Little Munden Primary School

Infobox UK school
name = Little Munden Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School


motto =
phone = 01920 438271
fax = 01920 438055
established = 1819
type = primary
head = Mrs Lyn Feakescite web | url=http://www.littlemunden.herts.sch.uk/welcome_to_parents.htm | title=School Website: Welcome to Parents | accessdate=2007-07-18]
street = Church Lane, Dane End
city = Ware
county = Hertfordshire
country = ENG
enrollment = 94 (2005) cite web | url= http://www.dfes.gov.uk/cgi-bin/performancetables/dfepx1_05.pl?School=9193032&Mode=Z | title= "Little Munden Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School" | publisher= Department for schools, children and families |date=2005 |accessdate=2007-07-18]
lower_age = 4
upper_age = 11
publication =
website = http://www.littlemunden.herts.sch.uk/
website_name = Official site

Little Munden Primary School is a Church of England voluntary controlled primary school [ [http://www.opsi.gov.uk/SI/si1999/99243213.htm "Statutory Instruments 1999 No. 2432 The Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (England) Order 1999"] , Office of Public Sector Information] in the village of Dane End, near Ware in Hertfordshire. It is a one-form entry school educating boys and girls aged between four and 11 years. There are four classes organised by age. The school roll varies but is generally between 85 and 100. [ [http://www.mundens.net/school/index.htm "Little Munden School"] , Mundens.net, retrieved 18 July 2007]

History

The school was founded in 1819 at All Saints Church in Little Munden by the Reverend J P Reynolds, who served as rector from 1819 to 1831. Reynolds helped to raise the finance for a new school on a separate site. The school was duly opened in 1826. A small extension for infants was added in 1869, and the school was further enlarged in 1900, 1970 and 1973.

Little Munden was originally a parish school serving children of all ages. In 1945, following the 1944 Education Act, under which it was stipulated that all children over 11 years old should attend secondary school, Little Munden became a primary school. [ [http://www.littlemunden.herts.sch.uk/history.htm History of Little Munden School] retrieved 18 July 2007]

Premises

The school was designated as a Grade II listed building by English Heritage in 1984 as it is an early example of a parish school. [ [http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/search/details.aspx?pid=1&id=161314 Picture and description] , Images of England, English Heritage retrieved 18 July 2007]

Unusually, a footpath with public right-of-way runs between the school buildings, requiring the route to be kept unobstructed. [ [http://www.hertsdirect.org/yrccouncil/civic_calendar/archive/older_meetings/Reports/109/409/12.pdf "Proposed Diversion Of Footpath 1 Little Munden Away From School Site"] , Hertfordshire County Council Development Control Committee, 6 February 2001]

Academic standards

The Ofsted report of the inspection on 30 June-02 July 2003 said "The school provides a sound education for its children. An appropriate emphasis is placed on raising standards. Teaching overall is good. It is particularly strong at the Foundation Stage and with the older juniors where a new teacher is making a positive impact." [ [http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/reports/pdf/?inspectionNumber=247774&providerCategoryID=4096&fileName=\school\117\s10_117402_20031020.pdf "Inspection Report"] , Ofsted, 20 October 2003, retrieved 18 July 2007]

Activities

In 2007 Years Five and Six have been taking part in a pilot project, working with Hertford Museum, to create an exhibition about their locality covering the period 1830-1930. [ [http://www.hertford.net/museum/newsletter/jan07.pdf "Newsletter, January 2007, No.48"] , Hertford Museum] [ [http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:CkbPNsWkqhoJ:www.stalbanseducation.org.uk/Newsletter/23.pdf+%22Little+Munden%22+School&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=90&gl=uk&lr=lang_en "Schools Newsletter: Spring 2007"] , Diocese of St Albans: Board of Education, retrieved 19 July 2007]

References

External links

* [http://www.littlemunden.herts.sch.uk/index.html Official site]
*IoEentry|161314|Images of England record for the school building