Please find below the final report from the Poverty Proofing Audit that was carried out in June. As part of the audit, the Children North East team spoke to all of our pupils, staff and governors. They were also able to speak to a few parents (please note that percentages from the report are from the number of parents who responded and not the whole school) – many thanks to those who were able to respond.

We are delighted with the wide range of positive comments that were made – we hope you enjoy reading them. As always, we look for ways we can continue to improve to make our school community the best that it can be. We have created an action plan which highlights our first steps in addressing some of the recommendations in the report.

Please find both documents below:

Poverty Proofing Final Report

Poverty Proofing Action Plan

As a Church of England school, we are inspected by SIAMS once every five years. Our next inspection will be on the 22nd November 2023. Please find below a link to a letter from our inspector, Linda Burton. If you have any questions about the inspection or would like to speak to Linda, please do not hesitate to get in touch.

Letter to parents and carers Ebchester VC Church of England Primary School

Breakfast Club Supervisor

Part- time (6.5 hours), Permanent Role (1 Scale Point 3)

Ebchester CE Primary School requires a happy, enthusiastic and motivated Breakfast Club Supervisor. At Ebchester CE Primary School we run a successful Breakfast Club that is housed on site and benefits from our school facilities. We are looking for someone who is passionate about all aspects of childcare and education, and is able to bring new ideas and assist in running a Breakfast Club for pupils between the ages of 4 and 11. The successful candidate will supervise children attending the club and provide appropriate activities whilst securing their safety, monitoring well-being and ensuring good behaviour.

Key duties and responsibilities:

To maintain a safe and stimulating play environment and to assist with the developing opportunities which encourage children’s social, physical, intellectual, creative and emotional development through play.

To ensure the provision offers a safe and stimulating play environment

To assist with the planning preparing and delivery of activities, which meet children’s individual and developmental needs

To work face to face with the children registered with the club

To supervise tea time refreshments for the children

To follow guidelines and procedures for safeguarding in accordance with school polices and procedures

To carry out any other duties, which will be seen to enhance the work of the Breakfast Club.

Application forms and further details are attached and completed application forms should be returned to: Ebchester CE Primary School, Shaw Lane, Ebchester, Consett, County Durham, DH8 0QB Tel: (01207) 560349 Email: ebchester@durhamlearning.net

An enhanced DBS check is an essential part of the selection and recruitment process.

Closing date: 12 noon on Wednesday 8th November 2023

School reopens on the 6th November – we look forward to welcoming everyone back!

Pupils will be visiting St. Ebba’s Church on Friday 13th October for our school harvest service.

The PTA will be holding their coffee morning on 16th October at 9am – all are welcome!

On the 19 October, Years 1 and 2 will attend a gymnastics carousel at Durham City Gymnastics Club. Some KS2 pupils will also be visiting St. Mary’s Convent on the 19th for a harvest celebration with the residents.

We will be holding our Community Worship on the 25th October (9am)  at St. Ebba’s – you are welcome to join us!

Of course, we can’t forget the PTA Halloween Disco  on the 26th October.

Thank you to everyone who joined us for sports day this week. It was great to see so many faces cheering on the pupils. Congratulations to the Green Team who won!

(Many thanks to Ross Chapman- Harry’s dad – who took all of the amazing photographs below.)

Please find below the results of our 2022 Parent Questionnaire. The document also includes actions we will take to address some of the issues the questionnaire highlighted. Many thanks to all of you who completed the questionnaire.

Parent Questionnaire Results 2022

Many thanks to all of you who completed the parent questionnaire over the half term. Click on the link below to find out the results and the measures we hope to put in place to address some of the issues you’ve highlighted.

Parent Questionnaire Results 2021

Many thanks to all of the parents who responded to the questionnaire sent out over the Easter break. We had an amazing 61 responses. Please click below to find out more about the results and our responses to some of the comments made. All of the details about our remote learning provision and timetables can be found by clicking on the remote education link on our home page.

Remote Education Questionnaire Results