Awards
Listed on this page are details of the awards that St. Mary's currently holds.
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Ofsted Inspection St. Mary's achieved an outstanding grade from Ofsted during our last inspection in Autumn 2008. The full report can be viewed by following this link: As a church aided school we were also subject to an SIAS inspection which focussed on the characteristics of the school as a church school. The SIAS report stated that the distinctiveness and effectiveness of St. Mary’s as a church school was outstanding. The full report can be viewed by following this link:
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Healthy Schools St. Mary's has achieved Healthy Schools Status. This award recognises the work we do to promote our pupil's health in four main areas:
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| Investor in Careers St. Mary's was the first primary school in the country to be granted the Investor in Careers Award. It recognises the work that we do to increase the children's awareness of potential careers. Examples include: welcoming a wide variety of professional visitors to the school to talk to the children organising visits to local businesses developing a business enterprise scheme for our Year 6 pupils where they will grow and sell their own flowers, fruit and vegetables
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Dyslexia Friendly School Key staff have been trained by the British Dyslexia Association and they have passed on their knowledge to the rest of the teaching staff and teaching assistants. The staff's enhanced understanding has helped to ensure that pupils who have dyslexic tendencies can be fully involved with their learning. More information can be found by following this link: www.bdadyslexia.org.uk/quality-mark-and-accreditation.html
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| Activemark 2007 The Activemark 2007 award recognises our commitment to encouraging our pupils to participate in sports and other active pursuits. The children take part in at least 2 hours of PE a week. We also provide a wide variety of after school sports clubs. Our older children take part in competitive sports events against local schools (cricket, swimming, football, hockey, tag rugby). They are also encouraged to join local sports and activity clubs and participate in sports training and events at our local secondary school, The Weald in Billingshurst.
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Autism Aware Award Several key staff have been trained under this West Sussex run scheme. They have passed on their knowledge to all of the other teachers and teaching assistants.
The staff's increased understanding of autism is already having a very positive impact on several pupils throughout the school.
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| The Arts Council Silver Artsmark This award recognises the importance that we place on teaching the full range of arts based subjects either in the classroom, during dedicated Art Days or in after school clubs. We employ a specialist Art teacher and she teaches in classes throughout the school.
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South and S.E. in Bloom School's Competition We were thrilled to achieve a Gold Award and the title of South East Regional Winner in this competition in 2009. This recognition rewards the efforts that we have made in developing our school grounds for the benefit of our pupil's learning. |
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The Bishop's Commendation The Bishop's Commendation was awarded to St. Mary's in 2008 for "promoting Christian values through creativity and peace by developing the school grounds".
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