Hillside Primary School

General information

Hillside Primary is a happy, friendly school in the heart of the community with high aspirations for every one of our children. Viewing every individual child as a gift to be respected and valued, we are committed to the development of the whole child: social, emotional, physical, moral, intellectual and spiritual.

We aim for excellence in all we do. We believe who the children are, and who they become, is just as important as what they achieve or attain. To that end, we seek to develop character so the children are able to learn successfully. We are committed to teaching the children determination and effort in order to achieve, and believe supporting the children in building and maintaining healthy relationships is vital to life. Our ethos is based around respecting ourselves, others and our world and this feeds into all we do at school.

Our school has many excellent qualities which make it a favourable choice. Our extensive facilities include a well-stocked library, ICT Suite, an art studio, a forest school, gardening areas and much more. We encourage learning outside the classroom in our attractive, green environment. School also provides a breakfast club and an afterschool club is provided by Firbobs.

We believe our thematic curriculum encourages our children to learn for themselves, promoting investigation, curiosity and problem solving. We choose themes that excite our learners and ensure many enrichment activities are built into school life. Parents are invited to share children’s learning through regular class assemblies, open afternoons and workshops