Welcome To Our School

Dry Drayton C of E (C) Primary School

Our vision: ‘I pray that your love for each other will overflow more and more, and that you will keep on growing in knowledge and understanding.’          Philippians 1:9

Our vision is to educate and inspire each child in our care, enabling them to gain the knowledge, skills and confidence to make a positive difference in the world. Our small school, open to all, provides a safe, nurturing community built on the foundations of Christian values.

Dear children and your parents and carers,

Welcome to Dry Drayton C of E (C) Primary School!

Thank you for visiting our website where you will discover what a terrific little school we are. Please come and visit us then you will be greeted with the welcoming and happy atmosphere which prevails throughout the building.

The pupils are full of smiles and happiness. They look after their school environment and are kind and caring to one another. (Ofsted 2023)

KS2 learn in the original Victorian half of the school which includes a fabulous library on a mezzanine floor. We also have a bright and airy classroom in the newer building for Reception and KS1 with a delightful outdoor learning space complete with raised beds, a sand pit, a stage, digging area including a digger and a mini bike track.

Our staff are a dedicated, creative and supportive team and our class sizes are small, providing a caring and focused learning environment which meets the individual needs of each and every one of our pupils. Being at the heart of our village community, we pride ourselves on working collaboratively and in close partnership with parents and carers, governors, neighbouring schools and local people. We have strong ties with our church, St Peter and St Paul, which supports us in nurturing our children through sound Christian values; kindness towards others and respect and acceptance that we are all unique. We are inclusive and provide education for children of all faiths and none. Every day in school, we engage and inspire our children. Through creative teaching, we ignite a lifelong love of learning and equip our pupils with the skills they require to be attentive, self-motivated, independent learners who are happy, confident and eager to learn. Our learning environment is one in which every pupil is valued, supported and challenged through high quality teaching.

Through the provision of a wealth of different opportunities in sport, music, outdoor learning, themed days and visitors in school, we hope that each child will grow in knowledge, skills, wisdom, inquisitiveness and confidence so that they may leave us with a toolkit to support their learning in life. Opportunities for pupil leadership in upper key stage 2 will help to create self-assured children who feel prepared to accept challenges they meet in the future.

Our day starts at 8:50am (doors open at 8:40am) and we finish at 3:20pm. We have a fun breakfast club from 7:45am every morning and exciting after school clubs until 4:20pm running alongside Little Owl next door to us who complete our wrap around provision until 6pm.

We look forward to welcoming your family into our school community.

Kind regards,

Sonia Hegan

Headteacher

For more information about our school, please download the prospectus below and then do come and visit us. Contact the office in the first instance on 01954 780618 or

email – office@drydrayton.cambs.sch.uk

Welcome letter from our Chair of Governors:

On behalf of the governors of Dry Drayton Primary School, I am delighted to welcome your family to our school community. It is a wonderful school with an exceptionally friendly atmosphere, which we hope you have already discovered. We are lucky to have small classes, which means that everyone in school will know your child as an individual and every child is supported to aspire to be the best they can be. Our staff work hard to continually improve the quality of teaching and learning; the exciting plans for your child’s learning can be seen on the “curriculum and classes” tab of the school website (see “EYFS” for learning in Reception class).

Our children understand what being part of a community is about and equally the local community recognises the importance of the school to its own wellbeing. As a church school, we enjoy a strong relationship with St Peter and St Paul Church in the village and the Christian values of kindness and respect for others run through everything we do. We develop a love of reading in all children and this is supported by our welcoming library, full of wonderful books, some of which have been kindly donated by the Dry Drayton School and Village Association (S&VA), along with laptops, iPads and outdoor classrooms. As a small school, we rely on the support and involvement of parents and friends. As well as volunteering as parent governors and on the S&VA, parents and friends of the school have: run the after school coding club, built an infant mud kitchen, run a mini science festival, volunteered to read with children, organised a school disco, spruced up the infant outdoor area, relabelled all the library books and raised significant funds for the new trim trail. If you can spare some time, please do get in touch if you would like to find out more. If you would like to speak to a school governor at any time, you can contact us via the school office (see the school website for a list of school governors).

This is a big milestone for your child, but please know that the school governors, staff and entire school community are here to support you and your child, and we will make sure that they have an exciting and happy start to their school adventure.

With best wishes, 

Stephen Gardner

Chair and signed on behalf of the Governing Body