Stamford Junior School

Welcome to Stamford Junior School.

At the Stamford Junior School our warm, honest and vibrant ethos pervades throughout; palpable and remarked upon by all who visit us. We talk about ‘sharing the smiles’ and ‘letting your light shine’ and the team around your child are fully committed to promoting positivity, independence and intellectual curiosity.

Our Junior School is a forward-thinking, bright and vibrant community of learners – distinctively unstuffy, open, inquiring and curious. At Stamford Junior School, everything we do is driven by your child’s learning and development. From their first days in nursery, we take your child’s interests as the starting point. By responding to the tiny details that capture our pupils’ imaginations, and being agile and adaptable in how we build our programme, our staff inspire exceptional engagement with learning. Our work is a partnership with our parents, and we will work with you to find, ignite and support your child’s passions. Junior School is every child’s greatest chance to discover as many new things as possible – to try interests and activities on for size, and to spend every day discovering that the world is bigger and more exciting than they imagined. We have a clear purpose in our learning and, although your child should never feel undue pressure, they will learn to understand that excellence is a positive. We make sure every child understands excellence as striving to achieve their own personal best: not to measure themselves against the goals or performance of others, but to build on yesterday’s experiences to go even further today. Above all, we value happiness. Happiness comes from the confidence of being supported, understood and listened to. It comes from taking on and succeeding in new challenges that seemed impossible yesterday. It comes from being valued as an individual. It comes from feeling secure in a community that values kindness, effort and curiosity. We are that community. We would love to welcome you, and help you discover Stamford Junior School. Matthew O’Reilly Headteacher of Stamford Junior School