Flying high, soar on wings like eagles.
We are a one-form entry, Church of England Primary School, situated within a fantastic environment in the village of Alveston. Welcome to our website, we hope that you'll find everything that you need here, but please contact us to find out more about our school. Our Head of School Kelvin Chappell is always available to talk to parent /carers about our lovely school if you have any queries or questions about our school.
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Please watch the video below that gives you a little more information about our school.
Flying High at St.Helen's
Please see below some comments from parent/ carers taken from our survey in April 2024.
Very clear ethos and vision for the children.
St Helens is a lovely school and provides high learning standard.
Big fan of St Helen’s, I think the school is superb and feel lucky to live so close.
It’s a wonderful school we love the values. Thank you for all the teacher’s efforts
Overall we are very pleased with St Helens
We love that she loves school.
You are wonderful teachers. You deserve outstanding!
We feel very lucky that our child attends St Helen’s. He loves attending school and is so happy here. We continue to be impressed by his teachers, the support he gets and the progress he has made. It’s an excellent school.
"I can't wait to go back to school after the holidays" what more needs said?
Really nice school since my child joined.
The range of clubs this year has been great and my child has really enjoyed this especially all the external opportunities. Our children love school and all the opportunities that it gives.
The vision is very strong and our children talk about Flying High a lot- thank you.
Great to see the plane open! We really appreciate the opportunities for children to take part in a variety of clubs. At school our children enjoy playing with children from other groups and they enjoy playing with the loose parts and new toys at break times. Our children like the new school meals provider and prefer the food. Parents evenings have been very helpful. We really appreciate how hard all the teachers and staff at the school work, they are doing a brilliant job!
As well as the standard curriculum, there are lots of other things on offer through clubs, the plane library experience, reflection spaces and links with the church and much more. Staff work very hard to offer these things. Thank you
Thank you everyone at St Helens
The school is great. We love seeing what the children are doing on Dojo.
My daughter really enjoys coming to the school. She feels part of a team and thankfully we haven’t ever had any issues to face. But I have confidence that the school teachers have the skills and knowledge to deal with any issues appropriately. We are always grateful to the teachers for their support and going above and beyond.
Please see below some comments from parent/ carers taken from our survey in March 2023.
The school is great keep up the good work!
X has really enjoyed her time so far, every teacher has been super great and we feel that she is thriving. As I said to X previously that it’s the team’s excellent teaching and care that shines throughout the school so good to see so many doing well and enjoying their time at St Helens.
Keep up the great work! You are a fantastic school!
We cannot be more grateful for the school, staff and supporting services ie breakfast and after school.
We are thrilled with St Helens and feel very lucky our children are part if this fantastic school thank you for all you do
We have been so impressed with St Helen’s and X in particular. Our child loves coming to school and is so enthusiastic about learning.
X has come along lots since joining this school and I genuinely cannot thank them enough for all their support
I think that the Flying High Ethos is very inspiring and I strongly support the emphasis on values. I think all the staff truly encourage an amazing sense of community.
Fantastic out of school activities on offer this year. Thank you.
Pleased to see more than just academic levelling up this year (which seemed to happen the year after Covid lockdown) and those children able to stretch are being stretched. May this continue and grow please (as well as helping those less able)
Absolutely love what you share about lunchtime’s and loose parts play!
Love the curriculum showcase, it’s a great opportunity to see how my child is doing and see work from other classes.
My child’s reading has really progressed since using RWI and as a parent it is easy to see which phonics / word groups they are focussing on with their books.
St Helen's is a great school. The development of all the clubs is fantastic and really enriches the children's lives. Our daughter has enjoyed the development of the OPAL play scheme.
Ultimately the team at St Helen's do a great job and we would like to thank them for all their hard work!
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