St Scholastica's Catholic Primary School

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As a Catholic School, we strongly believe that education is a partnership between home, school, parish, and community. We are dedicated to developing children who achieve personally, academically, socially, and emotionally throughout their time at our school. This underlines our school’s commitment to creating learners for the future.
The school is a vibrant and happy place to be, with lots of exciting things going on. Our school is made up of children and staff from a wide range of backgrounds. We pride ourselves on valuing the unique child, and celebrating diversity.
At a Catholic school, Catholic doctrine and practice permeate every aspect of the school’s activity. The Catholic character of the school’s education must be fully supported by all families in the school. All applicants are therefore expected to give their full, unreserved, and positive support for the aims and ethos of the school. Application for admission to St Scholastica’s Reception class is completed online during the year before the child is due to start school. Further information on admission procedures can be found in the Starting Schools in Hackney booklet, available from the Hackney Learning Trust.
Supplementary forms are available from the school or downloadable below. A maximum of 30 children can be admitted into the Reception Class. It is a legal requirement that all children receive full-time education from the beginning of the school term following their fifth birthday. However, the policy in Hackney is that children who are about to reach their fifth birthday receive full-time education.
Before your child starts at school you will be asked to bring him/her along to visit the school, fill in the necessary documents, and discuss any queries with the Headteacher or Deputy. You will be asked to sign a copy of the Home/School Contract and the ICT Acceptable Use Policy at this meeting.
For younger children, you may also be invited to visit the school on another occasion with your child, for a session in his/her new classroom so they can meet the class teacher and support staff and become more familiar with the new surroundings.
Pupil Premium is allocated straight to our school and it is identifiable. Schools are free to spend the Pupil Premium as they feel is appropriate. The government thinks that schools are best placed to assess what additional provision should be made for individual pupils within their responsibility. However, all schools will be held accountable for how they have used the additional funding to support pupils from low-income families and in care. The schools must report and publicize annually how the money has been spent and what the impact has been made on the achievements of the pupils.
The Pupil Premium funding that is received by the school annually is used in a variety of ways to improve pupil attainment and to help overcome any barriers to learning. We ask parents and carers of children receiving the funding, to ask for their ideas on what will help most. Some children will already be doing well in English, Maths and other subjects. But there may be things we can do to stretch them further, to help them aim higher, or to build their confidence – like having ASpace, residential visits, taking part in activities to develop language or social skills.
We spend some of the money on training staff to make sure that they are up to date with the latest knowledge about what works for disadvantaged children. In addition, money is spent on staffing so that we can provide quality first teaching and provide the high-quality intervention programs that meet the needs of all learners.
Parents are invited into school for workshops such as Literacy & Maths, special assemblies and major events such as the St Scholastica’s Got Talent, Harvest Festival, and the Crowning of Our Lady. Many parents join the Friends of St Scholastica which is instrumental in organizing additional events for the children, such as our Christmas Disco, cake sales, and the Easter Bonnet competition. As well as raising funds to purchase new equipment for the school as well as trips to the Seaside, Rio Cinema and many more.
Parents also benefit from our Adult Learning Programmes such as ESOL and computing classes and participate in Learning Through Play and SEAL Parenting run by ASpace.How much parents and carers get involved with their child’s learning makes a very big difference to how well they do at school. So we also spend money on activities that help keep you informed about their targets, and confident in knowing how to support their learning.
We will report to you at parent’s evenings, but if you would like more information on your child’s progress at any time, please get in touch with your child’s class teacher. We strive to make learning fun and to provide an education that develops the whole child academically, socially, and emotionally. We recognize that every child is special and has unique contributions to make. We inspire each other to learn, grow, enjoy and be happy. We focus our energies on ensuring that all children aim for excellence and can achieve the very best that they can. We create a strong self-belief so that all are prepared to meet the demands of a changing world and make positive contributions.
At St Scholastica’s Catholic Primary School all staff is expected to uphold and promote the school ethos and fundamental principles of British values, including democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect, and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs. We recognize that developing the necessary qualities within both the children themselves and the school as a whole can help prevention.
The teaching of basic skills in reading, writing, and calculation are given high priority at St Scholastica’s Catholic Primary School. We ensure that the different learning styles of children are recognized in the delivery of all lessons.
Our school teaches the National Curriculum through cross-curricular topics. This means that each term every year group has a focus topic (e.g. Active Planet). We have found that this approach allows us to have a truly broad and balanced curriculum so that all children have a chance to excel and develop talents in many different areas. The children enjoy learning in this way and therefore achieve high grades.

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