Milton Road Primary School

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

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Updated08/03/2010

Link to Hatsukope Primary school in Ghana

(Our partner school)

            

 

Welcome!

 

 

 

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

 

You will find that our children are enthusiastic, eager to learn and achieve high standards. They do this because our staff are not only dedicated to educational excellence, but are also caring individuals who together make a great team. Our parents are also hugely supportive of the school and their children's education both at home and through volunteering at the school. There is an active PTA that organises many events throughout the year and raises a very considerable amount of money for the school. We are undoubtedly fortunate to occupy a wonderful new building, which is just three years old, has some excellent modern facilities, on-site playing fields, and which is all just a short walk away from the beautiful and historic city centre of Cambridge.

This year, the school enters a new phase of development. We were very sorry to have to say goodbye last year to Mrs Romero, our retiring Headteacher and Mrs Hladky, our Deputy Head, who also retired. Both served the school wonderfully for many years and, most notably, achieved an Ofsted Outstanding ranking for our school again last June, which gives us a Cambridge Double First: two successive Ofsted Outstandings.

We are more than delighted to welcome Mr Stephen Burton from Blackpool as our new Headteacher, who is very ably supported by Miss Nina Gane, our new Acting Deputy Head.  Mr Burton is an enthusiastic Headteacher with many years of experience across the Primary range. Miss Gane has been leading our Key Stage One team for several years and last year jointly ran both Key Stage One and Foundation Stage. Together they make a very good team indeed to lead our school into the years ahead.

We are all very pleased to welcome you to Milton Road Primary School.

 

Ian Lewin

Chair of Governors

 

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

 

 

 

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Our Vision

 

 

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 is located within walking distance of the historic and cultural centre of Cambridge. The school uses a wealth of local resources to enhance children’s learning and make meaningful links with the curriculum.

 

 

    

 

In June 2006, the school moved into a brand new, state-of-the-art building which provides high quality indoor and outdoor spaces for learning, recreation and eating.

There are fifteen classes in total with two in each year group and three classes currently in Year 1.

 

 

 

Other shared spaces include a large library with extensive ICT facilities, a hall big enough to accommodate all the children and a separate Dining Room/Community Room. In April 2007 the new school building was officially opened by the children’s poet Michael Rosen. To commemorate this occasion, the newly designed school library now bears the name The Michael Rosen Library. 

 

At the centre of the school is a large, sunny courtyard which is the focus for many activities all year round and throughout the school day. The development of this courtyard is now complete and it provides a versatile and creative space in which to learn, eat and play.

 

Attractively landscaped with trees, shrubs, grass and a pond, the outside environment provides a wide variety of opportunities for play, learning and community use.

 

The school received its second Ofsted Inspection in June 2009 and was again judged to be an outstanding school. The Milton Road Primary School Inspection Report 21st May 2009 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 http://schoolprofile.parentscentre.gov.uk

 

 

 

 

 

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Milton Road Primary School is a community school of up to 460 pupils aged between four and eleven years old. Cambridgeshire Local Authority (LA) 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 Foundation Stage places. The school’s PAN remains at 60 but for the year 2008-9 there was an over-admission up to 90 pupils. These pupils are currently in Year 1. All future annual intakes to the school will be 60.

 

Applications for Foundation Stage places in September 2010 should be made by Friday 4th December 2009. Full details of how to apply will be available in the Autumn Term 2009.

 

In the event of oversubscription, the following criteria will be used to determine priority for places:

 

• Children who are Looked After or who have a statement of special educational need.

• Children living in the catchment area with a sibling at the school at the time of admission.

• Children living in the catchment area.

• Children living outside the catchment area who have a sibling at the school at the time of admission.

• Children living outside the catchment area who have been unable to gain a place at their catchment area school because of oversubscription.

• Children who live outside the catchment area, but nearest the school as measured by a straight line.

 

The LA Contact Officer for Milton Road Primary School is Lindsey Peters, Admissions Officer: admissions@cambridgeshire.gov.uk or 01223 699200 / 699201.

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 towards the end of 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 2009 will be 460. Pupils are organised into 15 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), 1S (30), 2M (30), 2R (30)

Key Stage 2

 Year3-6

ages 7-11

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

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

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Term Dates

 

 

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

School Term and Holiday Dates 2009-2010

2009

Autumn Term

Training Day

Wednesday 2 September (School closed)

Term Starts

Thursday 3 September

Training Day

23 October

Half Term

26-30 October

Term ends

Friday 18 December

2010

Spring Term

Training Day

Monday 4  January (School closed)

Term Starts

Tuesday 5  January

Half Term 

15-19 February

Term ends

Thursday 1 April

Summer Term

Training Day

Monday 19 April

Term Starts

Tuesday 20 April

May Day 

Monday 3 May (School closed)

Half Term 

31 May – 4 June

Training Day

Friday 25 June

Term ends

Thursday 22 July

Term dates for 2010 -2011 can be found on Cambridgeshire County Council site.

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

The bell rings at 8.55 for children to line up and follow their class teacher into school. The playground is supervised from 8.40 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 Foundation Stage and Key Stage 1 also have a mid afternoon break.

 

Foundation Stage, 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 8.30–4.00 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 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.

SATs Results 2009

SATs Results 2008

SATs Results 2007

SATs Results 2006

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