The Roebuck School

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Hello, and welcome to the Roebuck School.

Thank you for visiting our website. We are delighted you wish to know more about the life of our very busy and exciting school.

The Roebuck Primary School is situated north of Preston, at the junction of Blackpool Road and Inkerman Street in Ashton. The school is popular and has served a wide catchment area since its opening in 1907. Despite being one hundred years old last year, our Centenary year, buildings have been maintained and modernised so that they are conducive to children’s learning in the twenty first century.

We admit 60 pupils annually into Key Stage 1 (Infants), and 65 pupils into Key Stage 2 (Juniors). We are also extremely proud of our new purpose-built Nursery, which admits 52 pupils on a part-time basis each year.

Our Information, Communications and Technology Suite was completed in 2003, providing excellent learning facilities for 30 pupils. The Suite and all classrooms throughout our school have interactive whiteboards, a necessary and exciting teaching tool for the facilitation of modern day education.

The Roebuck School has a fabulous purpose-built Sports Hall which is at the heart of school and the local and wider community. It provides an extremely large space for the teaching and learning of physical education, for theatre and school productions, music and arts. It is also used by the community and is a place where children from school can access before and after school care. A classroom within the Space for Sports and Arts is also used by school and the community for the learning and teaching of expressive arts and music.

Within the main school buildings, recent re-furbishments have maximised learning opportunities in the Infant classrooms, through the facilitation of a library area and the creation of a centre for special educational needs, where children with learning difficulties or who are able, gifted and talented can be taught in small groups, providing opportunities for personalised learning.

 There are a great many opportunities to develop sport  through the provision of a wide and varied programme of extra-curricular activities. As a school, we believe that children learn in many different ways, and as such we cater for all individuals.

We have strong links with other Primary Schools and High Schools in the area. These links enable us to access and share expertise in all curriculum areas, particularly through creativity in developing music, sports and arts.

Interested? Then please contact us to either request additional information or to make an appointment to visit us (Tel: 01772 729337 and ask to speak with Mrs Ogden, the school’s bursar). Our friendly and supportive staff will make you feel extremely welcome. It is important to us that, in making a decision about your child’s school, you are confident that we can provide, in partnership with our parents, opportunities for children in our care to enjoy their learning, responsibilities and experiences that will prepare them for adult life.

We look forward to meeting you!

Miss J Burns

 Headteacher