In September 2021, Nassington School joined the Unity of Titchmarsh and Warmington Schools. Policies are therefore being reviewed as part of the Unity's annual cycle and new versions will appear accordingly once they have been approved.
Key Aspects about Nassington School
Nassington School is a small school with a big heart set in the delightful North Northamptonshire village of Nassington, close to Fotheringhay, Woodnewton and Yarwell.
Admission Arrangements
Nassington School's admission policy is aligned with the policy of North Northamptonshire Council. Full details of Primary School admissions can be found at: School admission arrangements | North Northamptonshire Council (northnorthants.gov.uk)
School Day
The Nassington School Day lasts from 8.45am to 3.15pm each day. This equates to 32.5 hours per week for the school working week.
Financial Benchmarking
Please find a link to the Schools' Financial Benchmarking site here
Ofsted
There are two key sources of information about the performance of the school. The School Comparison Website provides a snapshot of our school performance at Key Stages 1 and 2. The site can be used by you to check the performance of our school in relation to similar schools and the national picture.
Secondly, the school's last Ofsted inspection took place on November 1st 2023 and the school was judged as Good. The report is available here.
Results & School Performance Tables
Our School Performance Tables published by the Secretary of State on the Department for Education's website can be found by using the School Comparison Website.
Due to the pandemic, there is no data for 2019/20 or 2020/21.
Uniform
School Uniform can be purchased from the Cool Cats website here: Nassington Primary School - Cool Cats Clothing. A full list of uniform requirements is available from the School Office and as part of the Welcome Pack. Financial support with school uniform is available, as are preloved items - please speak to Mrs Rodger in the School Office.
Our School Uniform is:
- Grey trousers, skirt or pinafore
- White shirt and school tie (Year 5 & 6)
- Royal blue school V-neck jumper (Year 5 & 6)
- Sky blue school polo-shirt (Reception to Year 4)
- Navy school sweatshirt or cardigan (Reception to Year 4)
- Summer dress – blue & white (all years)
- Black shoes (all years)
Our PE Uniform is:
- Royal blue t-shirt with or without school logo
- Navy blue hoodie with or without school logo but no branded sportswear
- Navy blue shorts or skort or tracksuit bottoms but no branded sportswear
- Sensible trainers (not plimsoll style)
Hair should not be dyed and extreme hairstyles are not permitted. Long hair should be tied back during PE and practical activities. Earrings will need to be removed prior to PE lessons to prevent injury. Watches can only be worn with the permission of the Executive Headteacher and must be removed during assessments or external tests.
School Curriculum - Our Curriculum Vision
To ensure all of our pupils are equipped for successful lifelong learning and achievement.
Teaching enables outstanding progress by ensuring that tasks are differentiated, with challenge in place for More Able, so that pupils are challenged and respond positively, building their curiosity, confidence, resilience and perseverance. Active learning is linked to high outcomes with attainment for GDS above national average across the Unity. Achievement is strong for all groups of pupils across a curriculum which is robust and inspiring for core subjects whilst immersive, engaging and innovative for all foundation subjects, supported with celebration of the successes of each individual pupil.
Our Curriculum Content
Each class page contains downloadable newsletters which will outline what is being delivered for each subject area. We use the White Rose Maths Scheme and Hamilton Trust and Jane Considine for Reading and Writing development. If you have any questions about the curriculum for your child's class, please speak to your child's Class Teacher in the first instance. Please also see each class page for the long-term plan for the curriculum and documents detailing the areas of each subject being covered. You can also download our school vision to see how the curriculum is central to all we do.
The Role of the Curriculum
Our curriculum promotes respect, tolerance and diversity. We are committed to ensuring that our pupils are offered a broad and balanced curriculum that aims to prepare them for life in modern Britain.
Children are encouraged to share their views and recognise that they are entitled to have their own different beliefs which should not be used to influence others. Our RSE (Relationships and Sex Education), Citizenship and SMSC (Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural) provision is embedded across the curriculum, and underpins the ethos of our schools. Our collective worship programme is planned to support these values.
Teaching the school's core values alongside the fundamental British values supports quality teaching and learning, whilst making a positive contribution to the development of a fair, just and civil society. Children are regularly taught about how to stay safe when using the Internet and are encouraged to recognise that people are not always who they say they are online. They are taught to seek adult help if they are upset or concerned about anything they read or see on the Internet.
Phonics Scheme
At Nassington School we introduce children to phonics and since Summer 2022, we have been following the FFT Success For All phonics scheme.
More information can be found at: Success For All Phonics - FFT
Pupil Behaviour
Our Pupil Behaviour policy is available on the sidebar on the right hand side of this page.
Pupil & Sports Premium Funding
Please see the updated reports which can be found on the sidebar of this page.
Special Educational Needs
Our Inclusion policy and SEN Reports are available on the sidebar of this page. We follow the Northants County Council Local Offer. Please find a link to the Local Offer webpage on the sidebar.
Our SENDCo is Mrs Sharon Mwaramba, who can be contacted via the School Office. Please see the 'Contact Us' page for more details.
Accessibility Plan
Our school is suitable for pupils with physical difficulties, having wide doorways, ramps and low-level thresholds on exterior doors. We also have two disabled toilets, complete with nappy-changing facilities. Our Accessibility Introduction and Plans can be viewed on the side bar.
Charging Policy
Our Charging & Remissions policy is available on the sidebar of this page.
Governance
Full details of our Governing Body are available on our Governors' page.
Covid Catch-Up Grant
The school has received money from the DfE to support pupils requiring additional support due to the pandemic and closure of schools. We are maintaining assessment using the data before school closed as a benchmark and running regular tests and hot and cold tasks to ensure pupils are supported and closely monitored. We have invested the money in webcams to ensure that the best possible face-to-face learning can take place for pupils working from home, have run a well-being and self-esteem course offered by NMPAT and have tutoring in place to support pupils on a short-term basis to fill in any gaps caused by the absence. Our quality first teaching also revisits areas missed during the lockdown and teaching assistant interventions are also in place to support the children in school. The schemes of work we use also include recapping of skills and work from the previous year to ensure that all pupils are secure in their prior learning before embarking on the work for the coming year.
Assessing Impact
Through our data drops, which take place five times a year, we will review the progress of each child and will ensure that any pupil who is behind receives interventions from our teaching staff and teaching assistants. This will allow us to identify pupil needs, put interventions in place and assess how well they have caught up. We also have access to online tutoring to ensure that any pupil who is behind can have additional support from a trained tutor. You can see the impact on our 'Pupil Premium Strategy document' on the sidebar.
How will we know if we have been successful?
Each pupil is expected to make at least six steps progress per year and, in the case of pupils who are behind due to the lockdown, they should be able to make accelerated progress with the steps in place. Meetings between the Executive Headteacher and the teaching staff will review this regularly, alongside governor visits and scrutiny at the Unity Standards' Committee meetings.