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“Pupils’ best interests are at the heart of all the school does.” Ofsted report December 2024

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12th December 2025

This week we have had fun preparing for Christmas. This morning we had a special advent activity morning, organised by Mrs Cawood where the children worked together with other classes to complete activities to help them understand the meaning of advent. It was lovely...

5th December 2025

This week Class 3 have been on a trip to Boroughbridge High School for a Maths workshop. They had a fantastic time and we’re delighted that they have the opportunity to go to a secondary school and have a taster of what their next steps might look like. Many classes...

28th November 2025

Headteacher’s MessageA quieter week in school this week with everyone busy with teaching and learning, getting work completed before the Christmas festivities start. On Monday morning we were delighted to welcome Reverend Dianne into school to lead our Collective...

7th November 2025

Headteacher’s MessageWe’ve had a super week in school this week with a visit from a Roman Soldier as well as our first visit from ‘Big Green Heart’. This year in school we are having a particular focus on children’s mental health and wellbeing and as part of this we...

26th September 2025

We’ve had a super week in school this week with children starting to settle into their new routines and get stuck into learning their new topics. Year 5 and 6 went to a football festival in Knaresborough on Tuesday, run by Sporting Influence and Mrs Tennant and Mrs...

19th September 2025

Last week Class 3 were lucky enough to have a visit from a local artist, organised by Mrs Chester. Please have a look on the last page of this newsletter for more information, written by two of our Year 6s. Thank you to everyone who was able to attend Mrs Chaplin’s...

12th September 2025

Headteacher’s MessageThis year we are launching an exciting project to improve our facilities in school. As many of you know, our KS1 toilets (Mrs Cawood’s classroom) have not been upgraded for a significant period of time and are in dire need of modernisation. You...

5th September 2025

Headteacher’s MessageWelcome back to a new school year! It has been lovely to catch up with lots of familiar faces but also welcome some new families. Everyone has settled in beautifully and it has been a really happy week in school. Miss Ungerechts is settling back...

13th June 2025

Headteacher’s MessageThis week Class 1 have been on a very successful trip to Ripon Cathedral leaning about religious signs and symbols and investigating plants to link with their work in Science. They all had a fabulous time and really impressed all the volunteers...

6th June 2025

Headteacher’s MessageAnother ‘jam-packed’ week this week. Year 6 started their Bikeability training, Class 2 went on a trip to Hope Town, everyone started rehearsing for our production of Peter Pan and some of our Year 5&6 children went to Great Ouseburn Cricket...

Welcome to Dishforth Church of England

Primary School and Nursery

 

Welcome to our small, friendly Church of England school, situated in the heart of the village of Dishforth in North Yorkshire. We are well-resourced and offer wonderful grounds, an enthusiastic and dedicated teaching staff, high quality teaching and learning opportunities and excellent pastoral care.

We have places available in all year groups – if you would like to come and see us in action, please ring the school office.
We would be delighted to welcome you into our school community.

 We are committed to providing a safe, secure and stimulating learning environment in which children will be happy, enjoy learning, and develop positive relationships with others. We work hard every day to encourage and support children to achieve their full potential and develop a life-long passion for learning.

Our recent Ofsted report in December 2024 commented on our “overwhelming family ethos” and that “the nurturing environment means that pupils love to come to school.”

Our Christian ethos and values are very important to us and we strive to make our school a welcoming, open and friendly environment to work and play in, where the views of all members of the school community are valued. We are ‘rooted and grounded in love’ Ephesians 3:17.

This website aims to give you an overview and useful information about our school, but visitors are always welcome. If you would like to find out more about us, please don’t hesitate to contact the school office. 

Mrs Katey Lacey

Headteacher

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School Opening Hours

School is open from 8.45am – 3.15pm which amounts to 32 ½ hours per week.