For information about our approach to and the content of our curriculum we follow in each academic year for every subject, please view our Curriculum page.
Please be aware that parents and carers have the right to withdraw their child from all or part of RE, please contact us to discuss this.
Phonics
Phonics is taught from Reception using Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised which is a systematic and synthetic phonics programme, validated by the DfE. The progression of Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised ensures children build on their growing knowledge of the alphabetic code, in order to master phonics to read and spell. Application of phonics is encouraged in a range of contexts and across the curriculum.
Our School Values
At St Crispin’s, our values of Leadership, Equity, Ambition, Respect, and Nurture shape everything we do.
These values have been carefully chosen to support our children as they grow, explore, and thrive during their infant school years. Our goal continues – to ensure that St Crispin’s is a nurturing, inclusive environment where every child can lay the foundations for learning and life. We support our children and families to develop the tools to succeed at St Crispin’s and beyond.
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The Stour Academy Trust recognises that our education system needs to quickly and more radically shift to close equity gaps and to better prepare our young people for the 21st century. We are transforming our schools from passive forms of learning focused on direct instruction and memorisation, by moving towards interactive methods that promote the critical and individual thinking needed in today’s innovation-driven economy.
Our pedagogical model combined with the intentional deployment of technology will help us deliver personalised learning in an enabling environment. Technology will accelerate our progress but will not be the driver of our vision.
We aim to nurture a community of learners that challenge thinking, where our staff are empowered to take risks and develop their practice to meet the needs of an evolving school system, which is not held back by traditional restrictions and ideologies.
By limiting routine or unnecessary tasks we allow professionals to focus on learning behaviours and interactions which will promote emotional intelligence and the development of children as life-long, curious learners.
There will be no barriers to achievement within our learning community and our teachers will build strong relationships that facilitate the learning of others. Collaboration will open doors, minds and possibilities and enable individuals to meet their personal goals.
Parent Forum
The Stour Academy Trust recognises the value of parent forums as a means of having a sustained dialogue with a committed and informed group of parents on a range of issues that impact on their day to day life with the school which affect them and their children.
To view our Governance structure and membership information, please visit our governance page at:
thestouracademytrust.org.uk/governance-and-financial-information
Every parent/carer with a child enrolled at the school has the opportunity to become a member of the parent forum.
As a member of the parent forum, parents have an important role in working closely with the school by being asked their opinion by the Leadership on issues relating to day to day matters.
Parent Forum Meetings are held once a term.
Find out more about our Parent Forum below:
PE and Sport Premium Funding
During the 2025-2026 academic year, St Crispin’s Infant School received £17,500 in PE and Sport Premium funding. No funding remained unspent at the end of the academic year.
How the Funding Was Spent
Area of expenditure | Amount |
Continuing Professional Development (CPD) for staff | £0.00 |
Extra-curricular sport and physical activity opportunities | £5,478.50 |
Equipment and resources | £12,023.00 |
Membership and subscription fees | £0.00 |
School Games Organiser (SGO) network activities | £0.00 |
External school sports competitions | £0.00 |
External coaching staff | £0.00 |
Total | £17,501.50 |
The school also targeted spending to improve opportunities for:
- Pupils with SEND.
- Pupils with long-term medical conditions.
- Girls’ participation in PE and extra-curricular sport.
- Disadvantaged pupils.
Impact of the Funding
The PE and Sport Premium funding has been used to enhance participation in physical activity and sport through investment in equipment and resources, together with the provision of additional extra-curricular opportunities.
The funding has enabled the school to:
- Increase opportunities for pupils to take part in physical activity beyond the taught curriculum.
- Improve the quality and availability of PE equipment and resources.
- Support inclusive participation for pupils with SEND, disadvantaged pupils and pupils with long-term medical conditions.
- Increase opportunities for girls to engage in PE, physical activity and extra-curricular sport.
- Promote healthy lifestyles and positive attitudes towards physical activity from an early age.
Sustainability and Next Steps
To ensure improvements are sustained, the school will continue to:
- Maintain and replace PE equipment and resources as required.
- Continue to provide a range of opportunities for pupils to engage in physical activity and sport.
- Ensure inclusive access to PE and physical activity for all groups of pupils.
- Embed active lifestyles and physical development within the wider curriculum.
- Build on successful initiatives to encourage lifelong participation in sport and physical activity.
Swimming and Water Safety
St Crispin’s Infant School does not have Year 6 pupils, therefore the statutory Year 6 swimming and water safety measures do not apply.
Our school is committed to equality. Out aim is to ensure that everyone is treated fairly and has equality of opportunity. We also work to develop good relations between people from different groups.
We recognise that in wider society, people are not always treated fairly, for example because of their: age; disability; gender; ethnicity, colour or national origin; religion or belief. Out aim is to make sure that our school is a safe and secure place for everyone. We do not tolerate unfair treatment or bullying of any kind.
We recognise that people have different needs and we understand that treating people equally does not always involve treating them all the same. When people face particular difficulties they need extra support to help them achieve success and we try to do this for people in our school community.
We also try to make sure that people from different groups are consulted and involved in our decisions, for example through talking to pupils and parents/carers, and through our School Council.
Britain as a country is very committed to making society a fair place and the Government asks all schools to help with this. We are asked to set equality objectives and to make sure we review our progress every year and let people know how we are getting on.
View our Equal Opportunities Policy below:
View our Accessibility Policy below:
St Crispin’s Infant School is open from 7.30am – 6.00pm Monday to Friday.
Compulsory times for children are 8.30am – 3.05pm which equates to 6 hours 35 minutes a day, or 32 hours, 55 minutes per week.
Breakfast club runs from 7.30am – 8.30am
After School Club is split into two sessions. The Twilight session is from 3.05pm until 4.30pm and the Late session is from 4.15pm until 6.00pm.
For more information about free and paid for After School clubs including Breakfast and After School Club please visit our useful information page.
Please find a link to the compare school and college performance service and our own performance measures page
Policies
Allergy Policy | Use of Spare Adrenaline Auto-Injectors Policy
Behaviour and Anti-Bullying Policy | Child friendly version
Charging and Remissions Policy
Child Protection Policy | Child friendly version
Complaints Policy | Complaints Process Summary
Equal Opportunities Policy | Equality Statement | Equality (One Page Policy)
Online Safety and Social Networking Policy
Privacy Notice – Parents|Pupils
Remote education provision information for parents
SEN Policy | SEN Policy (One Page Policy)
PSHE Policy (including Health, Relationships and Sex Education)
If you would like to view our other statutory and non-statutory policies, please visit www.thestouracademytrust.org.uk/policies or contact the school office who will be able to provide you with a copy.
If you would like to view our curriculum related policies, you will find them in the appropriate subject section of our curriculum page.