Welcome

Welcome to the Sutton Road Primary & Nursery School website.

We are delighted to welcome you to Sutton Road Primary School & Nursery, a friendly, happy school, where every person really does matter! We believe every child is unique and with this in mind, we work really hard to make sure our children are safe, have lots of fun and fulfil their potential.

A word from Emma Severn, Head of School

Firstly, can I welcome you to the Sutton Road Primary website, I hope you find all the information you are looking for.

I started here at Sutton Road Primary in September 2019 as the Head of School, having worked very closely with the school, staff and Executive Headteacher for the previous five years in my role as Head of School at our Collaborative school Holgate Primary School in Hucknall.

When visiting Sutton Road Primary, you will see we are a large school, with a large school site but rest assured the children and families are at the centre of all we do and we value greatly the support of our parents and the community around us.

We have high expectations of all our children and strive for them to achieve their very best during their time with us. Staff work hard to deliver a curriculum that aims to provide opportunities for our children to develop their academic skills and knowledge, but also their 'Always Abilities' curiosity, resilience and their desire to learn, all skills and attributes that will make them successful in their adult lives.

At Sutton Road Primary we all take pride in our school and are committed to supporting our children through their primary years in becoming polite, successful and motivated young people.

PRIDE - Personal Responsibility In Delivering Excellence

A word from Nicola Davies – The Executive Headteacher

We are a popular and successful Primary School situated close to the town centre of Mansfield. I have previously worked at the school for a number of years becoming its Headteacher in 2001. This evolved into me becoming its Executive Headteacher when we commenced supporting other schools in the locality in September 2012. The day-to-day leadership of the school is left in the extremely capable and excellent hands of Emma Severn as the Head of School.

We believe wholeheartedly in being an outward-looking Primary School, which embraces working closely with other schools and establishments in order to continuously evaluate, reflect and drive further developments and improvements in all aspects of our provision for the children we serve.

We firmly believe no school can continue to improve in isolation and are wholeheartedly an outward-looking Primary School embracing work with other schools and establishments in order to continuously evaluate, reflect and drive further developments and improvements in aspects of our provision for the children we serve. We welcome and appreciate being part of a Trust that supports this and further consolidates our own professional learning and growth.

Our intrinsic belief in true collaboration led us to form a formal collaboration with Holgate Primary School in Hucknall, which we have been in since 2014. This provides many benefits and through it the growth of our shared expertise has been immense, attracting and establishing formidable experts and outstanding practitioners at both of our schools. It has also enabled our children to experience some fantastic opportunities to enhance their learning and discovery of the wider world than would be challenging to achieve for a stand-alone Primary school. We know that this is vital for us as the people entrusted with the amazing job of expanding children’s minds and helping them aspire higher in forging their own futures.

Our everyday commitment to our children is further embedded in our 5 core values:

Aspirations, Attitudes and Behaviour

Embed high aspirations through the development of effective attitudes and behaviours in our schools.
Ensure pupils and staff in our schools are resilient learners developing life, learning and leadership skills to equip them exceptionally well for their futures

Collaboration

Are committed to collaboration ensuring continuous development is both reciprocal and intrinsic in all we do.
Use this to ensures review, reflection and assurances to secure relevant and high-quality improvements in our everyday practice and provision.

Curriculum

Unequivocally know our curriculum is the conduit to all our aims
Ensure this is exciting, relevant, challenging and firmly rooted in meeting the individual needs of our pupils at each school

Inclusion and Diversity

Welcome diversity and remain wholeheartedly committed to inclusion
Endeavour to ensure every individual is fully accepted and provided with a strong sense of belonging within each of our schools

Outcomes

Believe our children achieving high quality educational outcomes is at the heart of all we provide.
Hold an immutable expectation that all members of our school communities strive continuously to achieve nothing less than excellence for our pupils

In summary, our school Mission Statement is that every member of the school, both adults and children, should at all times strive to take PRIDE in all they do.

Thank you for taking the time to visit our website – if you would like a visit to the school in person, please do not hesitate to contact us on the school office number where we can arrange for you to meet us and see our school in action.