Headteacher’s MessageHappy Valentines Day! Love is in the air at Dishforth with our lovely Valentines lunch for the children today and the very exciting news that tomorrow Mr Duffy is getting married. On behalf of everyone inschool I would like to congratulate him on...

As part of our extra-curricular club offer, Mr Duffy has been working with some children from KS2 at lunchtimes to start a school blog. They are starting by interviewing the adults in school so that you can get to know them a bit better. I had the pleasure of being...

We’ve had another busy week in school. On Wednesday three children from Class 3, Kingsley, Will and Charlie led our Collective Worship on the theme of Respect and treating others as you want to be treated yourself. It was a great success and we look forward to the...

A highlight of this week was Wednesday afternoon which saw Class 2 working with the North Yorkshire Schools Outdoor Education Service who came into school to deliver an Orienteering skills session. They brought with them the very latest technology to help the children...

It has been another busy week in school with everyone getting back into the routine of the new term. Swimming for Year 3&4 started at Thirsk pool again and we have had our first school council meeting of the new year. Mr Sherwood from Sporting Influence is...

Happy New Year! I hope that everyone had a very happy Christmas break and enjoyed some quality family time. It has been a very cold and icy start to the new term. Keeping the school site safe for children, families and staff to move around in has been our priority and...

As you know we had our Ofsted inspection this Tuesday 10 th December. A big thank you must go to all the parents that took time to give feedback to the inspectors about their views of the school. I am not allowed to share the results of our inspection with you until...

 This week is the first week of advent and we started in style on Monday with a lovely Collective Worship led by Reverend Dianne Gamble. Our hall looks very festive with our advent wreath and the Christmas tree, enthusiastically decorated by our school council. A...

This week on Wednesday afternoon we were pleased to host one of our first Multiply Maths events provided by North Yorkshire Adult Learning. Parents and carers of our class 2 children came to school to join Mr Duffy and the class in making advent calendars together....

This week Class 1 were delighted to welcome a former pupil back to school. Olivia Mulligan, children’s author and poet, contacted school to offer a story telling session for her new children’s book ‘Reggie from the Hedgie ’. The children thoroughly enjoyed sharing her...