Welcome to Marlfields Primary School – ‘Where Children Come First’

It is with great pleasure that I welcome you to Marlfields Primary School. As the new Headteacher of the school, I am proud to share the strengths of our school community, ethos and committed team of staff. Marlfields has a friendly and nurturing environment. As the school embarks on an exciting new era, I am looking forward to leading its new journey to continuous improvement.

Child-centred: Being a small school, in the heart of Congleton town, we place a strong emphasis on getting to know and understand the needs of each individual child. Our school motto is ‘Where Children Come First’, which encompasses the values of our dedicated members of staff.  Our staff know each child, whether they teach them or not, and strive to put children at the heart of all they do.

Values individuality: We are an inclusive school, and we recognise the uniqueness of each child, encouraging them to be happy, confident learners. We have created in-house leadership roles for our children, which celebrate their unique skills and talents. Through these roles, we are able to value the children’s voice, while allowing them to contribute positively to our school. We place a great emphasis on encouraging children to be proud of who they are to enable them to thrive throughout school and within their lives beyond Marlfields.

Rich experiences: Our structured curriculum ensures that children learn the necessary skills, knowledge and understanding whilst also giving them a multitude of opportunities to flourish intellectually, creatively and physically. Afterall, it is It is our belief that children have just one childhood and this should be magical, wondrous and filled with inspirational and unforgettable learning experiences. At Marlfields we shall always be committed to education in the widest sense and develop the whole child.

Much of our school’s success is achieved through our strong partnerships between home, school, trust and community. Our website will give you a flavour of Marlfields, but cannot fully convey the wonderful atmosphere of our school and the children within it. It is the children, after all, who make our school special and unique.

Please contact the school for a copy of our full prospectus and we welcome you to visit us to see for yourself our warm, welcoming community.

Mrs C Sleath
Headteacher

 

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Term Dates

TERM DATES-2024-25

 

TERM DATES- 2025-26

School Performance

Latest Ofsted Report

Latest School Performance

Assessment Results for Key Stage 2 – Transition from Primary to Secondary

School Management & The Governors

The Board of Governors aim to be a cohesive and professional team who use our skills and experience to work in partnership with the staff and parents.  The Board shares the commitment that Marlfields should provide the best possible education for its pupils. The Board of Governors has a number of duties and responsibilities towards pupils, staff, parents, the local authority and the wider community.  If you are interested in joining our Governing Team, further details are found below.

Educational Standards

  • Ensuring the school fulfills the legal requirements of the education system
  • Setting challenging but achievable educational targets
  • Ensuring the school is adequately resourced and that its resources are utilised properly and creatively
  • Ensuring all pupils receive an excellent, well rounded education academically, morally and socially so that they can move forward into the world, fully equipped for the challenges they will face

Leadership

  • Developing a vision for the school and setting its strategic aims
  • Establishing the values that the school is expected to meet and maintain
  • Acting as critical friends – monitoring and evaluating performance and progress towards the school’s priorities and targets, supporting staff and challenging their expectations

Relationship with Stakeholders

  • Accountability – ensuring that the school is accountable to the children and parents it serves, to its local community, to those who fund and maintain it, as well as the staff it employs
  • Maintaining a close relationship with parents and the local community
  • Caring for the welfare and well being of staff and pupils.

The organisation of the Governing Board is shown below.  To contact a member of the governing team, please write to the Clerk to Governors, Marlfields Primary Academy, Waggs Road, Congleton, CW12 4BT who will forward to the relevant person.

The Governing Organisation

The Academy Trust Handbook (ATH) sets out the responsibilities and requirements relating to academy trusts’ financial governance and management. Compliance with the ATH is a condition of the funding agreement.  It provides an overarching framework for implementation of effective financial management and control.The funding agreement for Marlfields Primary Academy is available from the gov.uk Find and Compare schools section, under Workforce and finance.

The Board of Governors is required to achieve good value in the use of public resources.  We report on this via our value for money statement which can be viewed by clicking on the document below:

Value for Money Statement

We are required by law to publish our annual financial statements.
This section will be updated on an annual basis when the report is
issued.

Number of employees whose employee benefits (including employers
pension contributions) exceeded £100K for the Year End 31 August 2024:

£110,001 – £120,000 = 1

The latest Signed Accounts are below:

Congleton Primary Academy Trust Ltd. Signed Accounts for Year End 31 August 2024

Congleton Primary Academy Trust Ltd. Signed Accounts for Year End 31 August 2023

Congleton Primary Academy Trust Ltd. Signed Accounts for Year End 31 August 2022

Congleton Primary Academy Trust Ltd. Signed Accounts for Year End 31 August 2021

The latest SEND Annual Report for Marlfields Primary Academy is below:

SEND Annual Report 2021-2022

Please find below our Academy Funding Agreement, Memorandum and Articles of Association and Scheme of Delegation:

Marlfields Deed of Variation Final

CPAT Articles of Association 2014

Scheme of Delegation Sept 2023 – Aug 2024

For a summary of attendance at Full Governing Board meetings from Autumn 2022, please click on the document below:

Full Governing Board Attendance

Attendance at all meetings from September 2023 is summarised below:

Trustee Attendance at all Meetings

For current Governing Board membership and their register of business interests, please click on the documents below:

Trust Board Membership

Register of Business Interest

The Full Governing Board meets 3 times a year; once every school term, to discuss matters relating to the running of the Academy. To view the minutes of the meetings this year, please click on the link below:

Full Governing Board Meeting Minutes Summer 2023

Full Governing Board Meeting Minutes Autumn 2023

Full Governing Board Meeting Minutes Spring 2024

In addition to the Full Governing Boards meetings there are 2 committees with duties delegated from the Governing Board.  The Terms of Reference are below:

Resources Chair: Chris Nield

Curriculum Chair: Jessica Rosson

The Governors work closely with the Senior Management Team to support Business Continuity Planning.  Business Continuity Plans provide a structured and informed response to specific threats that may occur to our educational setting.

MPS Business Continuity Plan

If you are interested in becoming a Member, Trustee/Director, including a Parent Trustee at Marlfields, here are some background documents from the Department of Education and the National Governance Association that you may find helpful:

Academy Trust Governance – Structures and Roles Descriptions

This document is designed to provide high-level information about the roles and responsibilties each structure and person holds in academy trust governance. The map and descriptors contained in this document serve as an introduction to, and clarificaiton of the roles in the governance system.  If you are interested in the role of a Member or Trustee, please contact the Clerk or Principal.

Trustee Role Description

Parent trustees, elected by the parents of the school, bring an important perspective but have the same responsibilities to the Trust as other Academy Trustees and need the same skills. Their role is to support the Trust, rather than act as parent representatives.

Parent Application Form

School Policies

The school has policies covering every aspect of school life.

If you have a specific requirement or query, please contact the school for assistance.  Please also be aware that policies are regularly reviewed and the school office can ensure the information you require is up to date.

The school Data Protection and Privacy Policy explains how we use and protect the personal data relating to you and your child. If you have any concerns or worries that our notice does not answer please do not hesitate to contact us.

 

The majority of children elect to stay at school during the dinner time. 

Children can either bring their own lunch, or have a school meal.  If children bring their own lunch, it should be in a proper container e.g. sandwich box. 
Please, for safety reasons, do not include hot drinks, soup, glass containers or fizzy drinks.
 
All infant pupils currently qualify for a free school meal under the government’s Universal Free School Meal Scheme. Infant children are children in FS2(Reception), Year 1 and Year 2.
 
KS2 pupils pay for their school lunches at a cost of £3.00 per day unless they are in receipt of low income tax credits.
 
Those children who are not in the above classes or in receipt of Free School Meals from the tax credits have to be paid for on the school Scopay payment system, before they are taken.
If you think your child may be eligible for Free School Meals please visit the Cheshire East Council website page.
Please contact the Mrs Hatton or Mrs Yoxall in the school office on 01260 633120 for more information.

Please note that where School Days are mentioned in a policy, this relates to term-time teaching days when our pupils are in school.  Schools Days do not include half-term and end of term holidays, weekends, in-service training (inset) days and bank holidays.

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