Hayward's Primary School

Acting Headteacher: Steve Hitchcock

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We are extremely proud of our school, and we hope that you find your visit to our website both interesting and informative.

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Latest school newsletter

Ofsted Report - February 2008

About Hayward's Primary School...

We are a Community Primary School, situated on a busy campus. Our school, Leapfrogs Nursery, the Youth Centre and the Crediton Arts Centre all share a large site, and we benefit from maintaining strong partnerships with these other organisations.

Hayward's School has served the local community since January 1860, when it was first opened in the old buildings adjacent to the present school site. It has always been very much a part of the history and local community in the rural town of Crediton.

The school moved to its present location in 1937, and in 2003 benefited from a major rebuilding programme.

We feel that the children at Hayward's not only benefit from the superb accommodation, but are being taught by committed and motivated staff with high quality resources to support their work.

Our staff, coupled with supportive parents and governors, contribute greatly to the success of our school. We all work together with a common purpose - to ensure that our children are happy and successful in their primary years.

If you would like to visit us in person, we are always delighted to welcome visitors, and would be glad to give you a tour of our school. Please see the 'Contact Us' page for details of how to get in touch, and where to find us.

Our office is staffed from 8.45am-4pm each weekday, or you may like to leave a message on the answer machine, and our admin staff will return your call as soon as possible. Full details about our school are available in our prospectus which we would be happy to send you.

School Numbers

The school has approximately 270 children who come from Crediton or the surrounding area.

Ofsted : Overall Evaluation in 2008

This good school serves its community well. It is improving rapidly in many aspects and has a few significant features that are outstanding. Pupils are exceptionally positive about the school and enjoy it enormously. Outstanding care, guidance and support by the whole staff team contribute to the good personal development and well-being of pupils, including those who are most vulnerable and those with complex problems. There have been dramatic improvements in behaviour, which is now good. The headteacher is an outstanding leader and manager. The other leaders and governors support him effectively, providing good overall leadership and management. Together they ensure a balanced approach to pupils’ individual personal development and academic achievement. Parents recognise this. One of the relatively few who replied to the inspectors’ questionnaire wrote, ‘Since the appointment of the headteacher the school has gone from strength to strength.’ Another parent commented on the staff as follows, ‘They give their heart and soul to our children and treat them all fairly and individually.’ The progress made by pupils is good, having accelerated significantly since September 2006. Pupils’ achievement is now good. The exceptionally effective systems for checking the work of the school provide very accurate information about its performance and this is used skilfully to plan for further improvements. This has enabled the school to make good progress since the last inspection and excellent progress over the last two years. The school is exceptionally well placed to improve further.Click here to download the entire report.

School News

March 2009	CREDITON Festival of Song, held in Exeter Great Hall was a huge success – a number of our children joined forces with a group from Landscore to perform an ABBA tribute under the theme of ‘Songs from Sweden’. Other schools performed songs from Russia, the Caribbean, Hawaii and the United Kingdom. This was followed by a fantastic performance by the outstanding ACM Gospel Choir (many of you will remember them from the BBC series “Last Choir Standing”). Thank you to all those parents who were able to support us in the Festival – and a big thank you to Mrs Dixon and Mrs Vallance who supported the practised with the children leading up to the event. Well done to those children who were involved too!
March 2009	Red Nose Day - The H-FACTOR For Red Nose Day we held a live talent final in school. The children's acts were fantastic and we raised over £200 in ticket sales for Red Nose Day.
March 2009	Fair Trade Week is celebrated throughout Crediton - including a tuck shop in school, inflatable bananas and a visit from a Palestinian Olive Farmer whose life has been transformed by Fair Trade. Read the article here in the local press.
February 2009	China comes to Hayward's! We all had a wonderful week exploring the culture of China - it's music, food, traditions and art.
January 2009	Exeter City Football Club are training our Year 5 and Year 6 children each week.
January 2009	Roman Soldier comes to Hayward's!
January 2009	A visit from Robot Recycle is a huge hit across the school. Visit Robot Recycle's website by clicking here.
December 2008	The Key Stage 1 Christmas production is a huge success - click here to see the pictures.
November 2008	It's Green Travel Wednesday ... and to celebrate we held a fantasic Bikers' Breakfast - with beans, toast bacon and juice all on offer for free!
November 2008	The Key Stage 2 production, The Big Noise at Fort Issimo, was a fantastic success!
November 2008	Anti-Bullying Week ended with BLUE Friday (BLUE stands for Be Lovely and Understanding to Everyone). It was a super day when we all dressed in blue once again to show we supported anti-bullying in school.
June 2008	Hayward's Tag Rugby team are runners up in the Mid-Devon finals!
May 2008	Why not take a look at the two-page article about Hayward's in the Mid-Devon Gazette
April 2008	The Ottery St Mary Football event was attended by two of our teams - one of whom won the cup - well done!
Arpil 2008	Our Mile-a-Day-Marathan ends with hundreds of our children having completed twenty-six miles in twenty-six days - well done everyone who took part to support Mrs Merrett running the London Marathon.
March 2008	WORLD BOOK DAY - reading galore in school!
February 2008	Our monthly Parent Coffee mornings continue - look out for them on the school newsletter!
February 2008	Ofsted visited school - we're a Good school with some Outstanding features! Well done everyone!
December 2007	See the Christmas Play by our Year 1 and 2 performers - it was fantastic!
November 2007	Our Years 5 and 6 children performed Theseus and the Minotaur! It was a fantasic musical extravaganza - click here for a range of pictures!
November 2007	During Anti-Bullying Week we focused on helping each other in school - looking at what makes a good friend and who we can turn to if we need help.
October 2007	The hampers at our Harvest Festival were sent to St Petroc's in Exeter where they support the homeless.
October 2007	Our Creativity Week focused on Africa - we all had a wonderful time working on African drumming, story telling and drama! Click here for a local newspaper report.
October 2007	It's Healthy Walk to School Week! We had a great time getting to school in different ways.
May 2007	The Hayward’s Photograph Competition starts today! We’re holding a competition to find the most creative and interesting photographs taken of ‘Crediton’.The closing date is June 8th. Further details can be found on our newsletter.
March 2007	Radio Stars on BBC Devon! Our choir was chosen to sing as a backdrop for a BBC Radio Play. Why not take a look at the behind the scenes!
March 2007	The Big Sing at Queen Elizabeth's Lower School hall was wonderful! It involved a choir made up of the year 3 and 4 children from every primary school in Devon singing some amazing songs. We've been asked to perform at the Mix festival in Exeter in the summer ... so watch this space!
February 2007	We have just achieved a Leading Aspect Award for our work on developing personalised and independent learning for our children. We're one of only a handful of schools in Devon who are Leading Aspect schools!
December 2006	We have just achieved Healthy Schools Status! It's a fantastic achievement! See our Healthy Zone.

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