As a Church of England Voluntary Controlled School, our approach is based on Christian values. We visit St. Pancras Church in Kingston four times a year for special festival services including Harvest and Easter, as well as to develop work in RE.  We also create a Nativity tableau at Christmas, with the very young children in costume and the whole school singing.

Our religious education covers all the major faiths and we encourage visitors from Christian and other faith communities to join our assemblies during the year. We believe the broader and richer the assemblies, the better. The school is an integral part of the village community, with local residents contributing to the life of the school as support staff and governors. Every year, the children perform and organise teas for grandparents and older people from the village and sing to community members at the local Garden Centre at Christmas.  Our May Fair and Bonfire Night, organised by the PTFA (Parents, Teachers and Friends Association), are popular with children, parents and members of the wider local community.

The community inhabited by our children is, of course, a global one and we foster links with communities across the world.  As a school we support a charity called Mary's Meals which provides a meal for primary school aged children in countries across the world.  More information about our work with Mary's Meals is to be found elsewhere on the website. 

We also work with a local food bank, the Landport Food Bank, and collect food on their behalf at regular intervals throughout the year.  Representatives from the Landport Food Bank visit the school to speak to the children in assembly.

As a Church of England voluntary controlled school we are regularly inspected by Diocese of Chichester under the Section 48 of the Education Act 2005

Our last inspection was in January 2019 and we achieved a rating of requires improvement.

The accompanying letter gives more information about the school's response to the report.

You can download a full copy of the report using the links below:-