Message from the Headteacher 

Welcome to Matching Green Church of England Primary School. I am delighted that you have chosen Matching Green for your child’s educational journey and the team, and I look forward to working with you to achieve the best for your child.  

At Matching Green, we have a deep Christian foundation that can be seen through our teaching and learning, through our worship and through our school values, ethos and culture.  We are passionate about creating a therapeutic, nurturing and supportive environment where children can thrive. When staff and children feel valued, listened to and safe, everyone achieves. We strive for inclusivity, understanding, tolerance, patience and acceptance to ensure that our community understands ‘everyone is welcome here’. We focus heavily on supporting wellbeing through our Christian Values as we know the importance of this in supporting children through their next stages. 

We strongly believe that all children can progress from their starting points, when staff know the children well. Relationships are the foundation of everything we do. We work hard to support children to achieve their potential through high expectations and identifying barriers to learning. We model empathy and compassion so that the children attending Matching Green Church of England School become lifelong learners who can take risks, learn from mistakes and demonstrate resilience.  

We educate the whole child by teaching them to learn with their heads, hearts and hands each day to respect and value the diversity of life their communities around them offer in the 21st Century.  We do this with the John 10:10 quote at the forefront of our minds ‘life in all its fullness’ by teaching an enriched curriculum that goes beyond the classroom and incorporates aspects of a social, spiritual, cultural, physical, intellectual, emotional and moral education. We ensure that our curriculum includes opportunities for children to learn with their head (academic) their hearts (wellbeing) and their hands (making/doing). at Matching Green, we want children to foster curiosity and a love of learning through inspirational topics, where they are emersed in their learning and end with a final product that the children can stop to look at; reflecting on the achievements they have made and be proud of their progress and outcomes.  The topics the children will be taught will be led by them and will focus on a particular book(s), author or genre.  Throughout these topics, children will be creative and have memorable and engaging experiences, encouraged to think analytically and ask questions to further their learning. Our curriculum incorporates various experiences and opportunities to strengthen children’s understanding of the world through teaching and educational visits and trips. Our curriculum ensures that children will explore and understand at a deeper level and will leave Matching Green with a love of learning! 

Our investment in the ‘No Outsiders’ project means everyone is welcome at our school. We are an inclusive school where we meet the needs of all pupils and their families, including those with special educational needs and disabilities.  We have a shared expectation that all pupils, regardless of their special educational needs or disabilities, will be a valued member of our school community and should be offered inclusive teaching which will enable them to make the best possible progress in school and for them to reach their full potential. 

We know that children will only make progress with their learning if their wellbeing is also looked after. At Matching Green, we are lucky to have small class sizes, which enables all members of staff to know the children well and therefore know when they need some extra support.  We pride ourselves on being a caring environment both for our children and for their families.  Teaching children the Christian Values and how these can reflect on their daily lives is an important ethos of our school.  

Partnerships are essential and at Matching Green we want to engage with families in a variety of ways; providing workshops for you to learn how your children learn and how you can support at home, events held by the PTA and inviting you into school to take part in activities with your child’s learning to name a few. This extends to working with our local community and we welcome you to contribute to our school in any way you can.  

Primary school years are when a lifelong love of learning begins, where children start out on a journey away from the family home and find out about new social situations and scenarios.  School days should be enjoyable and unforgettable; full of proud moments for all the small and big achievements that are made in a safe, engaging and friendly environment.   

Mrs Childs 

Headteacher