 9am on Sunday. Register for free at www.parkrun.org.uk/colchester-juniors/ . Any pupil of the school who runs regularly can order a barcode bracelet and/or barcode tag from the Parkrun website and we will reinburse the cost! (Just show us the items and receipt as proof).

...Recent News...

School Meals remain £2.50 per day for KS2 from September 2022.

Educational Visits are organised regularly for the children in the school. We will need to request a financial contribution for each visit that is a fair proportion of the total cost involved. Vists risk being cancelled if adequate contributions are not received.

Ofsted conducted an inspection of the school on November 9th and 10th 2017 as part of their normal round of inspections. Our school was judged to be good in all aspects. The full report can be read in the information section of this website.

In the spring term of 2022 Essex County Council conducted a review of the school. This confirmed that thes school continued to show evidence of being a good school.

SATs 2022 Provisional Results

Reading : St George's 76% (Essex 74%, National 74%)

Writing : St George's 78% (Essex 70%, National 69%)

Mathematics : St George's 72% (Essex 71%, National 71%)

Combined (all three) : St George's 52% (Essex 57%, National 59%)

For 2022, St George's School is on track to have outcomes at KS2 that are above the local and national average in each of reading, writing and mathematics. The particularly high achievement in writing was independently moderated by the local authority and confirmed.

SATs 2019 Results (Results for the whole year group : not confirmed)

Reading 65%, Writing 82%, Maths 73%, Grammar/Punctuation/Spelling 72%

Combined result 58%

SATs 2019 (Results for children who attended the school for all four years)

Reading 73%, Writing 87%, Maths 79%, Grammar/Punctuation/Spelling 76%

Combined result 66%

Disruptive Weather or Significant Events : in the event of any significant disruptive weather, or unavoidable events (eg lack of utilities), families will be informed by text of any risk to the school being able to open as normal. Please do not keep your child off school unless you have heard from the school formally of any need to close.

Secondary School Applications for September 2023 open on Monday 12th September and close on 31st October 2022. Applications must be made online at www.essex.gov.uk/apply-for-a-secondary-school-place.

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