Welcome

Barrow 1618 Church of England Free School is a small, local school that was set up by parents using the Free School legislation. The school is Church of England, state funded and free to attend for pupils from Reception through to Year 6. The site is also the setting for the excellent Little Acorns Montessori Nursery which has recently been judged as outstanding by Ofsted, in addition to their main site at Morville Village Hall. Montessori education provides a gentle and child centred range of experience promoting a child’s natural curiosity and a love of learning.

As well as offering an innovative curriculum for its pupils, centring on learning opportunities presented by the natural environment, the school makes its facilities available to other pupils living locally.

The Barrow 1618 school motto, ‘Supportive, Understanding, Reassuring Education’ sums up the school’s vision. We want to create a lively, inspiring school where children can excel in a supportive, caring environment with a strong Christian ethos. We are determined to create an inclusive culture of learning where all children are challenged in their thinking, strive for continuous improvement, and are motivated to become lifelong learners.

Our aims are to ensure that:

• Each and every child is valued for their individual contributions, and develops a positive attitude towards everyone in the life of the school and community.
• Each child develops self-esteem, confidence, self-worth, a sense of responsibility and independent learners.
• Each child is enabled to develop knowledge, skills and understanding so that they have the confidence and ability to investigate, experiment, take risks, challenge, develop a sense of adventure to help them make informed choices whilst at school and later life.
• Each child develops an understanding and mutual respect for people from other religions, races, cultures, genders and those with disabilities.

Please take the time to explore our website and consider whether Barrow 1618 could be the right choice for your child. We very much hope you’ll decide it is, and look forward to hearing from you if you would like to visit our school or have any questions that are not answered on our website.