Welcome To Our School!

St Mary's School, at the heart of the village of Hatfield Broad Oak, is an inclusive, Christian learning community, where all children are valued as individuals.

We aim to provide the children with a varied, exciting curriculum, which enables them all to achieve high standards and maximise their potential.

We hope that you enjoy your visit to our website, and that you find the information you are looking for. Please feel free to contact the school direct with any queries you may have or if you would like to come and visit us.

An Invitation from St Mary's Church

St Mary’s Church are introducing an additional Sunday service on the 4th Sunday of each month at 11am and would very much like to use it as an opportunity to engage with the wider community, particularly our school.

Our school will be invited to participate in some Sunday services where they can help to lead worship and share with the rest of the church congregation what they have been looking at in their classes, or during Collective Worship with Rev Sophie & Caroline

The dates are:

Sunday 22nd March – for an Easter based worship service

Sunday 28th June – to say goodbye to Year 6 leavers 

Sunday 27th September – to say a welcome to new starters and pray for them for the year ahead

We look forward to you joining us in Church

SIAMS - School Inspection of Anglican and Methodist Schools

I am very pleased to send you out a copy of our SIAMS report following our inspection on the 25^th November.

The report highlights a lot of strengths in the school, particularly noting

• A vision and values that really make a difference to daily life in school.
• Warm, trusting relationships that create a caring and supportive culture.
• A creative, inclusive curriculum with great enrichment opportunities.
• Excellent support for pupils with SEND so that every child can thrive.
• Pupils taking on meaningful responsibilities and living out the vision in practical ways.

We are very pleased with the report and the journey our school is on.  It is always wonderful to hear others see how special our school is.

Kind regards, 

Ruth Baugh

Please note that we are a nut-free school, we thank you for your support in this.

Save the date 

Jan 15th - Owls Class - talk with a Magistrate

Jan 28th, 29th & Feb 3rd - Book Fair after school

Feb 16th to Feb 20th Half term

Feb 23rd Young Voices at O2 (KS2)

Sunday 22nd March – Church Service 11am for Easter 

March 27th last day of spring term

April 13th first day of Summer Term

Sunday 28th June – Church Service 11am to say goodbye to Year 6 leavers 

Sunday 27th September – Church Service 11am to say a welcome to new starters and pray for them for the year ahead

Young Voices February 2026

As part of our enrichment offer, we have signed up to attend the young voices concert 2026. 
We have been allocated Monday 23rd February 2026.

Parents will also have access to this site so that the children can rehearse at home.

We will share this information once its available.

We are delighted to announce that Mrs Luxford has attained the Forest Schools accreditation. 
Well done Mrs Luxford!

To see what the children are up to with their Forest School's outdoor learning please click here

Quick links to the children's class pages

You can find your child's class page by clicking the link below or under the Children Section of the website.

Purple Mash

To log in to Purple Mash please click  here The children have all been given their log-ins. If you experience difficulties logging on, please check with your child's teacher. 

Mathletics

To log in to Mathletics please click here  The children have all been given their log-ins. If you experience difficulties logging on, please check with your child's teacher. 

Celebration Assembly Awards

To see if your child has received a 'Star of the Week or other Award' look under the news section of the website or click here

Don't forget to have a look at the Class Pages on the website, for examples of our children's amazing work. 

Presenting Our Owl Class 2025/26 Team:

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Heads of School - 

House Captains:

Sports Captains:

Worship Leaders:

Head Librarian & Head Playleader - 

Play Leaders: 

Librarians: 

School Council: 

Well done and thank you for being such good role models the rest of the school!

Gallery

Thank you to Christine Chester, United in Kind, Mark Strutt of the Parish Council, and Anna Gibbard for their support and who came in  to help us to plant our bulbs. 

Grateful thanks too to everyone who donated compost, bulbs & pots to enable this to happen.