St Botolph's C of E Primary School
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As always, staff have gone above and beyond to ensure my children have a positive school experience. To see them go from strength to strength in their personal and educational journeys makes me incredibly proud! I will forever be grateful to all staff members who support and guide my children during their time at St Botolph’s. Thank you for another wonderful year!
In our opinion as parents, St Botolph’s is an OUTSTANDING Primary School. The entire team of teachers and support staff have continually endeavored to challenge our child and sympathetically support his individual needs. The positive ‘can do’ ethos that exists within this school has facilitated tremendous progress in all aspects of his education….Our son says “I love my school”, that says it all!
Our son is so happy to go to school every day! It is such a relief and comfort to know he is happy and settled in a wonderful environment with kind and caring staff members. Our son has come on leaps and bounds and it’s lovely to see the updates through the app of all the different activities he does every day. We can’t thank the staff enough for the brilliant first year he’s had.
St Botolph's Church
As the only Church of England foundation school in Shepshed, we work together closely to support each other in the core work in our school and Church.
We worked closely with our Foundation Governors in deciding on our core Christian values that permeate our school in our daily actions.
Our 6 Christian values are important and are seen as essential in establishing our school ethos:
Creation – We celebrate and enjoy the world in all its diversity.
Community –We nurture positive relationships within the school and wider community.
Compassion – We support one another, sharing experiences.
Endurance – We persevere in the face of hardship and never give up.
Responsibility – We share a collective responsibility for our world, community and the people in it.
Trust – Trust lies at the heart of the relationships within our school.
These have become the core values that permeate the whole ethos of the school and the values we want to drive us in our lives.
Our daily Acts of Worship continue to be supported by members of the Church.
In addition, we hold our Harvest and Easter celebration services in Church and also utilise the beautiful Church for some of our Christmas performances and end of Y6 St Bafta's award ceremony. We also write a monthly article for the Parish magazine – an article written by the children in each class throughout the year.
We always support and promote annual Church events through our school newsletter and attendance at events such as the Christmas tree festival, Christingle service and Rotary concerts. In addition, our Foundation Governors continue to support us in a formal and informal capacity through their regular visits to the school and support during our visits to Church.
Over the last few years we have further strengthened our work with the Church - we have our loyal readers – members of the Church congregation who regularly come in to school to hear our children read.