This is a wonderful school. Both my son and daughter are currently pupils and they love it, as do…read morewe. It's an environment that has allowed them to flourish without any pressure. This has meant they now have a love of learning that they will hopefully have for the rest of their loves. The school's exterior is a bit shabby but inside the classrooms the dedicated teachers are doing an amazing job.

The school is a large comprehensive school catering for years 7 - 13 It is over 2 schools main…read moreschool ( years 9-11 ) and 12-13 and lower school ( years 7 + 8 ) With over 1300 pupils this school has now taken on a technology college status. The school holds many clubs for its pupils and has many clubs that attend regular events around the county. All the pupils that i know go there and have attended seem to find it as a happy caring school.

Fabulous school with great focus on environmental issues, have their own allotment gardens and…read moreteach gardening to children in all years. Favours child focused learning to ensure each child makes the most of their ability. Lovely grounds, and a lot of improvements have been made to the buildings in the last few years.

This is a great little Nursery and Infants school. Although it is a Church of England run school,…read morethey don't discriminate against any faith and the population of the school is mostly of muslim faith. When you first take your child to St Chads it is like joining a big family. They encourage parents and other family members to get involved very early on. there is a very helpful family learning program as well as having all your regular coffee mornings and school fairs. In my time as a parent at the school I got to know all the teachers very well by first name terms and was always welcomed to help out with activities and trips. The other great things about the school is the head teacher Mrs Bull is always accessible to parents and children alike and she takes a hands on approach to running her school unlike other schools I have visited where the parents wouldn't even know what the head looked like. If you live in the area and are looking for a good start to your children's education I would pick St Chads and you will find it so hard to leave when they reach 7 years old but it will be all worth it.

Went there when I was a child. At that time it was an elementary school. As an European school you…read moreget a quality education.

I attended this school many (many, many!) years ago. It was a great place to be. There are two…read moreplaygrounds with plenty of space to play, a garden in one of the playgrounds which had steps leading up to it acting as seats. There was also a separate garden in the back which had a pond where we would catch tadpoles for assignments and measure the temperature and check wind direction! The dinners were not the best, but they were better than what I had to endure during secondary school! Most of the teachers were great with the odd exception. The school was split into 4 teams: lions, leopards, tigers and I can't remember the 4th! The team with the most points at the end of term used to get a prizemy team never seemed to win! When I attended, uniform was optional but I believe it is now compulsory for all pupils to wear the uniform. From outside the place seems to have changed little.

This was my old primary school so I was interested to pop in and see how much the place has changed…read morewhen I moved back to this area, I needed a primary school for my middle daughter and although this one wasn't the closest by any means I thought I'd still pop in just to have a nosy round. It has a lovely uniform, although the blue of the jumper is not one you'll easily be able to find cheaply in the supermarkets or other shops. I'd imagine you'd need to buy it from the school or a specialised school uniform shop, meaning it's going to be a rather large expense compared to the £4 jumpers available for other schools in cheaper shops. Cofton Primary School is a one level sprawling school with a nursery, infants and junior school all incorporated in one area. There used to be a pond in the grounds back when I was in school, but presumably health and safety have demanded this be removed by now. There are loads of playing fields complete with large trees, and the school backs onto farmland which the school is allowed the use of occasionally - although again, I reckon health and safety would have something to say about this! The classrooms are all fairly large and the school keeps class sizes small so there is plenty of room inside the school rooms, the childrens' toilets I saw were all scrupulously clean with solid air fresheners located in high places where the kids' couldn't get hold of them. I spoke to four teachers when I visited, including the head, and they were all lovely and typically 'nice' primary school teachers. The children inside the school all seemed well behaved and despite the fact that I visited at lunchtime there was very little boisterous behaviour and hardly any shouting and screaming at all - and I have three children so know what a feat this is to get over 100 children all behaving well at the same time, it's hard enough keeping control of three! The dining hall was well laid out with plenty of room between the tables, and children were being served food in line with the general governments guidelines on healthy eating. On the day of my visit they were eating fish (must have been a Friday!), potatoes and sweetcorn - it all looked delicious and the children were certainly tucking in with relish! Because of the sprawling nature of this school I wouldn't imagine it would be terribly good for children with a physical disability, this isn't actually the schools fault either as the way it was originally built means there are steps and narrow turnings which I believe would make life awkward for a child who has to use a wheelchair or even one who simply has problems getting around. However, if your child has special needs then you'll obviously not want to take my word for it so please do get in touch with Cofton for more personalised advice regarding access and possible special needs teachers. Car parking is a joke at Cofton and always has been, so again this would have a bad impact on anyone who wanted to enrol a disabled child to the school. Unfortunately the 2006/2007 OFSTED report wasn't brilliant with most subjects being marked as 'satisfactory' only, but apparently a lot of work has been done to bring the school back to its former glory so the later report may have been better.