St Bartholomew's is a Church of England (Voluntary Aided) school for children aged 4 to 11 years. There are seven classes, one for every year group from Reception to Year 6. Approximately 185 children are on roll. The school was founded during Victorian times on a site in Providence Place, and the modern building was opened in 1974.

There are seven classrooms, two group rooms, a 'nurture room', a large multi-purpose hall, a library, a community room, a medical room, a kitchen and a kiln room. We have also recently completed work on our new ICT Suite, which is used by all classes in the school.  The Junior classes all have Interactive Whiteboards, and Data Projectors are used in the Infant classes. 

There are three playgrounds of varying sizes. The central playground has a large climbing frame with safety surface underneath. There is a decking area and a nature garden, which was refurbished last year and continues to be worked on by the children and staff. In addition, children throughout the school recently worked with a local artist to produce a mural in one of the playgrounds.  The school has also recently set up a 'Playground Working Party' which is currently masterminding redevelopment of our main playground areas - watch this space!

The school is generously staffed for the number of pupils. Each class has its own teacher and in all Infant and Junior classes a teaching assistant works to support the teacher. Teaching assistants provide additional support for pupils with special educational needs.

A full copy of our School Prospectus is available here.  To arrange a visit or to find out more, please contact us on 01273 692463.

• In 2002 OFSTED Inspectors described St Bartholomew’s as “an effective school”, praising the quality of teaching and the good progress made by pupils.
• Inspectors were impressed with the school’s warm, caring atmosphere, the support and guidance provided for pupils and the very high commitment of all staff.
• St Bartholomew’s has consistently high value added results, including the best value added results of any mainstream school in Brighton and Hove for the year 2002-03.
• St Bartholomew’s was the eighteenth most improved school in England for the period 1999-2002.
• In July 2005 the school achieved the Healthy School silver award, and Quality in Study Support accreditation at Established Level.
• The school was awarded the Basic Skills Agency Quality Mark in July 2003 and received a School Achievement Award from the Government in 2003.
• St Bartholomew’s provides an extensive range of after school clubs for children in Years 1 to 6, with up to twelve different clubs available each term.
• The school has a breakfast club which was visited by the Prime Minister and the Secretary of State for Education and Skills. There is also an after school childcare service, providing childcare until 6pm every day. Holiday clubs are available on the school site.
• St Bartholomew’s welcomes children from all backgrounds, and at present our children speak twelve different languages including English, Polish, Russian, Arabic, Korean and Bengali.
• The school premises are very large for the number of pupils, with three playgrounds, a large hall with permanent stage, spacious classrooms and several additional rooms for group and family activities. The facilities are conscientiously maintained and regularly upgraded.  There is full disabled access to both floors. A new community room was opened in September 2005 by the Secretary of State for Education and Skills. The ICT Suite was completed in January 2007.
• St Bartholomew’s is committed to knowing all children as individuals, encouraging them to develop both academically and socially.
• The school works in close partnership with families, welcoming back both children and parents at any stage in their future to hear about their progress.

Every morning we run a very successful Breakfast Club, which is extremely popular with parents and pupils alike.

An after school childcare service opened at Easter 2003, run by Zippies. This provides after school childcare on site from 3.15/3.30pm until 6pm every day. Zippies also run holiday playschemes at St Bartholomew’s during all school holidays. Further information is available from Zippies on 01273-238789.

St Bartholomew's provides an extensive range of free after-school activities for children in Years 1 to 6. Many activities are run by staff, with others being led by specialist sports coaches or local artists/musicians.  Clubs available this year were:
 

The school makes special provision for children who are either high-achieving all rounders, or who have specific skills and talents.  We have a Gifted & Talented Co-ordinator who organises a programme of enrichment and extension activities for these children; it is hoped that most children will have the opportunity to participate at some point during their time at St Bartholomew's.  Recent activities have included theatre visits, music and sports workshops, a science and technology project, animation workshops, and working with a performance poet. 

All teachers also build enrichment and extension opportunities into the curriculum for each class.