Welcome to Prior’s Mill CE Primary School. It is both a pleasure and a privilege to be Headteacher, serve the local community and represent the amazing children and families that contribute to our school. On behalf of myself, staff and governors I hope you enjoy the opportunity to find out more about Prior’s Mill and the range of opportunities we can provide for your child to fulfil their potential.
We are a large mainstream Church of England school based in Billingham, Stockton-on-Tees. Our Christian foundation is at the core of who we are and we seek to live out our Christian faith and values in all we do. The Prior’s Promise provides a distinct set of Christian values through which pupils and staff endeavour to live by both in and out of school, it is entwined within our curriculum and provides opportunity for academic, personal and spiritual growth.
Our school provides a safe, positive and encouraging environment where children feel listened to, valued and cared for. Our dedicated and enthusiastic staff team strive to provide the best possible education, outcomes and experiences for our children. We have strong partnerships with parents and carers, who we believe are vital to the education of their children, and we look forward to seeing you on many occasions to celebrate successes, discuss progress and share how you can become involved in your child’s learning journey.
We hope that you enjoy your visit to our website and that you find any information you are looking for. Should you wish for more detail, or would like paper copies of any information, please do not hesitate to contact us we will be happy to help. If you are a prospective parent or carer, please get in touch to arrange a visit and myself or a member of the Leadership Team would be more than happy to show you around and answer any questions.
Thank you for visiting our site!
Mr R Linsley
Headteacher
Year 5 have had a wonderful day at Cummins Ltd in Darlington. They were extremely privileged to be invited to the site and are only the second school who have been able to visit and see the workshop and facilities.
Mr Ainsley then worked with the children to improve their Lego skills, building... moving trucks and a sailboat.
The children were all very well behaved and we definitely have some future engineers in our school!
Well done!
Class 14 really enjoyed leading their class worship this morning. Thank you to everyone who came!
Class 3 had a very busy week last week.
In Maths, they have been learning about part-whole models and making number sentences.
On Tuesday, they performed a Science investigation to find out which material would be the best for making a raincoat. They also found a letter from Baby ...Bear asking for a new rocket to get to the moon. Baby Bear is from the story Whatever Next. The children had a great time making the rocket and decorating it.
And on Thursday they were learning about baptisms. The children acted out the parts of the Vicar, the parents, the Godparents and the congregation.
Amazing work Class 3!
Yesterday was our 4th week with Go Well and the children's gymnastics skills are really improving. Today they played a variety of different games to warm up and then worked in groups to practise their balancing skills. Well done Class 12.
Earlier this week, the author Helen Peters came into school to talk to the children in Years 3, 4 and 6 about her novels. They loved the presentation and had the opportunity to ask questions too!
The annual cross country trials took place recently. Well done to all those who took part 🏃♀️ 🏃
Yesterday, the children in Year 5 visited a Gurdwara in Darlington as part of their RE unit. We are so proud of how respectful and knowledgeable the children were - they enjoyed learning more about the Sikh religion.
They asked questions and gave some wonderful answers, and all adults were ...thoroughly impressed. Well done Year 5!
Our sports leaders had lots of fun at a recent event where they were learning new skills to help them run their own competitions at lunch times!
Class 4 have been very creative this week! They read Whatever Next and Baby Bear’s letters which asked the children to make a rocket. The children had so much fun, cutting, sticking and working as a team to build this marvellous rocket. Will the rocket blast off into space? We will have to wait ...and see!
