Cornholme School Profile

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2004/2005 Cornholme Junior, Infant and

Nursery School

Cornholme Junior, Infant and Nursery School

Greenfield Terrace

Todmorden, Lancashire, OL14 8PL

Telephone: 01706 812787

http://www.cornholmeschool.co.uk

Although I should be writing about 2004/05 I cannot resist saying well done again for the excellent OFSTED the school received in December 2005.

Once again the children, parents and staff have continued to work hard throughout the year, well done to the children in Years 2 and 6 for such excellent SATs results. Well done also to all who have taken part in the many competitions and events held both in school and throughout Calderdale this year.

We have seen further development of ICT with the provision of Interactive Whiteboards and improved IT equipment throughout the school. Our children are now becoming so proficient with IT that we (the staff) are having to work hard to keep up with them.

Following major conversion works we now have a wonderful new classroom, occupied by Year 5, and improved office facilities.

We are now looking forward to the development of other areas of the school.

We are continuing to focus on our aims which are:- to ensure that all our children are given the best chances possible, during their time at Cornholme, and that they achieve to the best of their ability.

There has been a particular focus this year on developing the children's skills in problem solving to help them with their maths work.

We have also changed the manner in which we mark their work to encourage more reflection and targeted progression for the children.

The conversion work that has been going on for the last 12 months is continuing and when finished will enable the school to create more, much needed space. This will lead to a much better environment for the children as they learn, with room for group and individual work as well as improved storage.

This chart shows the Key Stage 2 results for 2005. It indicates the percentage of pupils eligible for KS2 tests (usually 11 year olds) who achieved or exceeded the expected level

Results in both KS1 and KS2 have remained high with an upward trend, this year, in KS1 in both English and Maths.

KS2 results were impressive again this year with the children achieving well over their targets, particularly in English.

Thank you to all the staff, but especially Mrs Walker and Mr Bolton, for their hard work and of course well done to all the children concerned.

The school works hard to ensure that it is as inclusive as possible. It is our aim to give every child the best possible education we can. When individual needs are identified we make use of many internal strategies, such as group and individual intervention work, as well as involving outside agencies.

The school liaises with Calderdale's Psychological Service and the Assessment and Learning Support Service. Support is given in school by our SENCO (Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator) who will arrange for extra support to be given to children with SEN when appropriate. This is usually on a withdrawal basis. The school adheres to the Calderdale Code of Practice for SEN children and those with a Statement of SEN receive extra support from a personal assistant(s) when needed. Exceptionally able pupils are given appropriately differentiated work and extra small group teaching when needed.

Cornholme School has been adapted to provide ease of access by the installation of external ramps,and an internal wheelchair lift. Disabled toilet facilities were added in Summer 2005.

We were awarded the Healthy School Award for the second time in 2003 along with the PE Active Mark in 2002. These awards underline our commitment to ensuring that all our children are given a healthy start to school life.

In KS1 children undertake 75 minutes of PE lessons which is extended in KS2 to 2 hours per week. This provision encompasses both individual and team sport. On-site facilities are restricted with no grass area available but all KS2 children have a weekly swimming lesson and we have close sporting links with Burnley F.C, Todmorden C.C. and Todmorden High School. For the last three years weekly tennis / gym lessons have taken place at Todmorden Leisure Centre.

All our staff work hard to ensure that the school is a safe, caring environment where children feel able to learn.

This chart shows the percentage of half days missed through authorised and unauthorised absence by all pupils at the school. Information is given for the school, for schools within the local authority and for all schools.

There are opportunities for children to participate in extra curricular activities such as football, chess, computers, problem solving, brass instrument and dance classes.

Calderdale's Music Service offers peripatetic music lessons for violin, guitar and flute to individual children. Other instruments can be taught on request.

The school's singing club performs regularly and visits are arranged to concerts at Todmorden Town Hall or the Hippodrome Theatre. The children’s art / craft work is exhibited in local exhibitions and entered annually in Todmorden Agricultural Show's Handicraft Section.

An entry is made to the Cornholme Parish Church Flower Festival.

Our very supportive P.F.A. organises and runs many events each year. These events are well supported by the local community which in turn raises a lot of money for the school. Other community events include concert performances and a senior citizen's coffee morning.

We are also closely involved with the Cornholme & Portsmouth Community group and are working with them to try and develop community facilities in the village by raising money to build a community room for everyone's use.

Whilst we are justifiably proud of our school we are always looking for ways to improve.

The children play a great part in this evaluation in two ways:-

The Student Council meets regularly as a sub committee of the governing body. Their ideas and comments are reported back and acted upon.

An Annual Pupil Survey is undertaken to seek views on the school and to ask what can be improved.

The issue the children have identified, this year, for the school to work on is the improvement of the school playgrounds. Pupils have taken a lead in designing new seating areas and purchasing new playtime equipment to make our limited space as interesting as possible.

Whilst we feed to several Secondary Schools in Calderdale and Burnley, the majority of our children transfer to Todmorden High School.

We have excellent links with THS and begin to prepare the children for their move whilst they are in Year 5 by arranging visits to THS for specialist lessons.

High School teachers visit Year 6 several times to give Art,French and Science lessons.

Extra visits may also be made for individual pupils who may find the transfer difficult.

Whilst I should refer here to the 2000 Ofsted Inspection I will also make reference to the more recent inspection.

All the targets identified during the 2000 Inspection have been met and the school has progressed a great deal during the last 5 years. The whole school is justly proud of the Inspection Report we received in December 2005. The statements below are extracts from that report:

- This is a good school with some outstanding features. It provides good value for money.

Pupils make good progress because the teaching is consistently good throughout the school.

Pupils’ personal development is outstanding.

Pupils’ behaviour is excellent. They work hard, love coming to school and take a great pride in their achievements.

Comments such as ‘we are part of a family’ sum up the high quality of care and support the pupils receive.

The provision is carefully evaluated in terms of how well it helps pupils to learn and consequently the school knows its own strengths and weaknesses.

If you would like more information about school policies, including our policies on special educational

needs and disability, admissions, finance, school food and our complaints procedure, please contact us:

By telephone 01706 812787

Our website http://www.cornholmeschool.co.uk

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