News

Spring Concert

In March, the children entertained over fifty senior members of our community with a Spring Concert followed by tea and cake served by our Year 6 prefects. The children thoroughly enjoyed performing some of the songs they had been learning and we were so proud of our talented musicians. It was wonderful to hear such…

World Book Day

The children (and staff) thoroughly enjoyed our ‘Books for Bedtime’ theme this year…    

Remembrance

Every year on the Friday preceding Remembrance Sunday our Year 6 pupils visit the war memorial in the village to lay a wreath on behalf of our school community. The wreath is laid by our Head Boy and Girl each year and this time it was the turn of Dylan and Martha.

Harvest Festival

Every Autumn, the whole school comes together to celebrate Harvest Festival. This is such an important time of year for our country village. Each class gave their own presentation and we reflected on the meaning of harvest around the world.

Welcome Letter from Mrs Elizabeth Crow, Headteacher

Wednesday 24th August 2022 Dear Parents and Carers, I am delighted to be writing to you as the new Headteacher of Great Bardfield Primary School. I feel extremely honoured and privileged to be taking on my new role and fully intend to continue to build upon the success the school has already achieved under the…

CONGRATULATIONS!

We were thrilled to receive this wonderful letter from the Director of Education, Clare Kershaw, congratulating us on our recent Ofsted Inspection.     Ofsted congratulations letter Great Bardfield Primary  

OFSTED RATED GOOD 23.02.2022

We are delighted to share the news that Great Bardfield Primary school continues to be rated GOOD by Ofsted. In the report it says, ‘At Great Bardfield Primary School, pupils are proud of their school and live up to the well established school values. Pupils appreciate the school’s positive ethos. They feel both safe and…

Thinking of Ukraine

This week to show support for other children in The Ukraine, Great Bardfield Primary pupils made yellow and blue sunflowers. We wrote a message for peace on the back and have put them on our front fence to encourage everyone to think of the people there and what they are going through. We have had…

Tree Planting

As part of our work on sustainability, our Year 5 and 6 pupils were delighted to be invited to plant 60 trees in the grounds of St Mary the Virgin church. One of our governors Julia, organised the tree planting through the Essex Forest Initiative. The children absolutely loved  being in the outdoors, digging and…