St Mary’s Voluntary Aided Primary School
Hatfield Broad Oak
St Mary’s Church of England Primary School is in the village of Hatfield Broad Oak, serving the villages on the Herts / Essex Border to the south of Stansted Airport. Pupils come to us from Dunmow, Canfield, Takeley, Priors Green, Hatfield Heath, Bush End, Hallingbury, Four Ashes, and the Rodings.
We are a small school with a very good teacher to pupil ratio. All classes have a class teacher plus learning support assistant for 5 mornings and at least one or two afternoons a week. Because of this we have developed a reputation for high achievement, which is reflected in our latest Ofsted school report, and we believe we are one of the best schools in the area.
Because of our small class sizes, we don’t always feature in official SATS /league table results. In 2007 all of our key stage two children achieved Level 4 or above in all subjects tested, which puts us well above average. Our KS1 children have achieved 100% L2+ this year, with 40-50% achieving L3 in all subjects.
We are “Healthy Schools” accredited, and provide good quality home cooked lunches every day. We ensure all children in the school have fruit available at break times. You can look at our lunch menu in the “About St Mary’s” section.
We strongly encourage sport, and have active Football, Tag Rugby, Rounders and 
Netball teams. Our netball team recently reached the semi-finals of the Essex Schools Sports Partnership High 5 Netball Finals, so we can say we have one of the best schools netball teams. We have other out of school activities which include singing, dancing, cooking and computers, see our clubs page.We achieved the Activemark in 2007.The behaviour of our pupils is very good. We use a positive aproach to discipline. Ofsted commented that:“Pupils have very positive attitudes and their behaviour is very good.”
The school is supported by an active Parent Teacher Association, which helps the school to make continuous improvements to the facilities and the quality of school life. The events put on by the PTA are well supported which means that having a child at St Mary’s is good for both parents and children.
