St John the Baptist Church of England School

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St. John the Baptist is one of eight schools within the Primary Advantage Federation which is overseen by Executive Head Sian Davies. Fiona Judge, our Executive Headteacher, and Lucy Blewett, our Head of School are supported by a strong Senior Leadership Team. The Senior Team acts as the point of contact for parents, children, and staff. We are a Church of England school and pride ourselves on our strong Christian ethos and strong links with St John’s Church Hoxton.
Many of our children join St John the Baptist in the Nursery, aged three. A place in the Nursery does not guarantee a place in the main school, however. We encourage all our families with children in nursery to apply for a place in our Reception. Children meeting the local authority’s entry requirements move on to Reception. As we have two classes in Reception, we do have places for children who do not attend our nursery. The Hackney Learning Trust is responsible for setting the admission arrangements for all schools for which they are the Admission Authority – that is, community and voluntary controlled schools in the borough. For voluntary-aided schools, academies, foundation schools, or free schools each school governing body or Academy Trust is their admission authority. From time to time, we also have vacancies in other year groups. To apply for a place for one of our Years 1 to 6 classes, parents need to go to the Hackney Learning Trust to fill out a mid-term transfer form. We encourage visits to the school for prospective families.
Our approach is underpinned by our strong Christian ethos. We aim to help children learn to love and forgive each other and aspire to be the best they can be, rejoicing in their success and the success of others. We also aim to establish a clear understanding of rights and responsibilities for all by embedding the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
The school has partnerships with a variety of organizations. We work closely with different groups to provide support for our pupils with their learning and out-of-school activities.
We are committed to inclusion and believe that all children have a common entitlement to a broad and balanced curriculum that is accessible to them. Several children in the course of their school career will experience periods when they have difficulty in keeping up with their peers. Pupils develop at different rates, especially in primary education. At St John the Baptist we are committed to identifying and supporting any child in this position under the Special Educational Needs System.
We are a group of schools working together because we believe our schools can gain many benefits from working collaboratively. We have committed to a shared responsibility to the wider school community, the provision of good quality education, and the improvement of life chances for pupils in the community beyond that of our schools. Teachers, support staff, school leaders, and governors have added expertise in working alongside colleagues to improve provision and outcomes for our pupils.
Our schools are inclusive we focus on the well-being and progress of every child and we are committed to ensuring all members of our community are of equal worth. We believe that the Equality Act provides a framework to support our commitment to valuing diversity, tackling discrimination, promoting equality, and fostering good relationships between people. It also ensures that we continue to tackle issues of disadvantage and underachievement of different groups.
If you are an adult and you are on this section of the website, we suppose you are concerned about your child. If you are a child, we suspect you clicking on this page was a huge mistake or there was a dream that scared you into liking homework. Either way, let us tell you the benefits of homework. Children, you may hate homework, but it’s good for you. If you didn’t know, adults, it helps children consolidate their learning. So, children, adults, please do your homework! You will find some useful resources on the leaflet below plus, have a look at the fundamentals that we use for our learning.
We developed a curriculum at St John the Baptist which ensures children have a broad range of knowledge, skills, and understanding. Above all, we try to ensure they enjoy their learning and make progress. Assessing how children progress against the requirements of the National Curriculum informs teacher planning. Our curriculum is designed to inspire and motivate pupils while providing for their academic, moral, physical, creative, personal, and social development. Children learn through a careful balance of specific teaching programs and a topic-based approach.
From the Foundation Stage through to Key Stage 2 we recognize the importance of making links across the curriculum. Lessons are designed to ensure pupils acquire knowledge and skills and have opportunities to practice and apply their skills in a range of contexts. We encourage co-operative work, talk, discussion and above all, enjoyment as vehicles for learning in all subjects.
Keeping ourselves safe on the internet is very important. One of the things which help us to stay safe all year round is our team of Digital Leaders. Our Digital Leaders are a fantastic asset to the school community. A Digital Leader is a pupil who is part of a Digital Leaders Team within a school. Their role is to support the use and further the development of ICT in schools. With technology advancing at such a fast rate, it is hard to keep up with change. Find out more about us in the Pupil Voice section.
We do lots of activities at St John the Baptist to help us stay safe. For example, we have an annual online safety week. During online safety Week, we held a parent workshop where we discussed how to be safe on social media and how to be safe online. All parents who attended the workshop said they found the session very useful. This year during Online Safety week, we participated in supporting Safer Internet Day.

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