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Milton Road Primary School

Telephone: (01223) 712333
Email: office@miltonroad.cambs.sch.uk
Address: Ascham Road, Cambridge, CB4 2BD

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Welcome!

 

 

 

On behalf of all of the staff and governors welcome to Milton Road Primary School.

school entrancell find that this brochure gives you lots of useful information about our school.

The children at Milton Road take great pride in their school and are excited by learning. We are very fortunate to have a fabulous new building with well equipped classrooms which our excellent teachers and skilled support staff utilise so well. The atmosphere at the school is always pleasant and purposeful and visitors often say how special it feels.

Milton Road Primary is a very highly regarded school and we are extremely proud of its many achievements, which include an “Ofsted Outstanding” rating as one of the country’s best performing schools. The school has many gifted and talented children and it also has a great diversity of nationalities and cultures which enrich the experience of everyone.

The school thrives on creativity, in the breadth of the curriculum, in its music and performances, and in the wide variety of clubs and other activities that go on before & after school and during lunchtimes. Lunchtimes have become a particular feature at the school with superb, healthy food provided by ZEST (our award winning caterers) and exciting playtimes supported by playleaders and Teaching Assistants to encourage the children to keep active and to make great use of the courtyard as well as the outside areas.

The school also benefits from having very supportive parents. There is an active PTA that organises many events throughout the year which raise lots of money to support the school in so many ways. Many parents also provide volunteer help in classes.

Once again I would like to thank all of the staff at the school for their hard work and achievements and I look forward to yet another successful and rewarding year.

 

Paul Jobson

Chair of Governors

Please note that any reference to parents throughout the brochure includes carers

 

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Aims

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We want all our children to:

  • Experience a broad and balanced curriculum
  • Develop lively enquiring minds and a love of learning
  • Have high self esteem
  • Work with independence
  • Value and care for others
  • Be successful
  • Have their achievements celebrated
  • Feel safe
  • Become good citizens
  • Care for their environment
  • Be self-disciplined and courteous

We want all staff to:

  • Continue raising our high standards of teaching and learning
  • Develop professionally
  • Feel valued and supported
  • Be successful
  • Have job satisfaction
  • Enjoy a healthy work-life balance

We want all parents to:

  • Feel welcomed in school
  • Work in partnership with teachers
  • Be well informed by clear communications

We want governors to:

  • Work as friends and partners of the school
  • Know the school and staff well
  • Offer constructive advice
  • Promote the school in the wider community

We want the wider community to:

  • Develop good relations with our school
  • Broaden our horizons

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This popular school serves a residential area just north of the city, a short walk from the River Cam and the centre of Cambridge.

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On 8th June 2006, the school moved into a brand new, state-of-the-art building, providing high quality indoor and outdoor spaces. The learning environment for each year group consists of two class rooms, a shared group space, cloakroom and outdoor learning area. There are 14 classes in total.

 

 

View of both existing school site and new school site - click for larger view

 

 

 

Attractively landscaped with trees, shrubs, grass and a pond, the outside environment provides a wide variety of opportunities for play, learning and community use. (click image on the left to see a larger view)

Shortly after moving in, the school received its first Ofsted Inspection and was judged to be an outstanding school. The Milton Road Primary School Inspection Report 20-21 June 2006 is available on www.ofsted.gov.uk/reports

The School Profile provides an annual insight into achievement and summarises key activities for the previous academic year. It can be located on schoolprofile.parentscentre.gov.uk

 

 

 

In April 2007 the new school building was officially opened by the Children’s Laureate, Michael Rosen. To commemorate this occasion, the newly designed school library now bears the name The Michael Rosen Library.

 

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Milton Road Primary School is a community school of 450 pupils aged between four and 11 years old. Cambridgeshire Local Authority (LEA) is responsible for setting the admission arrangements and the Published Admission Number (PAN) of pupils. From September 2004, this number was set at 60 for Reception places. 

For details of school admission criteria:  http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/education/parents/admission

The LA Contact Officer for Milton Road Primary School is Lindsey Peters, Admissions Officer admissions@cambridgeshire.gov.uk or 01223 717391

 

Catchment area map - click for a larger version
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Starting School

It is county policy to admit all children to school in September of the school year in which they will be five, and, by law, all children must start school at the beginning of the term after their fifth birthday. The school aims to make the transition into the school setting as smooth as possible.

Transferring to Secondary School

The partner school for Milton Road Primary is Chesterton Community College. Early in the Autumn Term, parents of pupils in Year 6 receive detailed information about all secondary schools together with a preference form. About this time, secondary schools arrange open evenings. Parents are notified of their child's secondary place during the Spring Term. The majority of secondary schools offer the opportunity to spend a day in their school at the end of the Summer Term in Year 6. Detailed records about each pupil are forwarded to the allocated secondary school to facilitate continuity and progression in learning.

School Organisation

The number of pupils on roll for September 2007 will be 450. Pupils are organised into 14 classes by year group in Key Stages as follows (class numbers in brackets):

Reception

ages 4-5

Class M(30), Class R(30)

Key Stage 1

Year1, Year2  

ages 5-7

1M (30), 1R (30), 2M (30), 2R (30)

Key Stage 2

 Year3-6

ages 7-11

3M (30), 3R (30), 4M (35), 4R (35), 5M (35), 5R (35), 6M (35), 6R (35)

(Classes are named M and R after Milton and Road.)

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Term Dates

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School Term and Holiday Dates 2007-2008

2007

Autumn Term

Training Day

Monday 3 September School closed

Training Day

Tuesday 4 September School closed

Term Starts

Wednesday 5 September

Half Term

22 - 26 October

Term closes

Wednesday 19 December

2008

Spring Term

Term Starts

Thursday 3 January

Half Term 

11 - 15 February

Term closes

Friday 20 March

Summer Term

Training Day

Monday 7 April School closed

Training Day

Tuesday 8 April School closed

Term Starts

Wednesday 9 April

May Day 

Monday 5 May School closed

Half Term 

26 - 30 May

Training Day 

Friday 27 June School closed

Term ends

Tuesday 22 July

School Term and Holiday Dates 2008-2009

2008

Autumn Term

Training Day

Monday 1 September (School closed)

Term Starts

Tuesday 2 September

Training Day

Friday 24 October (School Closed)

Half Term

27-31 October

Term closes

Friday 19 December

2009

Spring Term

Training Day

Monday 5  January (School closed)

Term Starts

Tuesday 6  January

Half Term 

16-20 February

Term closes

Friday 3 April

Summer Term

Term Starts

Monday 20 April

May Day 

Monday 4 May (School closed)

Half Term 

25-29 May

Training day

Friday 26 June (School closed)

Term ends

Friday 17 July

Training day

Monday 20 July (School closed)

School Calendar – (Click to see the detailed school calendar here)

 

 

The school day

Reception and Key Stage 1

09:00 - 12:00

13:15 - 15:15

Key Stage 2

08:55 - 12:05

13:15 - 15:20

playtimeThe bell rings at 08:55 for children to line up and follow their class teacher into school. The playground is supervised from 08:40 so children should not arrive before this time. For security reasons, pod doors are locked as soon as children have been brought into school, so please make sure your child arrives in good time for the bell. Any child arriving late, for any reason, must enter through the main entrance and report for school at the reception desk.

All pupils take a 15 minute mid-morning break and Reception and Key Stage 1 also have a mid afternoon break.

Reception, Key Stage 1 and younger Key Stage 2 children should be collected promptly by parents at the end of the school day. In the interests of safety, it is important to let the class teacher know of changes to collection arrangements.

Office Hours

The School Reception Area is clearly signposted and is open from 08:30-16:15 each day.

When calling as volunteer helpers or visitors to the school, parents should report to Reception and are expected to sign the Visitors' Book and wear visitor badges when in school for more than ten minutes. Parents should remember to sign out when they leave.


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Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 Results

Below is a link to a document showing the 2006 and 2005 SATs results for Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2. These documents are in the Adobe PDF format. You will need to have the Adobe Reader program installed on your computer to read these documents. You can download this program free of charge from the Adobe web site.

PDF formatSATs Results 2007

PDF formatSATs Results 2006

PDF formatSATs Results 2005

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