Headteacher’s Welcome

On behalf of the staff and governors of Messingham Primary School I would like to offer you a very warm welcome to our school.

History

There is a rich history of Education in Messingham village with the first school being built in the early 1900’s.  Our current Primary School was built only 12 years ago to join together the separate Infant and Junior Schools into one Primary School.  We are now fortunate to have a modern building, and we are well resourced to meet the challenges of a forward thinking Primary School.

Organisation

We are a split form entry school and can accept up to 42 children in each year.   We pride ourselves on being a friendly and caring school with a strong commitment to pupil achievement, serving the surrounding community, where we endeavour to enable our children to become creative confident learners. Our school accommodates pupils, aged 5 to 11 years.  We have seven qualified teachers, supported by 3 Higher level teaching assistants (who have all received training within their time in the school) and a T.A. in every class (more so in our younger years).  We see adult support, nurture and challenge as a very important part of engaging our children to become active learners.

Values

We are a “Values Based Education” school and the children, staff and parents have a say in values that we use to support the children to learn, and thus give us a greater understanding of the World around us.  We have a value of the month with every assembly being about the value as well as bespoke lessons that introduce new values to the children.  Our values lead teacher shares lessons, assemblies and newsletters with children, parents and staff with a rolling program of values that enrich and develop a strong moral code and build on very positive behaviours to learn within the school.  These values cover each month of the year with the school choosing 10, the parents 1 and also the children through our school Parliament.  Values is a big part of who we are.

Our motto is ‘Working together to grow our own story’ and we share a passionate vision that the opportunities and experiences coupled with strong academic provision will enable the children, staff and parents that attend, work and support the school to aspire to be the best version of ourselves.

The Leaders of tomorrow

Children have the opportunity to undertake important leadership positions in the school with a depth of roles to undertake, these include the School’s Parliament, Values ambassadors, a Head Boy/Girl, wildlife ambassadors, Librarians, and Sports Leaders to name a few.  We see this as an important part of developing confidence and independence as the children move through the school.

Wrap Around Care 7.45am-8.45am and 3.25pm-5.30pm

We have had an incredible successful wrap around care at Messingham that was started four years ago by a member of our dedicated team.   Indeed all of the staff in this setting come from our existing staff and we are extremely proud to offer this service to our parents.  In the four years that ‘Mighty Oaks’ has been going we have seen numbers swell from a handful of children to over 30 in the mornings and up to 16 staying after school.  In this time we have not put up the cost of the service as we believe this is an important part of how the school can support the community.  We also organise special theme nights for our after school club that have included Cinema Nights, bowling, trips out for Halloween, and Wreath Making to name a few.  These nights are open to all of our children but are an essential way of ensuring that the children who use the service have a variety of opportunities.

Our Community

We are very fortunate to be supported by parents/Grandparents and our community to offer the children of Messingham Primary School opportunity.  Recently our FOMs (Friends of Messingham) provided £10,000 through fund raising and special events to support more IT being purchased for the school.  The children also have the opportunity to visit a pantomime and cinema before Christmas and there are Disco’s visits from Santa, and End of term treats, indeed we are indebted for all they do to support us here at Messingham.

Leadership and Results

Strong leadership coupled with extensive training and support of the staff has seen five teachers take leadership training that will enhance Messingham and their future careers.  At the schools most recent review from the local authority the report stated ‘Senior leaders were able to describe the uniqueness of the Messingham curriculum and link this to the school context and in doing so were beginning to articulate a clear intent.’

Our current and historical academic achievements are also something we are really proud of at Messingham with the results in 2024/5 showing that the school achieved:

Key Stage 2

Expected + Analysis

The school historically has achieved higher results when compared with National and local schools.  This was the same in 2024/25 and we are very proud of our academic achievements at Messingham.

Reading 83% (National average 75)

Writing 77% (National average 72%)

 Maths 86% (National average 74%)

GAPS 83% (National average 74%)

Reading, writing, maths combined 73% (National average 62%)

Greater Depth Analysis

Reading 50% (National average 29%)

Writing 31% (National average 13%)

Maths 15% (National average 26%)

GAPS 46% (National average 30%)

Reading, writing, maths combined 8% (National average 8%)

Sport

There is a strong sporting ethos within the school and Mesisngham are currently the football champions across all age ranges as well as in girls football and have been for the past four years.  We are cross country champions in two age groups, 4 x defending netball champions; however, that doesn’t tell the whole story as we enter all events we can from SEN festivals, multi-skills, cricket, tag rugby, street dance, Rounders, cheerleading and Boccia.  We are Our PE is supported by a bespoke PE teacher who works with teachers to deliver high quality lessons as part of the Sports Premium funding the school receives.

…And Finally

These statements support where the school is currently at, however we have a deep commitment to continue to improve the quality of education and the experience and opportunities that the children of Messingham receive and these will be carefully detailed, and monitored in our school improvement plan for 2025-2026.  Indeed we thrive on school improvement and trying to provide the very best education we can to the community of Messingham and beyond. 

We actively encourage new and existing parents to take a walk around our lovely school and if you are interested please contact the main school office for an appointment.

I sincerely hope you find everything you need on this website and if you require any further information, please do not hesitate to contact the school office where either myself or one of my team will be more than happy to help you. 

Kind regards

Rob Hutchings

Headteacher