**PLEASE NOTE THAT THE SCHOOL TELEPHONE NUMBER HAS NOW CHANGED TO 01484 538729***
Click here for details of our latest fundraising event
We are officially a Good School, with many Outstanding features. Read the full report below...
Dalton School Ofsted Report (June 2016)
Dear All,
Welcome to the Dalton Junior, Infant and Nursery School website.
We hope that you find this a rich and valuable source in seeking information about the school, its learning community and, most importantly, our wonderful children.
It is our mission that children flourish in our care, whatever their starting point might be. Our staff are committed to giving your children the very best start in life and to make them feel truly valued. We want to inspire confident, aspirational, independent children, who arrive at school every day with excitement about the challenges ahead.
Previously, as a Headteacher of an outstanding school, joining the school in January 2015, I have the dedication and leadership to unite a school in professional dialogue, within our dedicated team approach. Thus, our continuing and relentless focus on matching children’s work to their needs, including those who are more complex, means that we have moved swiftly to become a school our community can be proud of. Moreover, the Governing Body come from all sorts of backgrounds and experiences and are skilled in holding the school to account through regular visits and meetings. They, alongside the whole staff and community, contribute to planning the direction of the school so that we can build a school with a common vision and purpose.
We are gifted to have a very special resource provision on site for visually impaired children - our team support seven children in school, as well as 140 children across Kirklees. This added dimension to school gives us the specialist support we need to deepen our understanding about inclusion: this is a very strong feature of our school. Some children may not think they have a skill or talent, creativity or aspiration but we will unlock their potential and help them reach for the stars. Indeed, our support for families is also vitally important in fulfilling this aim, and we have a dedicated team of family and community support workers who run weekly groups for parents. Above all, we understand the needs of the community and work, with humility and positivity, in their service so that:
From little acorns, mighty oaks will grow
Please come and visit us at work but, in the meantime, enjoy the spirit of our school through our website.
Ian Richardson
Headteacher
Thank you to the Huddersfield Town Foundation and all the sponsors who provide Dalton School's Breakfast Club,
especially Abzorb, who have also donated four mini-Ipads.
See photos here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/101356371@N02
Click here for more information about our Breakfast Club
All our parents receive curriculum information leaflets to inform them of what is being taught each half term. These are available on the class pages of this website (under the Pupils tab). Click the image above to view the National Curriculum.
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From September 2014, all Reception and KS1 children can choose to have a free school meal. It is very important that you still apply for free school meals, if you are entitled. Your child, and school as a whole, can benefit from further funding (the Pupil Premium Grant), if you declare your entitlement. If in doubt, call in to the school office for further information.
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Latest News
- HTFC and Goals for Hearts have worked in collaboration to provide some Kirklees School with defibrillators. We are lucky enough to to have been one of these school
- This amazing event raised over £7,000 for Project Q
- Project to raise funds to transform our school quad, We need in the region of £35,000.