WELCOME!!!

We are a friendly, family school with an excellent staff team committed to the welfare and education of the 215 children we have. We encourage all our children to work hard, eat healthily, get fit and have fun too! We hope this website gives you a flavour of what goes on at our school. If you want to know more please don’t hesitate to contact us.

We endeavour to provide a caring, secure and stimulating environment where all members of the school community can work in partnership to further the aims of the school which are as follows:

• To enable children to achieve their true potential through clear expectations and promotion of high standards.
• To enable children to grow in confidence and independence and to experience the value of co-operation.
• To encourage the children to understand the feelings of others, to respect their values and to consider thoughtfully their own attitudes, values and beliefs.

The Foundation Stage (Nursery and Reception) undertake work from the Curriculum Guidance for the Foundation Stage. In Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 the work is based on the programmes of study in the National Curriculum. The staff develop the children's programme of work so that National Curriculum requirements are fulfilled. These are mostly of a cross-curricular nature and careful planning, recording and assessment ensure progression. Programmes of work are always developed to take account of the needs of the individual child.

• ART
• BALLET
• BOOKWORMS
• FOOTBALL
• FRENCH
• SCRABBLE CLUB
• SPANISH
• TABLE TENNIS
• TAG RUGBY
• MUSIC
• LIBRARY

We have a committee which runs our Out of School activities. It is chaired by Mrs Arnold, who is a school governor, and is made up of a mixture of staff, governors and parents. We operate under the Devon Early Years and Childcare Service. We currently offer the sessions detailed below but we hope to be able to expand to cater for other needs including an After School Club in the future. To book or check availability of places in either of the clubs please contact Tidcombe School Office on 01884 252973 and ask for Yvonne or Marie.