Welcome to our school!!!

lamerton C of E (VC) Primary School is a small rural school a few miles outside Tavistock. We provide and exciting, safe and caring environment for children to learn in.

We will provide educational and social experiences appropriate to the age, ability and needs of our pupils.

• We will have consistently high expectations and match these with high quality resources and learning strategies.
• We will create opportunities for each individual in the school community to develop his or her full potential.
• We will sustain a comfortable but stimulating and professional learning environment.
• We will strive to achieve continuous improvement in every aspect of the school's work and life at the school.
• We will maintain a professional and objective relationship between staff, pupils and parents while retaining the warmth and caring approach needed by primary school children.

Like all State schools, we follow the National Curriculum. This provides the structure for all we do. The National Curriculum clearly lays down in law 'What has to be learned' by each child. It is made up of three 'Core' subjects and seven 'Foundation' subjects, all of which contain prescribed programmes of study and attainment targets. Children in Class 1 work at 'Key Stage One' programmes of study, which are assessed at seven years of age [Key Stage 1 Standard Assessment Tests and Tasks or SATs], whilst in Class 2 children work at 'Key Stage Two? programmes of study and this is assessed at eleven years of age [Key Stage 2 Standard Assessment Tests and Tasks or SATs]. Full details of the National Curriculum structure and how it is covered at Lamerton are available from the Headteacher if required.

We have adopted the 'Devon Curriculum Statement' as the Curriculum Statement of the school. These aims, and the personal qualities they help to develop, form the basis of the children's education at Lamerton.