Welcome to Parish Church (CE) Junior School

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At Parish Church Junior School children are taught to do their best in a stimulating and friendly environment. Staff encourage each pupil to produce work of high quality and to co-operate well with others. There is an emphasis on good discipline and teachers adopt a firm but fair approach.

We are a Values School and each month we focus on one value and how we can all improve the way we live out that value both individually and collectively. This value is a focus of our daily act of collective worship. Our last and highly successful Ofsted inspection (May 2010) commented on the outstanding provision for collective worship.

We aim to measure our achievements against a range of national benchmarks.

Our commitment to everyone in our school community has been shown by our "Investor in People" award, granted in March 2002 and re-awarded in March 2005. We also hold an Arts Mark Silver, a Basic Skills Award, renewed three times, a 2002 Schools Achievement Award, A Healthy Schools Award and the National Inclusion Quality Mark, renewed again in December 2008.

We offer a broad, balanced curriculum and encourage children to attend our lunchtime and after school clubs. The school is building on its tradition of excellence in the Arts. Pupils regularly participate in borough events and festivals. The school enjoys close links with Croydon Minster Church and the Vicar and Curate regularly lead collective worship.

If your child is transferring from Parish Church Nursery and Infant School, or if you are moving from elsewhere, we will do all we can to make the settling in process as easy as possible. Whatever your route to Parish Church Junior School, we expect to work in partnership with all parents to provide the best possible education for your child. We hope to have your support in all areas of school life.

I am delighted to show prospective parents around the school.

Yours sincerely

David L Morgan

Head Teacher