St. Paul’s Church of England (VC) Primary School, Swanley Village, has an enviable reputation as a welcoming, caring, high performing primary school. The school was graded Good by Ofsted in January 2020 and Good in its SIAMS inspection, 2019. We are part of The Compass Federation which includes St. Edmund's Church of England Primary School and Dunton Green Primary School.
The school is proud of its Christian heritage and seeks to entwine these values through everyday life. We have a good reputation for and offer pupils a range of sporting achievements, extra-curricular activities, including high quality instrumental tuition. We have a Professional Sports Coach that works with our pupils, mountain bikes and 2 tracks and we like to embrace as much of the real world as we can!
Demand for places far exceeds the number available. We have four mixed aged classes with 15 pupils in each year group.
Our children are delightful and we have very supportive and aspirational parents. The school is set in beautiful surroundings and has very well maintained and fully equipped buildings. We work in partnership with our families; we nurture self-belief and inspire a love of learning, encouraging all to become able and successful, through empowerment, and being responsible members of the community.
We are part of The Compass Federation; three schools linked together including St. Edmund's Church of England Primary School, West Kingsdown and Dunton Green Primary School, Sevenoaks and enjoy a positive relationship with them. Our Federation vision of 'One Child. One Chance' mean that no child gets left behind in our quest to give them the very best primary education. We are also working alongside MAST, a multi-academy Trust with schools based in Medway.
Our Federation has clear professional pathways for all staff, regardless of role or starting point. We aim to support staff through all that they do and want them to be the very best version of themselves that they can be.
Benefits for staff include: - SimplyHealth healthcare for all staff; - Blue Light card; - Well being days; - Free EV Charging; - Progressive approach to menopause and periods for staff; - Paid attendance at events for their own children; - Common sense approach to life and work
Our Federation has clear professional pathways for all staff, regardless of role or starting point. We aim to support staff through all that they do and want them to be the very best version of themselves that they can be.
We are committed to meaningful well-being. Access to counselling, high-quality training and CPD, well-being days and a common sense approach to all that we do - enable our staff to feel happy and enjoy coming to work.