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Welcome to our school

Mr Pollard by Elizabeth

My name is Ian Pollard and I'm head teacher at Great Sampford Primary School. Located in rural Essex, we provide inspiring education in a caring environment.

If you haven't visited the school before, why not meet the staff and take a tour of the school.

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Accessibility

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Results and awards

Ofsted Inspection Report 2005

"This is a highly effective school where every child is known and valued as an individual... The school judges itself to be good overall and the inspection has found it is outstanding." We were featured in The Times Educational Supplement following our Ofsted inspection.

Awards

School Achievement Award 2003 Ofsted Outstanding 2005/2006Visionary Design Award Winner 2006

Fund raising

Shop online at our web shop

You can support our fundraising efforts simply by shopping online at our web shop. There are lots of familiar high street and Internet names, great savings and value for you and every purchase you make through the shop raises money for us.

buy.at online shopping

The Friends of Great Sampford School

"The Friends" are our school's Parent Teachers Association (PTA), a dedicated and committed team of people who raise much needed funds for the school. Fund raising events are also a good excuse for a great night out!

Photo: People enjoying a night out at a PTA event

 

Latest news

Class 1's Assembly

16th Nov 2009

Class 3 Visit Dorringtons

2nd Nov 2009

Visit to Dorringtons

Arr! me hearties

19th Sep 2009

National Speak Like a Pirate Day

Maths challenge

13th Jul 2009

Great Sampford's mathematicians.

Recent letters

We hold on our website the most recent news updates and letters sent home in case you've mislaid one or deleted the email that we sent you.

Here are the last three:

Forthcoming events