St laurence Primary School

St Laurence's Primary School

Through God’s grace a community growing in knowledge and understanding.

How it all began
St. Laurence Primary School, Arbury Road, is a Catholic Voluntary Aided School that was first opened in April 1968. The original costs of the building were met largely through the Roman Catholic Diocese of East Anglia, though the actual running costs are in the main financed from a budget allocated by Cambridgeshire County Council, the Local Education Authority. The school serves the needs of the catholic community of North Cambridge and the nearby villages.

Mission statement
Christian values of caring and respecting others are central to all schoolwork, as is the aim of providing children with as excellent education. The Governors try to ensure that the curriculum is broad, balanced and relevant to the needs of every pupil. The school also aims to be outward looking and recognises its role in the wider community.

In keeping with the Catholic ethos of the school the Governors and staff aim to:
Place Christ at the centre of all we do.
Develop in all individuals a personal relationship with God so that they learn to know, love and serve Him.
Provide quality education in a safe, stimulating, nurturing, teaching and learning environment in accordance with individual needs and aspirations.
Enable all children to achieve their potential, particularly in literacy and numeracy, through a broad, balanced curriculum including all aspects of the National Curriculum; integrating all aspects through Catholic Christian teaching.
Foster self-esteem in each individual in a climate of mutual support, respect and co-operation.
Help children to grow in the knowledge of others and so in their own personal relationships.
Make the partnership of school, family and parish an active aspect of each child’s development.
Foster close ties with local schools and encourage links with our immediate neighbourhood.
Develop a tolerance and respect for other faiths and cultures.
Actively promote awareness of and care for God’s world.

The wider world
Sunday mass is celebrated in the school each week, as are masses on Holy Days of Obligation. Various parish groups and individual parishioners involve themselves in the life of the school and we encourage the relationship of the parish and school working together. Links have been developed with the wider community, including Arbury Court Library and Cambridge Regional College where the children are involved in local short-term projects. We have strong links with student teachers from Homerton College Cambridge, Vanderbilt University USA, and science students from Cambridge University. We have sporting links with many of the local primary schools.

Moving on
On transfer from primary to secondary school, parents and children are encouraged to consider St. Bede’s, an Inter-Church Comprehensive School offering a broad and balanced curriculum. Spiritual and moral development are central to the school life, and so children move smoothly onto the next step of their Christian journey. Some children transfer to other secondary schools in Cambridge or to their local village colleges, whilst others move into the private sector.

Further information, including a full prospectus can be obtained from the school office.

Head Teacher Brigida Martino

St Laurence's RC Primary School Telephone 01223 712227
Arbury Road
Cambridge
CB4 2JX
U.K.