Nice community Primary school, has strong ties to the church of the same name, only has one class…read moreof each year group and entry is controlled by catchment area. Gets consistantly good ofsted reports and the majority of the teachers are popular with current and former pupils alike. The school has two former sites within the village, the original is now known as the 'old Post Office' and is a private home on Bradshaw road, the second is now the 'Old School House' pub and restaurant beside the church itself. The school building suffered some fire damage in the early 90's and was rebuilt in the same style shortly after.

My child had absolutely dreadful experience in this school. The management of the school can't…read moresimply protect children from abuse. We had to contact police twice to make them look at bullying. Their new SENCo is lacking of knowledge in this area and is not willing to help. I would not recommend choosing this school for your child .

Red Lane School is situated on Red Lane in Breightmet. It occupies a large enclosed 'campus' which…read morecomprises of a childcare unit 'Top Tots' a school nursery and infants and then across the playground there is the primary school. Personally I love the old fashioned set-up of the separate Infants and Juniors as I feel it helps the younger children settle in and prevents them from feeling overwhelmed or intimidated by the older children. The 'Top-Tots' accepts children from as young as 6 weeks up until they start Reception class. There are also provisions for breakfast club and after-school care. When your child is at a 'pre-school' age you have the choice of sending them to the school nursery (compulsory 5 half days a week) with the option of having them in the 'wrap-around' sessions of childcare for the other half of the day should you work or else you can do what we did and chose two morning and one afternoon pre-school session in 'wrap-around'. Despite appearing separate the Nursery children and the wrap-around session children do mix and mingle due to a semi- open plan setting. The teaching staff are approachable, caring and professional and it's always reassuring to hear them know all the children by name. However, one problem we encountered through only having three sessions a week is that our son missed out on two activities as although they happened on days he did attend they were organised on days he didn't and nobody thought to tell us which was a bit upsetting and meant he felt left out. When your child is at the age to enter reception class, they will start in one of two classes. however, unlike many other schools in the uk you will find that the children are expected to attend Full Time from day one, which to be brutally honest myself and my husband heavily disagreed with especially as we were led to believe this wouldn't be so. I think there is a world of difference in the emotional maturity of a just turned four year old and a just turned five year old. Unfortunately the school were quite stubborn on their stance and only offered a special two weeks of half days to us alone which left us weighing up the pro's and con's of him being overwhelmed versus him feeling left out. The Classrooms are attractive and full of activities (like a reading area, a craft area, role playing areas etc etc) and each class has a teacher and at least one teaching assistant, often more. They have adopted the Kinder Care learning system over the more widely known Jolly Phonics and so far it has proved very successful offering an all inclusive learning system through songs, games, activities and stories. It's important that children enjoy school and are excited by it, something that the children of Red Lane school all appear to be. The school has several outside play areas sections and zoned off all of which are bright and appealing for the children and stimulate play and activity. The school follows a healthy eating ethos and there is also a 'cafe' daily where for a small fee your child will get a drink and some fruit. I've yet to have experience of the Junior school part of Red Lane but I am confident through visiting the main building and attending an assembly that the school is child centered and produces happy, well adjusted, eager to learn and polite pupils with staff that obviously enjoy their work and are good at it. Every member of staff I have come into contact with has been approachable, polite and friendly as are the pupils. I'm confident that this is a great school and am proud that my child is a pupil there.

St John's School is an absolutely lovely Primary, it is a centrally located school with a village…read moreschool feel. The original School has recently been demolished and the pupils have temporarily relocated to Winston House which isn't ideal but serves the purpose until the brand new purpose built building is ready at the end of 2009. The teachers are completely devoted to the children and really put in a lot of time to bring out the best in them. The School works closely with St John's Church and is a Church of England School, instilling great morals into the children which shows in their impeccable behaviour. Although in what most would say is a deprived area, the children at St John's don't want for anything - It's a great little school and a brilliant start for youngsters.

Highly popular local secondary school, entry is controlled by gaining 'points' according to…read morecriteria such as church attendances and activity within your community. With 10 classes in each year group there is plenty of scope for extra mural activities. The school has a good reputation for music and drama being a specialist drama centre and this is aided by the recently built 'theatre' chapel at the front of the site. Due to the pupils coming from a large catchment area there is often alot of traffic at either side of the school day as there are numerous bus routes to accomodate on the school bus lanes. Sports are well represented within the school with many pupils playing at county and even national level. Exam results are good, consistantly in the top three for the region and the sixth form on site repeats this in the A level results.

This is a great school for children to go to, there really looked after and are love by all the…read moreteachers and staff at the school, the standards of education is very high too. There one of the best primary schools in St Helens and the staff deserve to be proud of that because as a team they all work exceptionally hard to maintain that high standard of education. Plenty of open space for the children to excersise and run around outside and it's safe. Headmaster and staff are all very good teachers with lots of time for the children and parents.

I've heard really great things about this school. I myself did not attend however relatives and…read moreneighbours go/have gone and they speak very highly of the teaching staff, the facilities and the school clubs. The clubs available are rather unlike most schools in the area which offer football/netball, Waterloo offer ballet classes for years one and two, rugby, fencing and basketball. There is excellent pastoral support, which again is well reputed and the school is very active in the community. I don't believe it's one of the "big name" schools of the area, i.e. high profile, but I'm not sure why, it sounds fantastic.

This is a great primary school. I know 4 children who attend at the minute and 2 that have left…read more The teachers are just fab, one of my god daughters has learning problems and they are more that great at accomodating her needs. they have a zero tolorence attitude to bullying and is a great place for children to grow into happy teenagers. The building itself is beautiful as is the playground it has a pencil fence which is very cute for the kiddies.They also have a nursery attached to the school so its easier to feed children from there.

Fabulous school with great facilities!…read more There's a nursery, infant school and junior school with fantastic staff. from sports days, to choir, to painting- there is a huge range of creative aspects to the curriculum! As well as regular trips to the local swimming baths and other day trips such as the central library and Llandudno! I would wholeheartedly send my children there- if I had any! Have loved working here and will miss it when I'm gone- friendly and welcoming place to work!

My daughter attends this school and I have been nothing but happy with every aspect of the…read moreeducation and care she receives. Spiritually, academically, pastorally, phsyically and emotionally my daughter has benefited in all ways. Ofsted reports have been glowing of the school. The staff are warm, open and friendly, always available to talk about any concerns. The friends of St Chads organise many different activities that are fun for the children as well as raising lots of money for the school.

My daughter went to this school and I think it's the best school around. The high level of teaching…read moreand care with the children is second to none. I have been very pleased with my daughters level of education which is so important in the world nowadays. It is a little close to a busy main road, but the associate staff and the very friendly lollypop man make a safe and friendly environment for all concerned.