Welcome to Great Chart Primary School
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On our website, we aim to give you information about the school, the curriculum taught, our future events, and other general information which may be of interest to parents and pupils. If there is anything you would like to know which is not mentioned on these pages, please do contact the school office.
At Great Chart Primary School we aim to provide a broad and balanced education for all the children within a happy, stimulating and healthy environment and we want each child to achieve the best he or she can. This is a very large primary school and there are many people who work in varying capacities to contribute to its success. We have excellent teachers, teaching assistants, office staff and a caretaker who all work as a team. Our Governing Body plays an essential role in the development and success of the school. Parents work with us in partnership and we have a thriving Friends' Association whose members work extremely hard to raise money and to provide social events for parents and children.
The school has been awarded a School Achievement Award for the quality of teaching and learning and subsequent pupil results. All the staff have been congratulated by the Minister of State for School Standards, the MP for Ashford, and the Director of Education for Kent.
Every child has his or her own strengths. Our school has a strong tradition of celebrating pupil achievement and encouraging children's self esteem. We promote the development of excellent relationships between pupils and with the school staff team. Citizenship is a very important aspect of our school life. The School Council represents pupil views and meets with the Head Teacher, a Senior Teacher and a Governor regularly. Children's ideas for improving our school are discussed and acted upon. Our weekly Good Work Assemblies are used to formally celebrate and reward children's achievements in class. We also have other reward systems in school which promote positive behaviour. At the end of the school year we have a range of cups and trophies which are presented in our Prize Giving Ceremony for academic achievement and citizenship. By the time they leave us at the end of Year 6, our children are responsible, independent young people and we are very proud of them.
Mrs. Isobel Duncalfe
Head Teacher
