"Exning primary is an outward-looking friendly school and a credit to its community"

-OfSTED 2011
 
ETHOS AND VALUES

We adhere to the five outcomes of the Government vision Every Child Matters, for every child to have the support they need to:

  • be healthy
  • stay safe
  • enjoy and achieve
  • make a positive contribution
  • achieve economic well-being
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STATEMENT OF VALUES

We promote the spiritual, moral, cultural, intellectual and physical development of all pupils at the school and prepare children for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of adult life.

We provide a child-centred, broad and balanced curriculum, which meets the needs of the individual and the requirements of the National Curriculum and Education Reform Act.

We aim to help children develop a caring and understanding nature towards the local community and toward their environment, both local and global.

We help children to acquire lively, enquiring minds, to question and argue rationally, whilst having respect for other people’s viewpoints, to apply themselves to tasks and to be able to work both as a member of a group or team and individually.

We help children to use language and numbers effectively.

We promote respect for religious and moral values, and appreciation of other religions and ways of life different from our own, to help children understand the world in which they live, and the interdependence of individuals, groups and nations.

We aim to foster a happy, purposeful and stimulating atmosphere in each class so that the individual child has the opportunity to develop a positive attitude towards learning.
 
ABOUT THE SCHOOL

William White built Exning School in the mid 1870s. He was a well-known local architect who designed the attractive Victorian buildings. The school appears to have served the local village children from 4 years of age through to 14, and was built to educate a maximum of 447 pupils in two buildings. From early photographs, we can see that there were about 200 children on roll in 1910.

 

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Exning School is now a community Primary school for children aged 4 – 9, serving children from Exning and the surrounding area.

There are two main teaching buildings, linked by a corridor, which have classrooms, computer areas, the library and the main hall. The canteen is situated at the top of the school.

There are two playgrounds, one at the front of the school and one to the rear, as well as a large playing field with adventure play equipment. An environmental area is used as an outdoor classroom for science and other subjects.

The school house contains the administration office, the staff-room, Headteacher’s office and art resources area.