Accredited Partnership School with Greenwich University

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School Facilities

Before reading why not click through a few pictures to give you a sample of our school - after all, a picture is said be worth a thousand words!

Entrance through the 'glade' managed by our gardening club. One of our classes before the children arrive. One of our 3 ICT suites. Another classroom with books being prepared for the day. Another ICT suite showing work on Basildon, one of our regular topics. The school library. Our new gym, shared with the infants school and local community clubs, it has a demountable partition down the middle. The gym seems even bigger from inside! Our garden which is maintained by the gardening club delivers a variety of flowers and produce. Some of our summer crop. There are several outside areas to stimulate our children during breaks. Some areas are more suited to sitting and conversing. ... or with the nautical theme letting the imagination run away. Large play areas are also available, this one showing the view towards some of our modern classroms and the gym in the background. Some areas are purely for escaping and relaxing. And so back to the entrance. We hope you have enjoyed this mini-tour. . Entrance through the 'glade' managed by our gardening club.

East Tilbury Junior School is a modern building consisting of twelve classrooms that lead off from the assembly hall, plus two demountable classrooms.

After four years in the junior School children at 11+ usually transfer to St Clere’s School in Stanford-le-Hope. Children normally join the school at the age of 7+.  These new entrants are invited to spend some part of a school day in the Junior School in the half-term prior to transfer.  Junior School Teachers also visit the Infant School to meet the children and discuss transfer arrangements with the Infant School Teachers.  Parents are invited to a meeting in the school to familiarise themselves with new surroundings and school policies.

A number of events are held during the year so that teachers may liaise with our St Clere’s Colleagues.  Year 6 pupils are invited to spend a week at St. Clere’s and their junior school teachers accompany them.  There is a close liaison between St Clere’s and this school.

Foundation Status

Since 1st September 2008 the school has enjoyed Foundation Status.  This status gives the school greater flexibility in addressing local needs and in developing local collaboration.  You can learn more at the Foundation & Aided Schools National Association website here.

School Collaboration

Our Statutory Collaboration partners are St Clere's Secondary School in Stanford-le-Hope and East Tilbury Infants School.  Although we have long worked together with these schools, since 19th November 2007 the collaboration has moved to a new dimension as the relationship has been formalised in line with recent government initiatives.  These initiatives are designed to improve service delivery and standards giving children greater access to a wider range of opportunities than might have been achieved without such collaboration.

General Aims

The school aims:

•     To offer a broad, balanced, relevant curriculum within which every child can develop and equip themselves for the challenges of their future life.
•     To create an environment in which the child can happily reach his or her full potential, intellectually, emotionally, spiritually, socially and physically
•     To provide a stimulating environment which will challenge the child to enquire, investigate and master new ideas and tasks.
•     To help the child use English and Mathematical skills effectively, to understand the world in which we live and to appreciate human achievements in the arts, music, science, literature, humanities and technology
•     To foster a respect for the views and moral values of all races, religions and ways of life in order for them to take their place in a multi-cultural society To create an atmosphere in which each child knows that he or she is important and has a contribution to make and a responsibility to his/her environment.
•     To give each child the opportunity to develop the qualities of leadership, independence, confidence and aesthetic awareness.

Location Map (Click to view Aerial view online)