Forest Park Primary School

Forest Park Primary School is a larger than averagehttp://www.ofsted.gov.uk/reports/123/123997.pdf primary school in the English

England

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 city of Stoke-On-Trent

Stoke-on-Trent

Stoke-on-Trent , also called The Potteries is a city in Staffordshire, England, which forms a linear conurbation almost 12 miles long, with an area of . Together with the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme Stoke forms The Potteries Urban Area...

, Staffordshire

Staffordshire

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. It was formed in 2005 when two schools, Forest Park Primary and North Primary were amalgamated. The school is situated on the site of the previous Forest Park School which had its building extended to increase accommodation. Its one building is mainly single story (one classroom is located on a second story) and occupies grounds that include two tarmac play areas, a quiet play area with outdoor classrooms, a large grass playing field, a conservation area and community gardenhttp://www.sgfl.org.uk/forestparkprimary/ourcommunity. The site borders Hanley Central Forest Park which is where the school gets its name. In Autumn 2007 pupils helped artists design a new entrance plaza for the parkhttp://www.stoke.gov.uk/ccm/content/et/environment-team/greening-for-growth-folder/new-entrance-plaza-at-central-forest-park.en.



The school is a two form entry school comprising a Foundation Stage

Foundation Stage

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, Key Stage 1

Key Stage 1

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, and Key Stage 2

Key Stage 2

Key Stage 2 is the legal term for the four years of schooling in maintained schools in England and Wales normally known as Year 3, Year 4, Year 5 and Year 6, when pupils are aged between 7 and 11. The term is applied differently in Northern Ireland where it refers to pupils in Year 5, Year 6 and...

. It teaches the English primary National Curriculum. The school serves a diverse area of Stoke-On-Trent and “two-thirds of pupils are from minority ethnic groups”http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/reports/123/123997.pdf.

“The school provides a very safe and caring haven for all pupils” http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/reports/123/123997.pdf and “well qualified teachers establish good relationships and manage behaviour well”http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/reports/123/123997.pdf. The school performs well in the end of Key Stage 2 SATs with an aggregate across the three core subjects: pupils achieving expected level or above 2007 score of 265, well above the national average of 245http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/cgi-bin/performancetables/school_07.pl?No=8612054&Mode=Z&Type=SC&Phase=p&Year=07&Base=p&Num=861.

Pupil Groups

• School Council - made up of one child from each class from year 2 -year 6. Makes decisions on playground activities, school charity work, friendship and anti-bullying strategies and other school issues.
• Eco-Action team http://www.sgfl.org.uk/forestparkprimary/ecoschool- made up of children from key stage 2, leading the schools' drive for Eco-Schools
  Eco-Schools
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  green flag status.I attended a school on this site from 1950 to 1956 it was known as Granville County Primary, girls and boys had separate playgrounds and each had an air-raid shelter.Kenneth John Bourne.

External links

• School Website http://www.sgfl.org.uk/forestparkprimary
• Ofsted report, G. Griffin, 2007http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/reports/123/123997.pdf
• Performance table, SATs, 2007http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/cgi-bin/performancetables/school_07.pl?No=8612054&Mode=Z&Type=SC&Phase=p&Year=07&Base=p&Num=861