Welcome to our school website, here you will find information about our school including key documents, governors, our exciting curriculum, class pages and lots more. Our website aims to give you a taster of the school, as well as providing regular updated information for both parents and pupils. We have tried to encapsulate the special qualities that our school offers and hope that it conveys the happy and secure atmosphere that all our children are able to enjoy.
“Leaders and governors share the headteacher’s drive and commitment to ensure that pupils experience a broad and balanced education that allows them to develop as well-rounded young people”. Ofsted, November 2018
A warm welcome to Hodnet Primary School,
I am very proud to be the Headteacher at Hodnet School, our school is exciting, caring, welcoming and an all-round amazing place to be. Our pupils and staff are very hardworking. They are committed to being the best that they can be and always aim to meet their full potential. We are all very friendly and enthusiastic about learning, we hope that you will see this through our busy key stage pages and full enriching curriculum.
Hodnet School is situated in the rural village of Hodnet in North Shropshire. It is a wonderful community school, with the children drawn from the local village, surrounding rural villages and hamlets and the local town, Market Drayton.
We are a popular school with 189 children on roll, in 7 individual year group classes. Our building is set within extensive grounds, including a Forest School area, school garden and large playing field. Our Early Years classrooms learning areas are Reggio Emilia inspired to promote independence and enjoyment through natural themes and self-selection activities.
Hodnet Primary School is a happy and successful school where pupils achieve well. We take great pride in our exciting, caring and welcoming school. Our staff team is constantly in pursuit of excellence whilst putting the children’s best interests at the heart of all decision making. We are a well experienced, dedicated and passionate whole-school team who set high expectations for our pupils and have the well-being and safeguarding of all, at the heart of all that we do. Our pupils are our pride and joy and ensuring that every child is happy and given the opportunities to achieve their potential is our priority. We carefully track the progress of every child, taking immediate steps to support any child who may be finding something difficult. We thoroughly enjoy celebrating success and acknowledge hard work and effort through lots of praise.
We aim to equip our pupils with the necessary social and academic skills and knowledge that they need to be lifelong learners. We want them to have a passion for learning and an inquiring mind. Our school community prioritises well-being and we ensure all pupils and staff have respect for themselves and others and that we celebrate difference and individuality.
We are committed to enriching the curriculum for our children through a wide range of clubs, trips, competitions, community work and collaboration with other schools. It is important to us to offer as many opportunities as possible to the children, ensuring that we offer a full and enriching experience for all. Our children are hardworking and well behaved. They take pride in their work and are kind and caring towards others. We recognise achievements and celebrate success together.
Hodnet is a special place and I hope you see this shining throughout our website.
Please enjoy browsing through our website to see current and some historical events that make our school a happy place to strive and achieve.
We have an open-door policy for parents. If you would like to come and look around our school please ring the office on 01630 685300. Also, please feel free to come to school directly with any queries you may have.
Thank you and I look forward to meeting you.
Mrs Penny Lyall. BA hons QTS, M.Ed.
Headteacher