education Watch

from Primary Times Merseyside - May Half Term 2022

events Watch

Stay for life

Stanfield Preparatory School is proud to be the starting point of the Merchant Taylors’ journey. When girls and boys join Stanfield school from Reception to Year 6, their lifelong connection to the Merchant Taylors’ family begins. From September 2022, children will not be required to sit any further entrance assessments as they move into the senior schools, however pupils from external primary schools are required to sit an entrance assessment for senior school. Find out more by visiting the website.

W: www.merchanttaylors.com/stanfield-primary/

Bellerive values achievement in its widest sense

Bellerive is a popular and oversubscribed Catholic school for girls. They are conveniently located in a pleasant area of the city, next to Sefton Park. Bellerive was inspected by Ofsted in October 2021 and confirmed to be ‘Good’ in all areas. Pupils join from over 40 primary schools throughout the city and beyond. They are an inclusive and diverse school, and their Bellerive family includes pupils from a wide range of different cultural and religious backgrounds. At Bellerive, they value achievement in its widest sense: academic, personal, social, and cultural. The heart of the school is rooted in a strong Catholic tradition, and they seek to nurture the spiritual development of each individual pupil. Go and find out more at their Open Evening in July 2022.

W: www.bellerivefcj.org

Discover what St Julie’s could do for your daughter at an open event in June

St Julie’s Catholic High school is a popular and vibrant learning community where academic excellence is standard and traditional values shape the delivery of a curriculum that is innovative and exciting. In recent years students have left St Julie’s Sixth Form to go to Universities in places such as Liverpool, Manchester, Oxford, Cambridge and the Royal Academy for Dramatic Art. Their last Ofsted inspection judged the school to be good, with outstanding leadership and management and pupil welfare and development. To find out more about a place for your daughter, please visit the website and meet staff and students at their open event on Thursday 30th June from 4-6pm.

W: www.stjulies.org.uk

Early Career Teacher lands her dream job at St John Bosco

Miss Jen Chamberlain is a recent graduate from the School Direct Programme. Jen explored the different pathways into becoming a teacher and it was at a Get into Teaching event that she met Jane Kennedy, Director of the Teacher Development Partnership and Inspire Learning NW Teaching School Hub. This programme meant that Jen was fully immersed in the school community from the get-go. This was hugely important for her as she didn’t want to do her PGCE the traditional way. “The programme takes a gradual approach, so you take on more and more independent teaching, as you are ready,” explains Jen.

W: www.stjohnboscoartscollege.com

Discover what makes Belvedere special at an Open Evening

Belvedere Academy are holding their Open Evening on Thursday, 23rd June . There will be three talks given by Mrs Taylor, Principal explaining how they plan for transition from primary to secondary school and you will of course, be able to hear from pupils who will give their first-hand experience. Tours are available including their brand-new Year 7 base, Forget Me Not building. They look forward to seeing you, and hope that this gives you a taste of what makes Belvedere special.