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Welcome to Abacus Primary School
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We are a community focused Primary School located in Wickford (Essex), accommodating 420 pupils, aged 4-11 years. We have been rated as a 'Good' school by the Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted).
We hope you enjoy looking at our website, and sharing in our daily learning journeys.
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Our Mission Statement & Aims
Aspire Believe Achieve Create United Success
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To be welcoming, friendly and caring, so that pupils feel secure, safe, happy and purposefully employed.
To provide a stimulating and varied curriculum.
To achieve high standards and expectations.
To provide access to an ICT rich environment.
To ensure children develop confidence, independence, self motivation,
concentration and high self esteem thus achieving their potential.
To inspire all who contribute to the life of the school to be successful.
Parents to be treated as partners in education, to be courteously received, listened to, fully informed and asked to use a similar code of conduct as that employed by the school.
To involve the community to participate in the life of the school.
To value one another in an ever changing world.
The Governing Body at Abacus
All schools in England have a Governing Body which is responsible for overseeing many of the strategic decisions of the school. A key role is to act as a ‘critical friend’: to support, to challenge, to ask questions, ultimately to represent the school community.
The Governing Body works in close partnership with the Headteacher, staff and the Local Authority. Whilst the Headteacher is, of course, responsible for the day to day running of the school, the governors are involved with such things as staffing, curriculum, school buildings and finance. It ensures the school functions well and maintains the proper range of academic and social objectives.
Membership of the Governing Body includes parents, teaching staff and representatives from the local community and the Local Authority. The Governing Body meets at least once each term; additionally, there are sub-committees which meet more frequently.
Our Governing Body consists of:
3x Parent Governors (elected by other parents at the school),
1x Local Authority Governor (nominated by the local authority, but appointed by the governing body),
1x Staff Governor (elected by the school staff),
1x Headteacher (by virtue of their office),
5x Co-opted Governors (appointed by the governing body).
We are set up to meet as a Full Governing Body (FGB), and as separate sub-committees for:
Personnel & Pay
If you want to be part of the Abacus Primary Schools' Governing Body please enquire about any vacancies.
at the school office, or speak to the Headteacher if you would like more details.
You can also visit the Essex County Council website.