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St Matthews RC Primary School

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A warm welcome to St. Matthew’s Catholic Primary School, a Partnership School of St Thomas More Multi Academy Trust.

St Matthew’s has been educating children from its community since 1875. The school caters for children aged between 4 and 11 years. We also have a fantastic Nursery and Daycare on site for 3 and 4 year olds.

In our school we seek to create an inclusive community where everybody is valued and nurtured. People routinely comment on the friendly atmosphere that exists in the...

A warm welcome to St. Matthew’s Catholic Primary School, a Partnership School of St Thomas More Multi Academy Trust.

St Matthew’s has been educating children from its community since 1875. The school caters for children aged between 4 and 11 years. We also have a fantastic Nursery and Daycare on site for 3 and 4 year olds.

In our school we seek to create an inclusive community where everybody is valued and nurtured. People routinely comment on the friendly atmosphere that exists in the school but they also notice that it has a great sense of purpose.

We truly believe that working in partnership with families is everything – Together We…Pray, Play, Work, Learn and Grow and staff & Governors constantly strive to provide the highest quality educational experiences for our pupils.

Every Child Matters in our school and has the right to enjoy an excellent education set within a secure, spiritual and moral foundation based on Gospel Values.

The aim is that all children will grow in self-confidence and become responsible and caring members of society.

We intend that our delivery of the curriculum reflects these aims,  through continuous evaluation of all that is done in school.

This mission requires equality of opportunity and the co-operation of Governors, families and parish members to foster a  Christian atmosphere and a caring Catholic Community.

To achieve these aims we endeavour to:

  • Pray with and for each other.
  • Show consideration and care for others.
  • Foster friendliness and value, politeness, honesty and sharing.
  • We also encourage children and staff to care for and appreciate their school environment.
  • Encourage children to become religiously literate.
  • Promote a healthy safe lifestyle for pupils and staff.

 

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school history

St. Matthew’s has been serving the local Catholic population of the surrounding area since 7th August 1876 when the original ‘Prudhoe RC School’ was just along the road on West Road! The school was opened by the Bishop for Hexham and Newcastle at the time and it was a momentous occasion for the areas Catholics who finally had a school to send their children. The original school was open for 106 years before closing in 1977, construction then began of our current school, christened St. Matthew’s after the saint, but perhaps also due to it’s patronage from it’s founder, Matthew Liddle. The foundation school of our current school was laid on 10th September 1982.

 

In approx. 2004 St. Matthew’s added a Nursery building onto the site, which allowed the already existing ‘St Matthew’s Toddler and Preschool’ to move into our school community, this was under the advice of Fr Paul Zielinski of Our Lady and St Cuthberts Church. The Nursery fit right in with our school and the partnership flourished for our children moving into reception.

 

From 1st April 2015 our school became an academy and joined the ‘St Thomas More Partnership of Schools’, a trust consisting of our feeder school, St Thomas More, Blaydon as well as another catholic school, Sacred Heart, Byermoor. This change has been one of the biggest for our school as it has given the teaching staff greater freedom and access to excellent training and sharing of good pracrice amongst these other schools.

work for us

St Matthew’s is a practising Catholic primary school. Our staff are a well-motivated team dedicated to inspiring, challenging and empowering both our students and each other. Our current vacancies to join the team are detailed below in the job section.

 

E-mail completed application forms to recruitment@stthomasmore.org.uk.

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