Flookburgh CE Primary School was opened in 1971, replacing older local facilities including the 1865 Holker School and the 1875 Flookburgh School. It is found on Winder Lane, and operates as a foundation school with a teacher-led nursery, serving children aged three to eleven on the Cartmel Peninsula

Children are admitted to the main school in September of the school year in which they reach the age of five, giving each child seven, full-years in school. The learning is provided over four classes: Hilltop (Nursery & Reception), Dove (Year 1 &2), Bluebird (Year 3 & 4) and Wainwright (Year 5 & 6). All classes are based within the main school building, creating a sense of belonging and community from the outset.

The nursery and reception children have two outdoor play areas – one attached to the classroom and one bespoke area with a garden, a climbing frame, sand-pit, stage and creative den space. The children also use the very generous grounds, green spaces, allotment and woodland areas throughout the year to enhance and embed their learning experiences through learning outside the classroom as much as possible – wellies and wet-weather clothing is essential!

Our Teacher-Led Nursery offers places for up to 26 children; children are welcome to join us at the start of the term that they reach the age of three. All of our Nursery children are entitled to at least 15 hours per week of free-Nursery Education, which we offer over five mornings per week. We also offer our families unto 30 hours Nursery Education per week; these additional hours are free for families who meet the eligibility criteria however, parents working over 16 hours per week can pay for additional hours, if they would like.

The main school is an attractive building which is open, light and airy, with ample teaching space to accommodate our mixed-age classes. Each classroom has their own access to the outside grounds and toilets.

Children enjoy the well-sized, multi-purpose hall, which used for our school dinners, Collective Worship, Events and indoor P.E. sessions. The school has spacious and well-maintained grounds, which include a tarmacked play area, fields, climbing frame and a woodland which contains our orchard and ‘Willow Structure’ which we use throughout the year.

We welcome a range of other local groups to use our excellent facilities and especially support pre-school learning and development:

· The Burrow – our stay and play session for parents and pre-school children. This is a free provision, available every Tuesday morning 9:00 – 10:30am. Refreshments are available. Donations for the provision are welcomed but not expected.

Our School Day:

Our school is open for children from 8.40am with our school day beginning at 8:50am when registration is taken by each class teacher.

Our Nursery and Reception children are encouraged to be independent from the day they arrive at our school. They go straight into ‘Hill Top’ Class where a wide variety of pre-lesson activities are ready for them to access. Our Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 classes are open to all children from 8.40am where, a host of pre-lesson activities are available for children.

Children arriving after 8.50am report to the Main office, before being taken to their class to begin their day.

Morning break-time is between 10:30am -10:45 am.

Lunchtime for our children in Nursery to Year 2 is between 12:00 o’clock and 1:00pm; for children in Years 3 – 6 lunchtime is between 12:10pm and 1:00pm.

The school day finishes for all children at 3:20pm.

Each day we have an act of collective worship which is led on a Tuesday by a member of our local church community; on Wednesdays the children from Reception to Y6 engage with Learning Forums, where they share their thinking about different school related topics. From here, when needed, the elected School Council work with the Mr Wright to bring new ideas to fruition. Children can also apply to be House Captains or Librarians, Eco-committee members or part of our WOW team (weekly Organisers of Worship).