Welcome

Welcome to Palterton Primary School and thank you for looking at our website. We hope to give you a flavour of the kind of education you can expect from us for your child. We are a dedicated team who hold our 4 core values at the heart of all we do for the families that attend our school and the wider community:  

Respect, Innovation, Challenge and Happiness  

These values drive the decision making at our school, as well as a desire for the children to be physically and mentally healthy. 

If you would like to know more about our school, please get in touch by calling 01246 823143 or email info@palterton.org.uk 

We welcome visits to the school, please get in touch to arrange a suitable time. 

Our School 

Throughout school we promote opportunities to develop the children's 'skills for life', this ranges from cooking to taking responsibility for the school pets. Much of what we do has PE as the core, which not only gives us chance to promote healthy lifestyles but also for children to  lead or take part in sporting activities and through competitive situations to learn to lose. 

We also encourage the children to be collaborative, so from the smallest of gestures like tying up someone's shoelace we promote and praise working together. It's incredible to see children climbing whilst trusting their friend to belay the rope and heart-warming to see a Year 6 pupil teaching a Reception child to skip. 

The school consists of 4 classes which are named after 4 Derbyshire halls - Renishaw, Ilam, Chatsworth and Hardwick - the initial letters of which match our key message that our  learning is RICH. The classrooms are designed to 'immerse' the children in their learning by being themed to match the topic. Displays are high quality and stimulate the children's thinking as they are surrounded by their learning.