Calcot Junior School

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Calcot Junior
Calcot School seal.png
Location
RG31 4XG
Information
School typePublic, community school
Established1937, 88 years ago
StatusOpen
Local authority West Berkshire Council
Department for Education URN 109932 Tables
Ofsted Reports
ChairpersonJoe Lally
Head teacherFlorence Rostron
Years offered4 academic years
GenderMixed
Classes11/12
RivalSpringfield Primary (unofficial)
Website https://www.calcotschools.co.uk/

Calcot Junior School is a primary school that serves pupils from the age of 7-11. The school is located in Calcot or Calcot Row, a village in West Berkshire. It is one of the two main primary schools in the village area with the other being Kennet Valley Primary. The school shares its ground with Calcot Infant School after both parties merged in January 2006. [1] It is now part of the federation Calcot Schools. [2]

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History

Calcot Junior School was originally opened in 1937 with 3 classrooms and in 1947, the school expanded to have a hall and more classrooms. The original location of the school is the south of the site which is now the Infant School. In 1957, the current Junior building was built and was expanded in 1985. As the new Junior School was established, the separation between the Infants and Juniors was solidified and both began to operate differently with different Head teachers and staff.

In 2004, sources show the Juniors pupil membership decreased from 319 to only 245 whilst the Infants went from 209 to 178. Due to this, West Berkshire Council , the governing body, decided to suggest the idea of merging the two school. [3] In 2006 January and backed by the Independent Schools Organisation Committee, the two schools merged to become what known as Calcot Schools. Mrs Linda McCulloch-Smith was appointed as the Executive Head teacher of both schools. During the merge, a Family Hub and there was a expansion in the Juniors. In 2009, the second full Ofsted inspection was 'inadequate' [4] which led to special measures implemented on the school. [5] In 2010, Mrs McCulloch-Smith resigned as Executive Head teacher and was replaced by Mrs Angela Hartley-Kane as interim Executive Head teacher. [5] After 5 years (2015) of interim leadership, Ms Florence Rostron became the permanent leader of both schools and since then the schools have continued to have her as the head. [6]

In 2023, the latest Ofsted inspection results showed a 'good' rating which meant the school achieved its target 4 times. [7] In early 2025, the school announced, along with the Infants that it was having an expansion of a new 2 years old nursery and are opening places for the new area.

Governing body

The governing body of the school is West Berkshire Council since 1998 after the previous Berkshire County Council was disbanded. Currently there is a joint-chair of Julia Kidd and Joe Lally and the Executive Head teacher is Florence Rostron. The federation is Calcot Schools, the same as the Infant School. [2]

References

  1. ↑ "Proposed school merges" (PDF). 2004.
  2. 1 2 "The Calcot Schools".
  3. ↑ "Merger of Calcot Infant and Calcot Junior Schools Consultation Document" (PDF). 2004.
  4. ↑ "CalcotJuniorSchool Inspectionreport". 2009.
  5. 1 2 "Protect-Inspection".
  6. ↑ "Calcot Junior".
  7. ↑ "Calcot schools celebrate 'good' Ofsted rating this year".
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