Building & History

Our Building and Grounds

We have purpose built classrooms that are furnished to promote a feeling of security and active learning. We are blessed with a great outdoor space. The school grounds have an activity trail, Forest School Area, Daily mile track, amphitheatre, our allotment, a hard playground and a large playing field. A cover area that sits 30 children provides a place to sit and chat or benefit from shade in hot weather and an outdoor classroom shed we can use for lessons. The grounds can be explored using our orienteering posts. We are continually improving the school's buildings and grounds.

The School was founded in 1822 by the Delves Broughton family. They also founded the Sir Thomas Delves Educational Foundation (The Delves Trust) which owns the school building. Over the years, there have been many changes. The oldest part of the building was originally a Boys' School with the Headteacher's house incorporated into the structure.

Today, the old building houses the hall and kitchen. This means we have a large hall for the size of our school which benefits teaching of PE, drama and music and assemblies.

We have our Preschool room and their outdoor area; seven classrooms and a mobile classroom which is the home to OOSC at either end of the day and a space we use during the daytime.